Simviation Forum - Disk defrag

Oct 27^th, 2006 at 2:38am

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I do this so infrequently that I forget where to find it. Please, somebody point me in the right direction. A million fragmented thanks...

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Reply #1 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 3:51am

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You can find it by right clicking on your Hard drive, click properties, and the tool tab.

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Reply #2 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 5:09am

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Start>programs>accessories>system tools.

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Reply #3 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 9:23am

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or start/control panel/performance and maintenance/re-arrange items on your hard disk to make programs run faster. Grin

One thing you got to like about Windows is the fact there are countless ways to perform a task Wink

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Reply #4 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 12:28pm

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Before a defrag I always delete:
Cookies
Temp internet files
Temp folder.
I also turn off the screensaver. I'm not sure if this helps but my defrag took 1 hour Wednesday night, on a 250Gb HD.
Rob.

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Reply #5 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 12:48pm

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I think it does help to turn off the scren saver. One hour to defrag a 250Gb is quite quck. Thanks for all the help.

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Reply #6 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 3:09pm

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...... One hour to defrag a 250Gb is quite quick......

One hour to de-frag a 250Gb Hard Drive is a bleedin' miracle... Shocked

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I have to go the the South of France for a fortnights holiday while my 80 Gb Hard Drive is de-bleedin'-fraggin'.... Cry

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LOL... Grin

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Paul...de-frag...ZZZZZZzzzzzz........

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Reply #7 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 4:12pm

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One hour to de-frag a 250Gb Hard Drive is a bleedin' miracle... Shocked

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LOL.. I defrag once a month at least.... also bear in mind I've only used 75Gb of the said 250... less than a third..
Rob.

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Reply #8 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 5:15pm

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Also helps to turn of anti virus software, no need for that to be scanning your defrag.

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Reply #9 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 9:05pm

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I think I defrag every single day, 20-40 minutes tops Grin

I run disk keeper primarily because my parents are brainless and I am not always here to do it.... Typically the computer runs good

Gunny

EDIT: That is 2 hard drives, a 250 gig and a 160 I plan to get another 160 and a 500 gig sata.... total out at 1000 gigs.... imagine defrag times with that Grin

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Reply #10 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 11:52pm

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I don't have any virus protections, P.I. I let Norton expire back at the end of May and I've been nekkid ever since. My computer guru where I live says I've got to be so infected by now with every bad thing imaginable that a total wipe-out of the drive and an install of Windows XP Professional is my only route to salvation. I will do it eventually, when it gets so bad that I can't do much of anything anymore. But for now, I just delete the near-100 pron spams I get everyday and go on with it...

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Reply #11 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 12:11am

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Typically you don't need an anti virus program. Norton is a load of bull, Mcaffe I guess is worthless, I run AVG but not all the time. Reason? Too many resources and processes running when I have a virus program loaded. I scan ocassionally I've had no viruses or trojans in the last year and a half I haven't run a virus program. And your tech guru? I don't think he knows what he's talking about. Unless you run P2P and go looking for the worst porn sites known to the world, you'll be fine. Spyware is a totally different story though, I get those all the time, but adaware deals with it.

I might be out of line, but this is all my personal Expierence (I can't spell) I've dealt with computers that used P2Ps before, a MESS!

Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #12 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 5:16am

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Typically you don't need an anti virus program.......
.......Unless you run P2P and go looking for the worst porn sites known to the world, you'll be fine. Spyware is a totally different story though, I get those all the time, but adaware deals with it.

I might be out of line, but this is all my personal Experience (I can't spell) I've dealt with computers that used P2Ps before, a MESS!

Cheers, Gunny

...same as above.... Wink

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Peer-to-Peer music downloading was the most dangerous way to get a dose of the "nasties".... Shocked

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Nothing seems to stop the harmless "Spam" from invading my E-Mail Inbox, and Adaware and Spybot takes care of the annoying Spyware... Grin

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So, no major problems, really.... Kiss

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...and it still takes three weeks to de-frag my 80 Gb Hard Drive.... Cry

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LOL... Grin

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Paul...life is much too short for excessive de-fraggin'... Wink

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LOL...!

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Reply #13 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 9:14am

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I just got up. I let it run the defrag all night. It really tightened up-- lots of blue, now. Thanks to all who contributed.

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