[Gllug] ntfs defrag

[t.clarke]

The degree of fragmentation must, surely, be inevitably a function of the file-
system usage pattern?  The more files get expanded/contracted/deleted the worse
fragmentation is likely to become. Having said that I have never really found
a great need to defrag a *nix filesystem. Probably the safest way of doing it
is to backup to another filesystem or tape, re-make the filsystem on the
partition and then restore from the backup. Presumably an 'on the fly' defragger
has to have an intimate knowledge of the filesystem - if Windows defrags are
anythying to go by I would not trust the results!

Tim
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