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Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:57 pm
by Alonso
Hi,
I don't defragment my HD since like 3 years ago so today I am
Re: Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:43 pm
by congo
I just use the windows defrag utility and I have no idea what your PC is so I can't compare time taken to do a defrag, but it does seem to take forever on some systems.
The defrag should offer overall improvement.
Re: Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:56 pm
by Alonso
My system:
Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz
512mb Ram
2x40gb HD's
Ati 9550 256mb
Just tried defragmenting drive C:/ 40GB (Windows and FS9)
Re: Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:42 pm
by congo
If the drives are nearly full, the defrag may take an age. Try not to go over 50% total capacity on any of your drives if you want the best drive speed.
Re: Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:14 am
by Alonso
2 gigs left, now I know why it took so much ;D but congo what you mean is that i.e. a 30 gb with 15gb used will run better than the same HD filled up to 20gb?
Re: Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:59 am
by NicksFXHouse
This is the correct proceedure to use O&O Defrag
DO NOT TOUCH YOUR SYSTEM WHILE IT IS WORKING AND YES YOU MUST WAIT... AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THIS FIRST LONG RUN.. IT WILL BE QUICK FROM THAT POINT ON.
If the drive is fragged to hell... it could take 12 hours to run the complete routine
and YES FS9 and everything else on your system will run MUCH better
Delete everything out of the following folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR ACCOUNT NAME\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Windows\Temp
Some files may refuse to delete... thats OK as they are O&O Defrag files being used by the system... just delete eveything you can. You should only have 2-4 files that will not delete.
then...
Click START
Re: Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:05 am
by Alonso
Nick THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!! I'm running all the process!!! ;)

Thank you!!!!!!!!
Re: Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:55 pm
by NicksFXHouse
[quote]Nick THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!! I'm running all the process!!!
Re: Defraggin the HD

Posted:
Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:49 pm
by Alonso
Thanks for eveything ;)