Can I copy than rename ?
Can I copy than rename ?
(OP)
It's about file named c:\Program Files\Common Files\Solidworks Data\Lang\English\SWBrowser.mdbold
The file size is 49 Mb and the file is excessively fragmented - it has 441 fragments. WindowsXP defragmenter won't touch it.
Using Windows Explorer I just copied that file in the same directory - new file has name: Copy of ...
Now using the same Windows Explorer I renamed the fragmented file to: Old_... and than from the new file with: Copy of ... I removed: Copy of
Now, when I use Windows defragmenter and analyse (not defragment) the disk, it reports that the Old_.... is still fragmented as before, which is obvious, but the copy of that file (now with the "original" name without words Copy of) is not fragmented.
Of course that tempts me to wipe out that "Old" fragmented file, but I am still hesitant a bit.
So the question is - what's that ...... \SWBrowser.mdbold file is for , and how could I "use" SW2006 to test it and to see if the "new" non-fragmented file works properly before wiping out the "old" one.
Thanks.
The file size is 49 Mb and the file is excessively fragmented - it has 441 fragments. WindowsXP defragmenter won't touch it.
Using Windows Explorer I just copied that file in the same directory - new file has name: Copy of ...
Now using the same Windows Explorer I renamed the fragmented file to: Old_... and than from the new file with: Copy of ... I removed: Copy of
Now, when I use Windows defragmenter and analyse (not defragment) the disk, it reports that the Old_.... is still fragmented as before, which is obvious, but the copy of that file (now with the "original" name without words Copy of) is not fragmented.
Of course that tempts me to wipe out that "Old" fragmented file, but I am still hesitant a bit.
So the question is - what's that ...... \SWBrowser.mdbold file is for , and how could I "use" SW2006 to test it and to see if the "new" non-fragmented file works properly before wiping out the "old" one.
Thanks.






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Eric
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It will reduce the size of SolidWorks files (and supposedly unfrag them too). I'm not sure it will handle SWBrowser.mdbold as special, but it might. It works on all types of files, but has special functions for SolidWorks docs.
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php
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It will defrag anything
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Why the heck it does not work on my computer ?
Does anybody have any ideas ??
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Why would it fragment even small, couple of Mb, SW files ???
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Permissions?
"Why would it fragment even small, couple of Mb, SW files ???"
It won't unless you tell it to.
SW07-SP3
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Eric
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How ?? Is there any switch that needs to be turned off or on ??
This afternoon I have worked on a totally new small project - assy of three small parts.
The defragmenter analysis report tells me the assy file size is 480 kb (correct, kilobytes) but the file itself has 8 (eight) fragments !!!
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\System Volume Information\_restore{2C4EEC66-1D4D-4D88-B177-DA8A21110D8A}\RP273\SNAPSHOT\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
This file is 22 Mb and has 285 Fragments.
Is that normal ??
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SW07-SP3
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B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
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"Why would it fragment even small, couple of Mb, SW files ???"
The fragmentation of a file is caused by the way Windows writes to the HDD. I could be wrong, but I don't believe that SolidWorks does the actual writing. It just invokes the applicable Windows dll/routine.
SW07-SP3
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I do not think WindowsXP Defragmenter is any good ... This is not a first time around I am doing the Defrag.
I think so too - but why none of my few Excel (one of them over 15 Mb) files get fragmented ??
Could it be that SW writes (somehow) files "as you go", in "chunks", appending perhaps - and that confuses Windows resulting in very fragmented files.
Another thing - I copied one SW job files to a different drive (D:) - they showed up unfragmented (which it should be because that disk was also 90% free and fully defragmented with all the "blue" color files neatly packed on the left of the chart)
Than I did a little work on a few SW files from D: and saved them (on that D:). After that I run the defragmenter in Analysis mode - the files that I worked on were fragmented.
What's more is that when I defragmented that D: - just to fix those four or five (now) fragmented files - it did defragment them, but the amount of time seemed to me too much - it took like 60 sec and the noise coming from the reading heads vere extraordinary - I was worried something (mechanical) would happen to the disk heads.
Anyway it looks to me that the best way to defrag the SW files is:
- have a big chunk of the disk empty
- just open another folder named "Job_123_Defrag"
- copy "inside" of the original folder to that new folder
- discard the original folder.
- rename that "...._Defrag" folder to what the name of the original folder was.
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I don't know if there are better general defraggers out there that actually do what they claim. I do know that the EcoSqueeze linked above handles SolidWorks document files very well, and also does a decent job with other file types.
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php
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I have not tried it but have read that it is very good.
SW07-SP3