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defragmenting your computer
« on: February 09, 2004, 01:16:20 PM »
hi, if i download a lot of shows and videos and delete them, how often should i defragment my computer? and if i have not defragmented my computer, could this be the reason why my os needs to be reinstalled? thanks,
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2004, 01:18:50 PM »
I had a hard drive fail on me about a year ago...according to Western Digital it looked like it had gotten extremely hot and malfunctioned.  Since then, I have added fans to my case, and they also told me that defragging very regularly when you add/delete lots of files helps, because then the hard drive is more efficient when it searches for data.

I have mine set to auto defrag, once a week in the middle of the night...
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2004, 01:20:09 PM »
No to your second question. #1 is purely up to you & your tolerance for waiting for your drive(s) to seek for all the portions of files.

If you're regularly adding & deleting large files, say multiple times/week, then weekly should be sufficient.
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2004, 01:24:45 PM »
jsut set a regular defrag to like 4 am once or twice a week- you dont have to be there for it to do its job
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2004, 02:22:05 PM »
ok, thanks everyone. i would +t if i could.  :)
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2004, 02:51:26 PM »
4 more posts & you can!
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2004, 03:07:48 PM »
I have heard  on a computer show & elsewhere   to defrag anything above a 10% fragmented drive.  
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2004, 03:08:57 PM »
Defrag even when Windows says its not necessary.
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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2004, 08:14:25 PM »
I have win ME, and when I try to defrag it takes forever.

I tried using safe mode, and it made a HUGE difference,
finished in half the time
are you supposed to do it in safe mode?
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2004, 09:28:55 PM »
Norton's SpeedDisk is a bit better, and cheap if you buy "last year's model" of Norton Utilities from software discounters
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2004, 12:06:16 AM »
Quote from: kkaye on February 09, 2004, 08:14:25 PM
I have win ME, and when I try to defrag it takes forever.

I tried using safe mode, and it made a HUGE difference,
finished in half the time
are you supposed to do it in safe mode?

Supposed to? No. Defragging while in safe mode allows for almost the entire windows swapfile to get defragmented as well in addition to all the little apps that run down in the systray. Neither can be defragmented while in normal mode because they're in use.
Having your swapfile defragged can mean a huge performace boost depending on how large it typically is & how fragged it was to begin with.

+T for finding the secret.
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2004, 06:21:59 AM »
i also have the norton utilities one from systemworks 2004, and i must say, it is DA BOMB 8)
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2004, 12:59:08 PM »
My unverified feeling is that defragging more than necessary puts unnecessary wear and stress on the drive from the defragging process.
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« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2004, 07:23:23 PM »
wellll, I  have had my compuer for  to long  now, and when I looked at de fragin' it, damn! it seems it is almost all fragmented files...
this will take forever right?
should I prolly just let it go all night?
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Re:defragmenting your computer
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2004, 11:32:39 PM »
yes
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