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  • Is disk Defragmenter option in windows, for memory cards and USB drives worthwhile?

    well if i connect my memorycard to a computer i see various slots alloted for
    each kind of file, like mp3 or 3gp etc...and the location is fixed! so if i interchange any files location it stops working! That is i place mp3 file in another location n it stops working!Does that mean i should'nt defragment it
    with MS programme for defragmentation!

    Same question with certain USB drives!

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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Administrator • Apr 28, 2007

    Moving the thread to CE-IT Help section from Computer Science & Engineering Sectin 😀

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  • no_atkt

    Member • Apr 28, 2007

    sorry but couldnt undersatnd what u said ... interchange with what ...

    what OS are u using and what do u mean by various slots and location

    and as defrags are concerned theres no problem defragging ur disk but it doesnt have a huge impact on performance
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  • th3 ied kid

    Member • Apr 30, 2007

    well i use windows XP OS and when i connect my memory card to the computer through my phone, as usual a new drive gets created and thus an option for defragmenting the memory card comes when i right click over the drive !
    The memory card stores various music files etc.. in a fixed location !
    if by mistake or manually i place an mp3 file in another folder location then my phone doesnt read that file anymore!
    So before i defragment my memory card i want to know if by doing so ,would all my files become unreadable ? Well can relocation of memory locations cause havoc?

    The same with those MP3 players cum pen-drives wherein folder location matters!

    Well hope you are getting my question!
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  • no_atkt

    Member • Apr 30, 2007

    now based on what i understand i will reply correct me where ever im not on track as per ur problem

    first of all u dont need to defrag ur mem card & the defraggin option comes only when u go to properties, right?
    secondly which fone have u connected

    thirdly i have never come across some 1 whos dta has become un-readable after defragging,

    and as far as the folder issu is concerned i think some fones have that issue, songs have to be placed in a specific folder something like that ... try accessing ur mem card using a card reader
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  • ankitvirmani

    Member • Apr 30, 2007

    Defragmentation can be a good idea to improve access to any kind of memory.But there can be a small problem when we come to memory cards and flash drives-Windows OS supports defrag of memories with file system of FAT/FAT32 only.So better not try this optimization with them.An option to improve performance can be to format the card and re-copy the data...that would definately help.
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  • crook

    Member • May 1, 2007

    ankitvirmani
    Defragmentation can be a good idea to improve access to any kind of memory.But there can be a small problem when we come to memory cards and flash drives-Windows OS supports defrag of memories with file system of FAT/FAT32 only.So better not try this optimization with them.An option to improve performance can be to format the card and re-copy the data...that would definately help.
    Is it true that you cannot degrag the NTFS HD? 😒
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  • no_atkt

    Member • May 1, 2007

    no .... u can defrag a ntfs hdd also ... however coming back to topic of defragging a usb drive ... there is no need to defrag a flash disk coz they are made in a way that they drefrag themselves (ie. when data is copied on them) ... defragging a flash disk has no major effect rather not even a minor effect
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  • th3 ied kid

    Member • May 1, 2007

    thanx guyz
    yup derfag had no effect at all!
    i tried though and am a bit surprised to know that flash drives etc.. can derfrag themselves!
    could u brief me more?
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  • no_atkt

    Member • May 1, 2007

    dont know much in detail but the major differnece between flash disks and hard disks is that hdd have a moving platter in them and flash disks dont ... data in hdds is tored on these paltters so i guess the movement of plater is the reason why data is scattered and needs to be defragged
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