Defragment advice
In brief:
Antique PC with 10Gb hard disk, running XP
250Mb free disk space.
No money.... at least not until well after New Year....
No defrag for ages (didn't dare...) so a lot of stuff has slowed down, both because of the fragmentation, and too many virtual memory disk swaps.
My pertinent questions for the moment:
- What's the minimum free HD space and RAM needed for a successful defrag?
- How long would it take (0.75 GHz P-III, 128 Mb RAM), if it can be done at all? A few hours, or all night?
Answers on a postcard....
No need for the obvious answers I've already worked out...:
- dump most of the data files on CD-R (still got to get the CD-R installed, again scared of crashing everything, but I'll get it done),
- dump data files on USB "keys" (started doing that but have to buy some more),
- get another HD (been there, did that, but it was an external one that didn't like the USB 1 interface, so I'll have to get a USB 2 installed),
- get more RAM (I'll be ordering some more 'next year').
For the moment, I'm sure defrag would help, so if anybody has answers on that, they would be very gratefully received!
CJ