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Robocopy and fragmentation

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Mar 15, 20263827 views
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While copying large number of files, it's quite often to use multiple threads with RoboCopy (/MT[:n] option). Can this cause fragmentation on the destination drive? Sometimes I use Beyond compare for copying the file structures to maximum utilize the network/HDD bandwidth. This is also in a way of …

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Fix for: Robocopy and fragmentation

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If you are unsure you can simply check the copied files if they are fragmented and if yes in how many fragments. To check a file you can use "Contig" by Microsoft/Mark Russinovich which allows to check fragmentation using the switch http://technet.m…

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