Installation and System Requirements - O&O Software

COMPLETE/Name Method
The COMPLETE/Name method defragments your files and also reorganizes your file structure.
Although this method is slower than the STEALTH and SPACE methods, it guarantees
maximum performance for the read access to your system.
The COMPLETE/Name method is particularly suitable for system drives. Please bear in mind
that this method needs a lot of main memory due to the reorganization process. If this is
a serious problem for your system, we recommend you use the STEALTH or SPACE methods.
Algorithm
Files are sorted alphabetically from the beginning to the end of the partition and this leads
to quick access to files in a directory. When Windows starts up, many system files will be
read in sequence from the \WINDOWS and the \WINDOWS\system32 directories (DLLs,
system drives, etc.) and the start-up time will therefore be shorter.
This method is particularly recommended for computers on which the files rarely change.
This reduces the reorganization time that is needed for every defragmentation.
Recommended Application
The COMPLETE/Name method is particularly suitable for use on the following systems.
Please bear in mind that if you use the COMPLETE/Name method for your regular defragmentation
runs, it should be the only one used on the drive. Combining it with other methods
(COMPLETE, STEALTH, and SPACE) can result in defragmentation taking longer, as
the files will have to be rearranged each time.
• Maximizes the performance for the read access to workstations
• For regular defragmentation of a drive
• For computers with sufficient available resources at the time you wish to defragment be
cause CPU usage will increase and a lot of free hard disk space is required (use of the
O&O ActivityGuard is particularly recommended)
• All types of servers and workstations
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