Originally Posted by
PTravel
A standard file defragger should treat the registry as a file and make sure all segments are contiguous. I think the value in defragging the registry internally, i.e. changing the sequence of keys, is questionable at best.
Agreed. Even defragmenting the registry as a file to make contiguous segments might be of dubious value. Unlike a standard file, the registry is not typically accessed in a contiguous fashion- more of a "peek" and "poke" at the various key/value pairs. Not as much need for contiguous memory as there really aren't substantial speed issues involved in registry access.
Cheers.