Defragmentation and RAM question

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On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:40:16 -0000, Philip Herlihy wrote:

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On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 09:37:47 +0000, Scott wrote:

2. Would doubling the RAM to 16GB make a significant difference?

I've always been told: more RAM is interesting if you have a lot of
programs open at the same time (or programs that use a lot of memory).
If you want speed, invest in a better/faster CPU.

If you want to know if more RAM would speed up your system, download
Process Explorer from:
https://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe
manual at:
https://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.chm
(Sysinternals is now part of Microsoft, so these are safe downloads.)
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Nice link, and explanation too!

Watch out for my goof, picked up by Michael above:

"Look now at Current Commit Charge. If that's less than Total Physical
Memory, then your system doesn't have enough memory for what you're
doing right now."

Should read:

"Look now at Current Commit Charge. If that's MORE than Total Physical
Memory, then your system doesn't have enough memory for what you're
doing right now."

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Phil, London

On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:08:11 +0100, "s|b" wrote:

On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:40:49 +0000, Scott wrote:

What's your external drive? For instance, I have a LaCie Rikiki which
doesn't have any moving parts. AFAIK there's no point in trying to
defragment it, just like you wouldn't defragment a USB flash drive.

WD My Book 4TB.

Technical Specs nor Product Overview show what sort of hdd is inside.
Maybe contact WD Support and ask them about defragmenting?

What makes you think they will be more knowledgeable than contributors
here? I have always found posters helpful and knowledgeable. Maybe
you take a different view?

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:41:21 +0000, Scott wrote:

Technical Specs nor Product Overview show what sort of hdd is inside.
Maybe contact WD Support and ask them about defragmenting?

What makes you think they will be more knowledgeable than contributors
here?

It's a good thing you don't have a job as mind reader, because you suck
at it. That's not at all what I thought.

I have always found posters helpful and knowledgeable. Maybe
you take a different view?

First time I visited Usenet was in 1998. For some time Deja News (later
Google Groups) was a goldmine of knowledge. If I wanted to know
something I searched through the archive and I usually found an answer.

A lot has changed since then and not only Usenet. Nowadays almost every
product has some sort of support. So why not make use of that? Is it
your experience that the people that offer support are idiots?

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s|b

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:24:05 +0100, "s|b" wrote:

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:41:21 +0000, Scott wrote:

Technical Specs nor Product Overview show what sort of hdd is inside.
Maybe contact WD Support and ask them about defragmenting?

What makes you think they will be more knowledgeable than contributors
here?

It's a good thing you don't have a job as mind reader, because you suck
at it. That's not at all what I thought.

It was certainly my interpretation of your comment. I'll leave others
to form their own view.

I have always found posters helpful and knowledgeable. Maybe
you take a different view?

First time I visited Usenet was in 1998. For some time Deja News (later
Google Groups) was a goldmine of knowledge. If I wanted to know
something I searched through the archive and I usually found an answer.

A lot has changed since then and not only Usenet. Nowadays almost every
product has some sort of support. So why not make use of that? Is it
your experience that the people that offer support are idiots?

No, I think technical support can be very good at providing advice
about the product they are supporting. However, I don't believe my
question was specific to one manufacturer or one product but was a
general question about hard drives. This was why I thought asking the
group would be a good idea.

I don't think you really understood the question when you started on
about drives with no moving parts. Given that an 'Acronis backup' is
likely to be a back up of the whole computer, how do you think that
would fit a SSD?

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:50:53 +0000, Scott
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I don't think you really understood the question when you started on
about drives with no moving parts. Given that an 'Acronis backup' is
likely to be a back up of the whole computer, how do you think that
would fit a SSD?




That depends on how big the SSD is and how much of the rest of the
drives are filled. To put things in perspective, a 1TB SSD is not that
uncommon (I have one), and the used space on my C: and D: drives
total about 800GB.

So, yes, a backup of my whole computer would fit on my SSD.

Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:50:53 +0000, Scott
wrote:


I don't think you really understood the question when you started on
about drives with no moving parts. Given that an 'Acronis backup' is
likely to be a back up of the whole computer, how do you think that
would fit a SSD?



That depends on how big the SSD is and how much of the rest of the
drives are filled. To put things in perspective, a 1TB SSD is not that
uncommon (I have one), and the used space on my C: and D: drives
total about 800GB.

So, yes, a backup of my whole computer would fit on my SSD.

The OPs external capacity is 4TB.

I see several products fitting that description on
Newegg, as SSD type. This one is $1600. Which would be
an uncommon choice for a "backup drive". When you can
get a MyBook rotating HDD 4TB for so much less.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9SIAEX86DU3716

Paul