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| 443868 | 2006-04-04 22:03:00 | Can a HD become so badly fragmented that defraging it won't work and you have to format it to get it working properly again. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 443869 | 2006-04-04 22:31:00 | no, but if there isn't enough free space on it (15% on XP from memory) then it won't defrag Also a scandisk/chkdsk may help if there are errors on the drive before degragging Defragging in safemode is usually a better option also |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 443870 | 2006-04-05 02:57:00 | A badly fragmented hard drive may need several defrags before things are nice and tidy again. One I heard about required six. :eek: :D | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 443871 | 2006-04-06 03:26:00 | no, but if there isn't enough free space on it (15% on XP from memory) then it won't defrag Also a scandisk/chkdsk may help if there are errors on the drive before degragging Defragging in safemode is usually a better option alsoYou must always do a scandisk/chkdsk before defragmenting. Safemode is always a "better option". :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
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