topic Re: Defrag Disk of Pocket-Vaio in PCs & Accessories

Defrag Disk of Pocket-Vaio

emqvaio — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:58:05 GMT

Hi there,
I'm a new user of this forum and a new user of Pocket-Vaio.
I would like to know some opinions about defragmentation of the disk of VGF-AP1.
Is it OK to do it or is there any problem ?
I'm used to do it with my other player (Archos-AV), but I don't know if we can do it with Sony, just like any other hard-disk based player, using the windows defrag option.
Thanks for any help.

Re: Defrag Disk of Pocket-Vaio

kee-lo_ — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:13:42 GMT

I wouldn't
I would reformat it every 3 months.

Re: Defrag Disk of Pocket-Vaio

emqvaio — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:28:30 GMT

Thanks for the answer, but may I know why ?
What's the problem about defraging it and why is it better to reformat it ?
Thanks again for any help.

Re: Defrag Disk of Pocket-Vaio

kee-lo_ — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:32:55 GMT

Well I know the iPod is like this, and a lot of other HD based players tell you to reformat instead of defragging.

Re: Defrag Disk of Pocket-Vaio

diverse — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:49:28 GMT

if you transfer files and leave them there and just play them why would you need to defrag or even re-format for that matter?

Re: Defrag Disk of Pocket-Vaio

emqvaio — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:42:36 GMT

if you transfer files and leave them there and just play them why would you need to defrag or even re-format for that matter?

Sometimes one can change files / songs that dont like and replace them with another ones with different size - in the process of writing to the HD, sometimes happens that the files are not sequential and therefore a defrag would be convenient.
The one thing I dont understand is why we should not do a defrag with Vaio, considering that it is a "simple" portable hard-disk !
Thanks again for all your help.

Re: Defrag Disk of Pocket-Vaio

kee-lo_ — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:15:12 GMT

If like iPod it's for databasing issues.