UD2008 what do you archive

[Long View]

For me the best thing about UD2008 is not the way it defrags files - they all do mcuh the same - but the way it allows you to archive files not used or rarely used. With a data drive it is simply a matter of placing data used within say the last 6 months as performance data and data not used in the last 6 months goes to the archive.

With C: OS and Programs though there are file types that should perhaps be archived. So Far I have only used wildcards for *.zip and *.cab I may be wrong but I can't see *.Cab being used all that often. Are there other files types for C: that others archive and why ?

[rolarocka]

Its interesting to know what jkdefrag archives:

Files bigger than 50 megabytes
Files not accessed in the last month (see next question)
?:\$RECYCLE.BIN\*
?:\RECYCLED\*
?:\RECYCLER\*
?:\WINDOWS\$*
?:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations\*
?:\WINDOWS\Ehome\*
?:\WINDOWS\Fonts\*
?:\WINDOWS\Help\*
?:\WINDOWS\I386\*
?:\WINDOWS\IME\*
?:\WINDOWS\Installer\*
?:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\*
?:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\*
?:\WINDOWS\Speech\*
?:\WINDOWS\Symbols\*
?:\WINDOWS\ie7updates\*
?:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\*
?:\WINNT\$*
?:\WINNT\Downloaded Installations\*
?:\WINNT\I386\*
?:\WINNT\Installer\*
?:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\*
?:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\*
?:\WINNT\ie7updates\*
?:\*\Installshield Installation Information\*
?:\I386\*
?:\System Volume Information\*
?:\windows.old\*
*.7z
*.arj
*.avi
*.bak
*.bup
*.bz2
*.cab
*.chm
*.dvr-ms
*.gz
*.ifo
*.log
*.lzh
*.mp3
*.msi
*.old
*.pdf
*.rar
*.rpm
*.tar
*.vob
*.wmv
*.z
*.zip
http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/

Now you can pick what you want and think is good to archive.

[Espresso]

I wouldn't archive anything that gets modified/deleted frequently like *.log files or restore points in System Volume Information.