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From: altman@sbstaff2.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: win3.0 performance
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Date: 1 Jun 90 16:11:48 GMT
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In article <1990May31.145141.20600@chinet.chi.il.us> patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree) writes:
>In article <54910@microsoft.UUCP> jeffmu@microsoft.UUCP (Jeff MUZZY) writes:
>>I would also have to include Hard disk fragmentation as a issue.
>>Some people don't believe that you can get from a 5-10% performance
>>increase from tuning a system by running smartdrv and a hard disk
>>unfragmentation/compression program every week (Based on my compile
>>and automated tests results.)
>
>Hmm.  Is it cool to run Nortons speed disk now.  The last I remembered, 
>Windows creates a swap file on the disk and running speed disk would screw
>up the organization of that file.  Then again, that was quite a few months
>ago so it may have changed in the final release.

First of all, never ever run a Speed Disk type utility from under
Windows.  This will surely screw things up.

Second, the question of whether running a Speed Disk type utility is safe
only comes up when running 386 Enhanced mode and using the Permanent
Swap File.  Before creating the permanent swap file, be sure to run
a Speed Disk type utility to compact the drive usage.  This enables you
to have larger Swap Files as the whole point of a Permanent Swap file
is to make it contiguous.  This way Windows 3.0 performance will not
be affected by the fragmentation on the rest of the drive.

Third, if after creating a Permanent Swap File you wish to run a Speed
Disk type utility, make sure that the utility you use allows you to
mark files (hidden files) so that they will not be moved from their 
current locations.  Norton Utilities Advanced 4.5 Speed Disk does have
this option.

- Jeff (jaltman@ccmail.sunysb.edu)