[Script] for Large Storage Drives /Updated + Alternate for Steam

[alttbm]

Sorts Drive alphabetically
Starts with 50% of remaining space at beginning of drive
takes commonly use folders (specified) ad adds 5% of remaining HDD space for faster defrag next time
Sorts all other folders in between
you must specify folders that start with the same letter as common folders, using wild card will fail or re-sort them and remove the gap



Add in missing Letters And changes to for Directories needed


Version2 in Next post
Shortens Defrag by Up to 4 times
DataDiskMonthly used to Take me 4 days on me 4TB Stripe Drive I finished it with this Script overnight

Title('Sort By Use')
Description('
Sort all the files and directories by name on all the selected disk(s).
')



/* Select and process the volumes one by one. */
VolumeSelect
  CommandlineVolumes()
VolumeActions

  /* Write the "before" statistics to the logfile. See the "Settings.MyD" file
     for the definition of the "LogBefore" string. */
  AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogBefore")

  /* Zone 1: Anime Directory */
    MakeGap(ZoneBegin + VolumeFree * 0.5)
    FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Anime" directory.
     DirectoryName("Anime")
   FileActions
       # Add a gap of 5% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.05)
     SortByName(Ascending)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 2: Applications Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Applications" directory.
     DirectoryName("Applications")
   FileActions
       # Add a gap of 5% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(VolumeFree * 0.05)
    SortByName(Ascending)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 3: Directorys B - G */
    FileSelect
      DirectoryName("B*")
      or DirectoryName("C*")
      or DirectoryName("D*")
      or DirectoryName("E*")
      or DirectoryName("F*")
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  /* Zone 4: Games Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Games" directory.
     DirectoryName("Games")
   FileActions
       # Add a gap of 5% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(VolumeFree * 0.05)
    SortByName(Ascending)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 5: Directorys G - M */
    FileSelect
      DirectoryName("H*")
      or DirectoryName("I*")
      or DirectoryName("J*")
      or DirectoryName("K*")
      or DirectoryName("L*")
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  /* Zone 6: Movies Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Movies" directory.
     DirectoryName("Movies")
   FileActions
       # Add a gap of 5% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(VolumeFree * 0.05)
    SortByName(Ascending)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 7: Music Directory */
   FileSelect
      # Select everything in the "Music" directory.
     DirectoryName("Music")
   FileActions
      # Add a gap of 5% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(VolumeFree * 0.05)
    SortByName(Ascending)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 8: Directorys M - P */
    FileSelect
      DirectoryName("N*")
      or DirectoryName("O*")
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  /* Zone 9: Pictures Directory */
   FileSelect
     # Select everything in the "Pictures" directory.
     DirectoryName("Pictures")
   FileActions
       # Add a gap of 5% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(VolumeFree * 0.05)
     SortByName(Ascending)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 10: Directorys P - T */
    FileSelect
      DirectoryName("Q*")
      or DirectoryName("R*")
      or DirectoryName("S*")
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  /* Zone 11: TV Shows Directory */
    FileSelect
        # Select everything in the "TV Shows" directory.
      DirectoryName("TV Shows")
    FileActions
        # Add a gap of 05% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(VolumeFree * 0.05)
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  /* Zone 12: Directorys T - Z */
    FileSelect
      DirectoryName("U*")
      or DirectoryName("V*")
      or DirectoryName("W*")
      or DirectoryName("X*")
      or DirectoryName("Y*")
      or DirectoryName("Z*")
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogAfter")

VolumeEnd

AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogFooter")

Enjoy  this


thanks to   Darlis & Kasuha for the help

[alttbm]

Version 2
Better Optimized
Alot Less Modification needed
Added Add Zone For MFT
Resizied MakeGap(ZoneBegin + VolumeFree * 0.5) to MakeGap(ZoneBegin + VolumeFree * 0.1) Moved to Zone 9


This Script is built to Trim the Defrag For Large Drives by having the User input commonly expanding Folder.
This way MyDefrag Can Identify these and Create space behind them so that after the initial defrag only those areas will be targeted.

the Folder Names I posted in the Example script here are Examples/Fillers.
more Sort Zones Cane be added with copy  & paste + renaming the zone & renumber following ones.
any of these examples can be changed to any folder on the users PC IE. 'Anime' > 'Porn' It still works.
that all there is to it.

