de-frag or no?
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
de-frag or no?
I'm on the first machine I own running XP. I understand that I don't have to de-frag as much as 98-2, but any comments on how frequently I should give it a sorting?
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From: 18nm N of LGW
Oh yes! I personally reccomend it although if you check around on the net you will also get a more for than against.
I de-frag every two weeks, it keeps the files where they should be and it keeps the speed up.
XP's own de-frag is good but I long ago bought a pro job which I am pleased with.
PPP
I de-frag every two weeks, it keeps the files where they should be and it keeps the speed up.
XP's own de-frag is good but I long ago bought a pro job which I am pleased with.
PPP
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From: Rochechouart, France
Microsoft says that the NTFS filesystem (which you're probably using) doesn't fragment as much as FAT32 and that fragmentation has less of an effect on performance.
I really haven't found this to be true, though with today's fast machines and hard drives you don't notice it so readily.
I defrag every 3-4 weeks and would suggest you do too.
I really haven't found this to be true, though with today's fast machines and hard drives you don't notice it so readily.
I defrag every 3-4 weeks and would suggest you do too.
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I'd go along with the above - de-fragging doesn't cost much. Set it going when you turn in at night.
But don't overdo it - having the heads thrashing about every night probably won't do too much for your hard drive! Once a month seems about right if you frequently load and delete large files
But don't overdo it - having the heads thrashing about every night probably won't do too much for your hard drive! Once a month seems about right if you frequently load and delete large files
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Once a week for me. You can set it up in the schedule service:
Start -> Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks
Add Scheduled Task and look for defrag.exe
Or add the task directly from the cmd line (using the AT command)
Point to a .cmd file which contains something along the lines of:
defrag c: -v > c
defragc.txt
defrag d: -v > cdefragd.txt
defrag f: -v > cdefragf.txt
(the grimacing face should be COLON BACKSLASH)
I let this run for my discs c, d, and f at say 2am and you wil a regularly defragged disc, and the txt files let you see how things have progressed.
Start -> Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks
Add Scheduled Task and look for defrag.exe
Or add the task directly from the cmd line (using the AT command)
Point to a .cmd file which contains something along the lines of:
defrag c: -v > c
defragc.txtdefrag d: -v > c
defragd.txtdefrag f: -v > c
defragf.txt(the grimacing face should be COLON BACKSLASH)
I let this run for my discs c, d, and f at say 2am and you wil a regularly defragged disc, and the txt files let you see how things have progressed.
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From: western europe
I've just realized I've never run a defrag on my new XP machine (about 2 months old now) .... 
Must say it's a heck of a lot faster than my old P3 win98 setup .... nice new graphics ........... even does an analysis B/4 to see if a defrag is really needed ......
very nice ....
Must say it's a heck of a lot faster than my old P3 win98 setup .... nice new graphics ........... even does an analysis B/4 to see if a defrag is really needed ......
very nice ....
