Re: [Avid-L2] Dragging files in a group vs individual for copying on Mac / PC?

http://superuser.com/questions/319403/does-it-make-hard-drive-more-fragmented-when-having-multiple-copying-dialogs

Seems like it might cause fragmentation, but also seems like a non-issue.



On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:17 PM, John Moore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

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> Just curious about the under the hood behavior when I drag multiple files
> to an external drive, or any drive for that matter, to copy the files. If
> I have 2 .mov files roughly 64 gigs and I drag them one at a time on make I
> get two progress bars. If I highlight them both I get one progress bar
> that says copying 2 items. It would seem to me dragging both files
> highlighted would result in one file copied then the next and would reduce
> the chance of fragmentation. Dragging them individually with two progress
> bars seems like it could be interleaving the files on the destination
> drive. Does the mac os try to map out a contiguous space for the files so
> that dragging them individually won't result in interleaving of the two
> files. Is this behavior any different on PC windows os. Just curious not
> really having any issues.
>
> John Moore
>
> Barking Trout Productions
>
> Studio City, CA
>
> bigfish@pacbell.net
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