Defrag
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: Triadcool
How long should it take to defrag my harddrive. I have a 80gb hard drive and im using about 18gb of it. my computer specs are athlon 1ghz 80gb hd geforce4 mx 420 and 768mb of ram.
Posted by: Somebody1234
That depends on how long ago was it last defragmented. And what software you use as a defragmenter.
Posted by: titey
It'll depend partially on how long it's been since the last time you did it.... the more often you defrag - generally the less time it will take. http://www.piczonline.com/client/titey/thmbup.gif
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Posted by: clocker
My C: drive takes about 15-20 seconds using Diskeeper.
Posted by: Triadcool
Well I asked cuzz I started Defraging with system mechanice about 4 hours ago and its still not done. The last time I defraged was last monday.
Posted by: balamm
"system mechanic" << this would be your problem. It's making a mess and moving things where they don't belong. Breaking things up into sections instead of keeping everything close together like it's supposed to be.
It takes a while to f**k up a drive this way.
Posted by: Triadcool
What program would you recommend?
Posted by: Triadcool
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Posted by: balamm
I wouldn't. There's no need to mess with things if the system is properly maintained. If there's something that won't defrag, then there are other methods that will work or repairs are needed.
Posted by: Alpha_Caesar
Originally posted by Triadcool@28 September 2003 - 20:31
Well I asked cuzz I started Defraging with system mechanice about 4 hours ago and its still not done. The last time I defraged was last monday.
That's a long time. Well I use the defragmenter that comes with Windows. I've had no problems with it. Have you been moving/deleting huge chunks of data frequently?
Posted by: Triadcool
nope
Posted by: Agent Smith
@Triadcool get disc perfect, it only takes less then a hour.
Posted by: Triadcool
Ok Thanks
Posted by: Zack
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Posted by: MUSLEMAN
you mean perfect disk 6.0 and it does take a while depending on your partition
Posted by: muchspl2
also how much disc activity, ie doing other stuff like downloading, encoding, ripping, plaing games ect
o&o is prety good also