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Originally Posted by user743
the difference becomes noticeable when the book is very big, or the computer is very slow.
if it's a - zip. it will take time to rewrite the whole file.
- text/docx. it will be able make changes without rewriting the whole file - reducing time
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are you claiming that windows is smart enough to rewrite 1/2 a file or 1/4 of a file ?
that's news to me and contradicts everything I thought I knew about file operations.
when I edit and save a word doc, windows should write new, update disc index, mark old space as available for rewrite.
it surely does not compute like this - that book was saved across four fragments on this (needs-a-defrag) disc, but the latest edits only affected fragments 2 & 4 , so lets just re-do those.....
Given that an average windows PC will replace a book file in approximately one blink of an eye, anyway- this could become a silly "how many angels on a pin" debate, and its relevence to calibre is diminishing...