Patato12 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 In previous posts, is often said that System Volume Information can't be defragged, but i can do this. is there a permission/security problem? (WinXP SP3 with only 1 user with administrator privileges) Why if i do a "defrag freespace" operation, the size of fragmented files increase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojotjuh Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 In previous posts, is often said that System Volume Information can't be defragged, but i can do this. is there a permission/security problem? (WinXP SP3 with only 1 user with administrator privileges) Why if i do a "defrag freespace" operation, the size of fragmented files increase? I think it differs per OS. Normally users cannot get into SVI but then some can. I don't think there was an inability to defrag SVI, however I think it caused an enormous heap of data to get reproduced & cloned etc. As to the free space, I'm clueless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 In previous posts, is often said that System Volume Information can't be defragged, but i can do this. is there a permission/security problem? (WinXP SP3 with only 1 user with administrator privileges) SVI files are just temp files. I've asked this question before, many months ago, and I will repeat. Why defrag a temporary file? It will be deleted in a few days. Even if you could defrag those files you would not notice any performance improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 SVI aren't temp files - they are System Restore Points, and Shadow Copies on Vista/7. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 SVI aren't temp files - they are System Restore Points, and Shadow Copies on Vista/7. If they are not temporary files why are they deleted every few days? I get at least one new one every day and it deletes an average of one older point every day. That's not temporary? To me, any file that lasts a week or so is temporary - a temp file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Well, if you have too much files (I think the default is 15% of the drive - not sure though) it will delete the older ones to create new ones Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Well, if you have too much files (I think the default is 15% of the drive - not sure though) it will delete the older ones to create new ones I am fully aware of this. My Vista holds SVI between 13% and 15%. But, my slant on this remains, that they are just temporary files because they exist for only a few days. It is customary for English speakers to shorten (abbreviate) words to speed communication. Temp is an abbreviation of temporary. So any file that exists for a very short duration, here we are talking one week or so, is temporary, aka temp. So why defrag 'em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I agree with the fact that it's pointless to defag them ; however, I think "temporary" files when talking about computers are more "files that hold data that will be used for a very short time". I think SVI is rather a backup folder Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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