Does full restore result in defrag'd disk?

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In a world long ago we would do a full save, delete and remake the volume, and then a full restore. The result was a fully defrag'd disk in a lot less time and disk activity than any ordinary defrag program, and a backup too. The key elements were that the save gathered the file pieces in sequence, and the newly made volume was one big empty file with no fragments.

My question: Does Acronis Home do this for me?

Wed, 05/19/2010 - 23:07
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Good question Peter.

It isn't something I have looked into but in my experience it doesn't work quite the same as in that world long ago - the reason you ended up with a defragged HDD was because each file was streamed to tape and so when it was restored you got each file put back in a nice contiguous state, but you would still have had to specify the correct backup & restore parameters (as in not sector by sector).

On my system I can't really tell because I use PerfectDisk but I do know that after a restore the files aren't all contiguous but neither are they all over the place. I will be interested in other replies.

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 10:52
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Ti does not necessarily put the sector contents back into the original sector locations. From what I've read and a casual look at my HD some time ago, it appears that a TI restoration will result in a disk that is less fragmented than a fragmented source. Conversely, it is also unlikely to provide a disk that is as well defragmented if the source was extremely well degfragged.

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 14:19