b drive

About this tag
The b drive tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about a partition labeled B: on a Windows system, often used as a secondary or backup volume. In the available thread, a user shares their experience defragmenting a B: drive, which is a partition of the C: drive, and notes that defragmenting it improved read/write speeds not only on the B: drive but also on other drives like C: and D:. The user observes that a single large fragmented file on the B: drive appeared to slow down the entire computer. This tag is relevant for Windows users managing multiple partitions, performing disk defragmentation, and troubleshooting performance issues related to drive fragmentation.

  1. Windows 7 I didn't know that it worked this way...

    Hi I posed a few days ago someplace that I found that defragmenting my C:\ drive gave me a real increase in read speed. From about 3 Mbs to 30. I defraged my B:\ drive (a partition of C:\) and today I tacked D:\ it was a long haul, mostly because it has the compressed back up of C:\ on it...
    • MikeHawthorne
    • Thread
    • b drive backup c drive d drive defrag drive speed external drive fragmentation optimization performance read speed storage
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support