Carbon Copy Cloner and system performance

[Maris Avots]

If using Carbon Copy Cloner impacts system performance, what is the best way
to move existing system files to a new hard drive?


On 7/1/04 9:54 PM, "Randy B. Singer" <randy at macattorney.com> wrote:

> Daniel Beck said:
> 
>> I'm sure you'll be fine. If someone does feel the need to defrag, I
>> think the best way (assuming one has the means) is to Carbon Copy the
>> entire volume over to another disk and then back again.
> 
> That will defragment the drive, but it won't optimize it.  In fact, it
> might detrimentally impact performance.
> 
> As Apple says:
> 
>> There is also a chance that one of the files placed in the "hot band" for
>> rapid reads during system startup might be moved during defragmentation,
>> which would actually decrease performance.
> 
> 
> 
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)
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