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I have a couple of questions:

I have several backups via True Image on a 1 TB USB Drive. The drive was showing that it is 58% fragmented. The fragmented files are all TIB files. One of these, however, is a Recycle Bin file, still with a tib extension, and called $RUF2WWQ.tib.

This file shows up in Piriform Defraggler, but doesn't show in Explorer.

It is 125 GB in size.

Should I delete it? If yes, how do I delete it when it doesn't show up in Explorer? Explorer File View is set to "show hidden files and folders."

Is it wise to try to defrag a drive with True Image backups on it?

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The file is, I belive, a temp file made when ati creates a backup, it shouldn't be taking up and fisle system space, whcih is probalby why it doesn't show up in explorer.

RE defragging tibs. There is little to be gained for the cost in defragging tibs. If you consider the hdisk's average access time, and mulitply that times the number of fragments you'll find that a very very large and very very heavily fragmented tib (e.g., a 400GB file in 1000 fragments), will, after a defrag, only read a second or two faster during a restore yet the restore is going to take many minutes if not dozens of minutes to complete. Your time savings is terribly miniscule. For that minscule savings on the rare ocassion when you do a restore, you have all that disk thrashing (read "hdisk wear and tear") every time you defrag the tibs.

For that matter, if you do the math, you'll see that the value of defragging generally is trememdously overrated, especially by the defrag makers. Defragging can be fun but it's much less often of any practical use. It's like going to the car wash and getting the "hot wax", for all the trouble, water, and brushing of he paint surfaces, the "hot wax" offers virtually no protection.

If you have to defrag, skip the tibs.