does anyone know if doing this would harm the iPod in anyway? because im defragging it right now...but im kinda worried that something might screw up.
DEFRAGMENTING iPod
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i tried to defrag mine, but didn't help anything. So I took my sledgehammer to it. now i'm much more happy.
well, i guess nothing changed in my Pod. it still has the same amount of space as it did before (no surprise there) nothing changed...only the fragemented and defragmented files i guess.
all defragmenting really does is align the data in clusters that are quicker to access. It won't give you more space, but can speed up access times.
Murd:
I thought that each file needed a contiguous block of space. As the drive fills up, blocks in various locations are used, leaving some very small, useless fractures of space on it. Defragmenting just rearranges it, right? So while it doesn't technically give you more space, it does make more of it useable, correct?
(Please check what I said for accuracy, if I'm wrong LMK so I don't go around thinking I know stuff I don't
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I thought that each file needed a contiguous block of space. As the drive fills up, blocks in various locations are used, leaving some very small, useless fractures of space on it. Defragmenting just rearranges it, right? So while it doesn't technically give you more space, it does make more of it useable, correct?
(Please check what I said for accuracy, if I'm wrong LMK so I don't go around thinking I know stuff I don't
)
From what I understand, it wil only free up space on your pc if it erases unnecessary files. But these tiny files dont ever amount to anything. The files it deletes are bytes. So you may gain 0.5 kB.
*I'm in the same boat as Chad. I'm not positive, so let us know whats really goin on if anyone knows.
*I'm in the same boat as Chad. I'm not positive, so let us know whats really goin on if anyone knows.
suprarx7nut said:
Correct, the amount a defrag frees up, which it technically isn't really freeing up just sorting in such a way that a couple k is usable, is so tiny about all you could do is save a .txt document in it. Now... a disk cleanup, THAT'll free up some space! But do a defrag afterwords, and about once a week. On a PC anyway.
defraggin is what you wanna do to your harddrive after some time. Installation and uninstallation and creating and deleting files creates fragmentation. Think of it as a messy room. When you clean, or defragment it, you put everything in its place nice and neat and you always throw out a thing or two(the few kilobytes you free up). The result is you can work in your room easier cuz everything is where i should be, just like a harddrive functioning more efficiently.
As for defragging your ipod, it'll probably speed the menus up, but not by much. What i did to get more space in my ipod, i took out the ol' 40gig harddrive in there, and swapped in a 60gigger:icon_bigg.
As for defragging your ipod, it'll probably speed the menus up, but not by much. What i did to get more space in my ipod, i took out the ol' 40gig harddrive in there, and swapped in a 60gigger:icon_bigg.
theKnifeArtist said:
haha, true. Im getting a new factory face for my video, it got scratched to hell. After that Ill toss in a new HD probably. Im good with 30gbs surprisingly, I dont use the video feature as much really.
BTW, depending on the usuage of the ipod a defrag wont hurt it at all. My third gen ran for 2 years, I defragged it and was amazed at the menu speed afterwards.
2 years of usage, hah, i'd imagine it would be pretty fragmented. yeah i still got the fourth generation with the click wheel and noncolor screen, i have no use for videos
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