Including the Steam Script which is done                         Credit to Rohk

[alttbm]

Its here

Only change 'commonly used' folders

Title('Sort By Use Version 2')
Description('
Sort all the files and directories by name on all the selected disk(s).
')



/* Select and process the volumes one by one. */
VolumeSelect
  CommandlineVolumes()
VolumeActions

  /* Write the "before" statistics to the logfile. See the "Settings.MyD" file
     for the definition of the "LogBefore" string. */
  AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogBefore")

  /* Zone 1: Place the MFT and some other special NTFS files. */
  FileSelect
    SelectNtfsSystemFiles(yes)
  FileActions
    PlaceNtfsSystemFiles(Ascending,MftSize * 0.01)
  FileEnd
 
    /* Zone 2: Anime Directory */
    FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Anime" directory.
     DirectoryName("Anime")
   FileActions
     SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 3: Applications Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Applications" directory.
     DirectoryName("Applications")
   FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 4: Games Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Games" directory.
     DirectoryName("Games")
   FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 5: Music Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Music" directory.
     DirectoryName("Music")
   FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 6: Movies Directory */
   FileSelect
      # Select everything in the "Movies" directory.
     DirectoryName("Movies")
   FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
      # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 7: Pictures Directory */
   FileSelect
     # Select everything in the "Pictures" directory.
     DirectoryName("Pictures")
   FileActions
     SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 8: TV Shows Directory */
    FileSelect
        # Select everything in the "TV Shows" directory.
      DirectoryName("TV Shows")
    FileActions
        # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  /* Zone 9: Directories Other */
    MakeGap(ZoneBegin + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
    FileSelect
       All
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogAfter")

VolumeEnd

AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogFooter")

[jeroen]

I think you should change your zone 9. When a file has been selected for a zone it will automatically not be selected for next zones again. For example, files in your "Anime" folder are selected in your zone 1, so will not be selected again in other zones. So, in your last zone all you have to do is select "all" files, just like in the scripts that come with MyDefrag. This will select "all remaining files". At the moment your script does not do anything with remaining files, they are not optimized.

[alttbm]

Wow thanks I wasn't Sure so thought id be safe
so just

  /* Zone 9: Directories Other */
    FileSelect
       All
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd
)

Oh and working on  Steam variant with Rohk's approval
for anybody that wants it

[Kasuha]

Your script is kind of a special-purpose one, anybody who's not using exactly your directory structure is probably not going to get anything better from it than from DataDiskMonthly. If you're making it public you should probably also describe what directory structure it assumes in better detail.

[alttbm]

you should probably also describe what directory structure it assumes in better detail

I'm Not Sure I follow
but I'd be glad to if I did

[Kasuha]

I'm Not Sure I follow

Obviously.

Your script is a 'code', kind of which is not going to be useful for everyone's storage disk.
But uneducated user is not going to understand your script.
You should write a 'manual' for it, too, describing what it assumes about the disk and how is it supposed to be used. It doesn't have to be long but should be written in human language so that uneducated user understands what to expect from it.

[Darlis]

Instead of assuming that the user has directories like "Movies" and "TV-Shows", you could just select all video files like mpg, avi, etc., same with "Music".

Like Kasuha said, you have to write something like a manual that tells the user, for example, to change the "Application" and "Games" directory name, if the user has named them differently.

[alttbm]

Manual added


Steam Version Here

Title('Sort By Use Steam')
Description('
Sort all the files and directories by name on all the selected disk(s).
')



/* Select and process the volumes one by one. */
VolumeSelect
  CommandlineVolumes()
VolumeActions

  /* Write the "before" statistics to the logfile. See the "Settings.MyD" file
     for the definition of the "LogBefore" string. */
  AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogBefore")

  /* Zone 1: Place the MFT and some other special NTFS files. */
  FileSelect
    SelectNtfsSystemFiles(yes)
  FileActions
    PlaceNtfsSystemFiles(Ascending,MftSize * 0.01)
  FileEnd
 
        /* Zone 2: Steam program files and no old cache files nor game files. */
  FileSelect
    DirectoryName("Steam")
   and not(
      (LastAccessEnabled(yes) and LastAccess(,1 month ago))
      or DirectoryName("steamapps")
      or DirectoryName("Backup")
      or DirectoryName("dumps")
      or DirectoryName("logs")
      or DirectoryName("old")
      or FileName("*.log")
      or FileName("*.tmp")
      )
  FileActions
    Defragment(Fast)
    Defragment()
    MoveUpToZone()
    FastFill(WithShuffling)
    AddGap(RoundUp(ZoneBegin,VolumeSize * 0.01), DoNotVacate)
  FileEnd
 
  /* Zone 3: Steam game files no setups, savegames nor big ".gfc" files. */
  FileSelect
    DirectoryName("steamapps")
      and not(
      (LastAccessEnabled(yes) and LastAccess(,6 month ago))
      or directoryname("directx")
      or directoryname("dotnet")
      or directoryname("*install*")
      or directoryname("redist")
      or directoryname("redistributable")
      or directoryname("*save*")
      or directoryname("support")
      or directoryname("temp")
      or filename("*.cab")
      or filename("*.gcf")
      or filename("*.ncf")
      or filename("*inst*.exe")
      or filename("*Physx*.exe")
      or filename("*setup*.exe")
      or filename("*vcredist*.exe")
      )
  FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
  FileEnd
 
