Right Dan.  Whether windows files are located near the FAT or not is not
that critical.  True, the read/write head will have to travel an extra
inch or so, but these movements are measured in millionths of a second.
Unless you are constantly starting and stopping and starting and stopping
and starting and stopping various windows processes, the extra time is
negligible.

Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Leung <[log in to unmask]>


>>The reason is simple : when you delete
>>c:\windows, you have a lot of fragmented space; if
>>you defrag, free space will be unfragmented but
>>not in the disk's most effective place -the closest
>>to the FAT, etc.  When you do format c:, you have
>>all of the HD free and can do reinstall in the best
>>way, filling the effective place with os and moving
>>your data in last.
>
>Yeah, I heard this theory before, but is this
>significant, is the performance improvement
>measurable? I think deltree c:\windows is an
>acceptable alternative.
>
>Dan

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