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After years - no - well over a decade and nearer two - of defragging anything that didn't move and seeing no great improvement, yesterday I got a 30 day trial package from Iolo and the defrag amongst other utils has made a very big and surprising difference. My machine is running a lot faster and it was certainly no slouch beforehand.
I did try the "Clear all junk off my machine" wizard though and am left with a C:/ prompt which is why I am now typing this on the other machine. Seriously I am pleasantly surprised. Nope... I don't work for them, hold shares etc. etc. and am not making any endorsement, but the old girl flies as quickly as when new.
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I did try the "Clear all junk off my machine" wizard though and am left with a C:/ prompt which is why I am now typing this on the other machine. Seriously I am pleasantly surprised. Nope... I don't work for them, hold shares etc. etc. and am not making any endorsement, but the old girl flies as quickly as when new.
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Okay i will try that configuration theory.
I find it does things like highlights some words when I click over them but doesn't UN-highlight them when I highlight other words. Seems like a bug to me.
I will think of the other complaints later.
I switched back to IE.
I find it does things like highlights some words when I click over them but doesn't UN-highlight them when I highlight other words. Seems like a bug to me.
I will think of the other complaints later.
I switched back to IE.
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Back to defragging for a moment, Microsoft's tool does little beyond create large contiguous space, I believe.
Try O&O's defragger - different options for different uses of PC, be it sorting by alphabetical or most modified etc. Could be wrong, but I think they have a time restricted demo you can download.
On modern PCs, I would agree that over-regularly defragging will do nothing but use up the hours on your hard drive (don't forget the hours without failiure rates the manufacturrs quote are for any use, be it data retrieval/writing for application use, or tweaking the layout of the hard drive with defraggers.), but if you use your PC for work, internet , alittle gaming etc, after a years, you WILL find slow downs with an unordered hard drive...
Try O&O's defragger - different options for different uses of PC, be it sorting by alphabetical or most modified etc. Could be wrong, but I think they have a time restricted demo you can download.
On modern PCs, I would agree that over-regularly defragging will do nothing but use up the hours on your hard drive (don't forget the hours without failiure rates the manufacturrs quote are for any use, be it data retrieval/writing for application use, or tweaking the layout of the hard drive with defraggers.), but if you use your PC for work, internet , alittle gaming etc, after a years, you WILL find slow downs with an unordered hard drive...