  /* Zone 4: Steam ".gcf" and ".ncf" files and savegames, and a gap. */
  FileSelect
    DirectoryName("steamapps")
   and not(
      (LastAccessEnabled(yes) and LastAccess(,6 month ago))
      or directoryname("directx")
      or directoryname("dotnet")
      or directoryname("*install*")
      or directoryname("redist")
      or directoryname("redistributable")
      or directoryname("support")
      or directoryname("temp")
      or filename("*.cab")
      or filename("*inst*.exe")
      or filename("*Physx*.exe")
      or filename("*setup*.exe")
      or filename("*vcredist*.exe")
      )   
  FileActions
    Defragment(Fast)
    Defragment()
    MoveUpToZone()
    FastFill(WithShuffling)
    AddGap(RoundUp(ZoneEnd,VolumeFree * 0.05), DoNotVacate)
  FileEnd
 
    /* Zone 5: Anime Directory */
    FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Anime" directory.
     DirectoryName("Anime")
   FileActions
     SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 6: Applications Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Applications" directory.
     DirectoryName("Applications")
   FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 7: Games Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Games" directory.
     DirectoryName("Games")
   FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 8: Music Directory */
   FileSelect
       # Select everything in the "Music" directory.
     DirectoryName("Music")
   FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 9: Movies Directory */
   FileSelect
      # Select everything in the "Movies" directory.
     DirectoryName("Movies")
   FileActions
    SortByName(Ascending)
      # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 10: Pictures Directory */
   FileSelect
     # Select everything in the "Pictures" directory.
     DirectoryName("Pictures")
   FileActions
     SortByName(Ascending)
       # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
   FileEnd

  /* Zone 11: TV Shows Directory */
    FileSelect
        # Select everything in the "TV Shows" directory.
      DirectoryName("TV Shows")
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
        # Add a gap of 10% of the free size of the volume.
      AddGap(ZoneEnd + VolumeFree * 0.1, DoNotVacate)
    FileEnd

  /* Zone 12: Directories Other */
    MakeGap(ZoneBegin + VolumeFree * 0.05, DoNotVacate)
    FileSelect
       All
    FileActions
      SortByName(Ascending)
    FileEnd

  AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogAfter")

VolumeEnd

AppendLogfile("MyDefrag.log","LogFooter")

[Darlis]

Putting the Steam-Games behind all other files is not a good idea, imho. The read and write speed of a disk decreases towards the end and you do not want to waste "fast space" for video files.

[alttbm]

Putting the Steam-Games behind all other files is not a good idea, imho. The read and write speed of a disk decreases towards the end and you do not want to waste "fast space" for video files.

there
forgot about that thanks

[BloodySword]

Thingsa like images, videos (including movies or episodes), music should NEVER be sorted.

I created a data script wich makes zones for each file type named above. Defragment(Fast), Defragment(), MoveUpToZone() wich gets files into the zone wich would not actually be moved by FastFill(WithShuffling). That's all you can do for data disks. For games I would suggest you to leave them on system partition or you have a second physical hard disk for them and use the system disk scripts. You should not mix games and data like videos on one drive or even partition.

[Kasuha]

Thingsa like images, videos (including movies or episodes), music should NEVER be sorted.

As usual you yet again consider your particular usage pattern the only one in the world.

I agree with you there's little point to sort videos and generally any large files as time needed to access such file is orders of magnitude shorter than time to read it.
Also there's little point to sort media files you intend to just view or listen to.

But if you need to perform batch operations with your images or music files often enough, then having them sorted is really good idea.

[BloodySword]

Thingsa like images, videos (including movies or episodes), music should NEVER be sorted.

As usual you yet again consider your particular usage pattern the only one in the world.

I agree with you there's little point to sort videos and generally any large files as time needed to access such file is orders of magnitude shorter than time to read it.
Also there's little point to sort media files you intend to just view or listen to.

But if you need to perform batch operations with your images or music files often enough, then having them sorted is really good idea.

On hard disks since 2009 this is not a big problem. Even for batch converting they're fast enough that you won't notice much difference.
I work with VERY big pictures, PNG files with 130 MB or more (1200 dpi A3 pictures for poster usage or bigger) and I did not even notice any difference with the new 500GB hitachi hard disk (7K500) between fastfilling the zones and sorting. The performance gain is really too small that. Cost / use are not very good.

The PNG files does not have alpha channel and are compressed very little (only sub filter and ZLIB level 4). This makes decoding very fast, faster than the drive can read.