How often do you defrag ?

Karl · 22-06-2003, 01:24

I do it once a month.

How about you ?

matty4donna · 22-06-2003, 01:36

Never because the way a file system works, it does not do much once you have modified a file afterwards.

Richard M · 22-06-2003, 01:38

Karl · 22-06-2003, 01:46

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Originally posted by matty4donna
Never because the way a file system works, it does not do much once you have modified a file afterwards.

Defrag is a useful and vital program installed within Windows that should be run on a regular basis to optimise your hard drive for use.

The purpose of the program is to optimise the data currently stored on your computer so that the programs installed can launch quicker.

It also helps stop the hard drive from working harder by having all the data stored in a more organised way and causes less wear and tear during normal operation.

matty4donna · 22-06-2003, 01:48

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Originally posted by Karl
Defrag is a useful and vital program installed within Windows that should be run on a regular basis to optimise your hard drive for use.

The purpose of the program is to optimise the data currently stored on your computer so that the programs installed can launch quicker.

It also helps stop the hard drive from working harder by having all the data stored in a more organised way and causes less wear and tear during normal operation.

Living in the days of FAT16 obviously.

scrotnig · 22-06-2003, 01:48

Defraggers do it in hard drives!

scrotnig · 22-06-2003, 01:50

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Originally posted by matty4donna
Living in the days of FAT16 obviously.

Not so, I'm on Win2K and a regular defrag DOES make a difference

Karl · 22-06-2003, 01:55

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Originally posted by matty4donna
Living in the days of FAT16 obviously.

No, fat32.

scrotnig · 22-06-2003, 01:57

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Originally posted by Karl
No, fat32.

There's no need to get personal!
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bopdude · 22-06-2003, 02:08

Well, I won't use any smilies ( need sadies ) the guy \ girl that doesn't do a regular defrag is just looking for trouble IMHO, of course. I do virus, spybot, hi-jack this, trogan hunter, defrag and a host of other things about twice a month ( BB always on, always busy ) you would not belive the thing I get, luckily nortons takes care of the virus side, the rest is down to good " house keeping "

Look after your pc and your pc will look after you, remember a pc's not for life it's untill the next best thing comes out !!!

Martin · 22-06-2003, 02:21

I can't remember when i last defregged. I'll do one after.

chris D · 22-06-2003, 02:42

My 'C' drive I defrag every week, cus it doesnt take too long to do (about 10 mins). My 'D' drive though has to take its chances, cus its such a slow old thing it takes about an hour to defrag (its an old 1.2Gb seagate and I reckon it must have a spindle speed of about 10 RPM)!

Tristan · 22-06-2003, 03:54

It's true that NTFS is less prone to fragmentation than FAT, but it still occurs.

The way P2P programmes work can cause very bad fragmentation aswell, as they are constantly adding little bits to a file at the first available place on the disk, rather than writting it all sequentially.

ntluser · 22-06-2003, 08:56

I defrag my computer once a week as I spend a lot of time adding, removing and updating programs.

I'm on Windows 98 Second Edition and I notice that my computer processes applications noticeably faster after I have defragged it.

Not to mention the extra space it frees up!!

Chimaera · 22-06-2003, 09:02

Cheers everyone! Something else I didn't realise I had to do with my PC (only got it in Feb this year).
*rolls sleeves up* so where do I start?