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It is possible move a specific file to the beginning of the disk? I want to move my virtual machine disk files (virtual disk) to the beginning of the disk to improve disk access performance. I believe that this is possible because some defragmentation softwares use this technique to move system files to the beginning of the disk. What I want is a practical way (a script or a program) to do the same but moving the files that I choose.

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I think you should be able to do that with the scripting feature of MyDefrag. I haven't tried to do what you want, but AddGap and MoveDownFill are possibly among the actions you'd need to take within a FileSelect/FileAction clause.

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I think the best way is to create a logical disk at the beginning of the separate physical HDD. There are programs that can move existent partitions and create a new one at the beginning of the disk (google for "partition magic free alternatives")

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As Dennis said (sorry, not enough reputation as for voting you) you can use MyDefrag scripting for this task. Anyway I think you have to move the file to the end of the disk for performance improvement.

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End of the disk? I always knew that the beginning of the disk is faster than the end. Note what MyDefrag website says: "On most harddisks the beginning of the harddisk is considerably faster than the end, sometimes by as much as 200 percent!" – Renan Vinícius Mozone Jul 26 '10 at 14:14
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