Keeping outlook ost and pst file in fast zone 1

[srm]

Thank you very much for all your help.

I have removed the "-a 3" from both commands and "-u" from the second command as these are the defaults and are not needed. The SpaceHogs will be moved to the back and the drive will be defragged and optimized by default.

What I'm not sure about is the PST file and if it moves to the front.  The size of my hard drive is 300 GB, I have about 200 GB free and my PST file is 9 GB. The PST file is accessed (read and written to) all day. I can try the -a 6 option but I'm just trying to understand the benefit of running both commands. I thought by using the "-f 0" option this moves the PST file to Zone 1 to help in accessing the file. If I just run Step #1 below without the "-f 0" is that any better? Or do I just run the command line version as is without any options ("-f 0" "-e").

Step #1: -f 0 "C:\SRMDATAPST\Work.pst" c: e: z:
Step #2: -e "C:\SRMDATAPST\Work.pst" c: e: z:

Shawn

[jeroen]

I thought by using the "-f 0" option this moves the PST file to Zone 1 to help in accessing the file.

The "-f 0" will only set the free spaces to zero. Adding it to the commandline is a little trick, it allows JkDefrag to move files into the free area just after the directories. But if the file is too big for the free area then it will not be moved.

JkDefrag is simply not designed for micro-management like this. My advise is not to worry about the work.pst file and run JkDefrag every day without any options at all. But if you absolutely want to move the file to the beginning of the disk then try this:

Code:

jkdefrag -a 6 c:
jkdefrag C:\SRMDATAPST\Work.pst
jkdefrag -e C:\SRMDATAPST\Work.pst

All this will take a lot of running time and I don't think you will want to do this on a daily basis.

[srm]

Jeroen:

Thank you very much.  I had always planned to run JKDefrag with the defaults until I came across this topic. I really don't know how much benefit I will gain following your suggested steps. For example, will my time decrease dramatically (e.g., 2 minutes to 30 seconds) to do a certain task, then it may be worth it.  That is what I was trying to find out - the benefit of running JKDefrag with options (and what options to use). I just don't know what the results will be.

My PST file has grown from 8GB to 9GB in the last year and will probably be close to 10GB by year end. If I followed the three steps and ran it today and then the defaults daily, I'm assuming I would have to do the three step approach again as new data will be added to the PST file (I'm assuming different parts of the disk). Its a matter of knowing how often and when to complete these steps for it to have any benefit (if any benefit)

I just don't have the knowledge to know the benefit (now and in the future) of moving the PST file to the front.

It sounds like for my use just go with the defaults and not worry about it. Correct?

Thank you.

[jeroen]

I really don't know how much benefit I will gain following your suggested steps.

It depends on how you use the computer and on what is more important to you. Moving the PST file to the beginning of the disk will make Outlook faster, but will make everything else significantly slower, for example booting.

It sounds like for my use just go with the defaults and not worry about it. Correct?

I am a heavy emailer, if I say so myself. But the disk activity caused by email is extremely low. My old emails take up a lot of disk space, it's just archive. For me the trade-off is clear, I prefer to have everything else on the computer as fast as possible. It's the default JkDefrag settings for me.

[zlatan24]

To move work.pst to the beginning, defrag everything else, you want:

I'm sorry, but your procedure will not guarantee that the work.pst file is moved to the beginning. The first commandline will move the work.pst file to the first gap big enough to hold the entire file, if that gap is before the current location of the file. Other files will not be moved. In other words, the work.pst will only be moved to just after the directories if there happens to be a big enough gap.

It's possible to guarantee that there is enough space at the beginning of the disk by moving files away with "-a 6", but you will have to watch the program and manually stop it when you think the gap is big enough.

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[Tanvir21]

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[dbrown]

Outlook uses two file for data storage i.e. PST and OST. In Offline mode OST file is used whereas when you connected with Microsoft Exchange server then PST file is used. All your offline work get stored in OST file however sometime it is also noticed that when users have to face problem because of corruption of OST file. There are several factors which lead into corruption of OST files like databases corruption, bad sector, software/hardware malfunctioning and so on. If you are also facing problem because of corruption in OST file then it would be better to convert OST to PST. There are several software available in the market which you can try to convert OST to PST file.



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[rebeccajones]

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[natashanancy]

The OST and PST files are both used by Microsoft Outlook email software to store messages and other data. However, the two file types contain other important differences
PST files are typically used to store Outlook data on a computer using Outlook as a standard email client, which is downloading mail from an online source such as a POP3 mailbox. PST files are a necessity when Outlook is used this way. OST files store messages and other data in the same way but are offline storage files used alongside an Exchange server. OST files maintain an offline copy your Exchange server mailbox on your individual computer. OST files are optional. You can access all data from the Exchange server, but OST files provide faster data access.

[AlbertEines]

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[Belinda]

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[denniel]

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