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| Thread ID: 35171 | 2003-07-04 05:09:00 | Defragging | heaton (3697) | Press F1 |
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| 157363 | 2003-07-04 11:33:00 | I wonder if defragging actually does anything. Because I am a simpleton I like to watch defragging in action with the legend displayed. But if you run it a second time straight after the first it takes the same time and shows all the data being shifted back to the beginning of the HDD same for 3rd and fourth. I think defragging in windows might be a have. I understood fragging was shoving a fragmentation grenade into a bastard officers tent That works ! tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 157364 | 2003-07-04 12:22:00 | Yeah I've always wondered if they actually do a lot. I know that I don't notice any difference there is. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 157365 | 2003-07-04 22:57:00 | There must be something wrong with your system Ted, as after defragmenting, running a second time should whistle through like an express train, and if you show details you should see screen after screen flash by. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 157366 | 2003-07-05 08:30:00 | Or it wasn't very fragged to begin with ;) | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 157367 | 2003-07-05 08:35:00 | Nothing like a good fragg I always sat;) | Thomas (1820) | ||
| 157368 | 2003-07-06 03:07:00 | Xp defrag utility is fine just uninstall the free trial version | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 157369 | 2003-07-06 03:31:00 | D frag each weak!!! sounds a bit exccessive if you ask me. Of course if defragging while a power cut might occur then you will know about it. |
Ron Bakker (356) | ||
| 157370 | 2003-07-06 03:40:00 | Yes I agree with you Ron defragging each week seems a bit excessive. Anyway in XP you can assess the need for defragging and if it is not too fragmented then you don't have to do it. However my original question was about going into safe mode when actually defragging and nobody has commented on this. cheers.....heaton |
heaton (3697) | ||
| 157371 | 2003-07-06 03:51:00 | Well, maybe the reason no-one answered your question about running defrag in Safe Mode is that it must have been answered about 2000 or more times by now :), like at least once a week :) :). There is a FAQ #5 at the top of the page that tells about defragging. The reason to run in safe mode is that defrag absolutely hates any other program running that may change the hard drive contents during defragmenting. The other way is to shut down all programs except Explorer and System Tray. Norton Speed Disk seems to be much more tolerant in this respect |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 157372 | 2003-07-06 05:04:00 | Oh yes Well we had the problem where the hard drive would defrag to ten% then start again & never get any further. Aparently Norton's anti virus was getting in the way. So yes when defrag is done in safe mode you can be sure that nothing should get in the way while the system is try ing to do it's thing. |
Ron Bakker (356) | ||
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