rocktrials Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 i dont as such because this pc is crap anyway...... i will do on my new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Yeah I defrag quite alot, as its must better to do it frequently and it take 15 mins than do it once a year and take 2 days. but I store everything very neatly and dont put crap on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I just re-format instead of defragging. Start from fresh, that's what makes your computer run faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank_rider Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I just re-format instead of defragging. Start from fresh, that's what makes your computer run faster. ← you format every week then :) if you defrag every week it shouldnt take long and will keep your computer running at its best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I read in a PC mag that defragging on XP doesnt even have any effect on the performance on your computer, didn't do much to mine anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I don't think it makes too much difference. Certainly not a noticible one anyway. That's just from experience, although other people might find different things. A reformat is always good, but I've not noticed any real slow-down on my PC. I think if you have enough ram, it's not that much of an issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Yeah I defrag quite alot, as its must better to do it frequently and it take 15 mins than do it once a year and take 2 days. but I store everything very neatly and dont put crap on it ← its nothing to do with how neatly you store things, its to do with the way windows optimizes free disk space. for instance, your cache paging file changes size constantly and windows writes its data in the nearest possible location, to save time but at the same time, it makes mess - which defrag cleans up. if you really want windows to load fast.. then find out the size of your windows directory + the documents and setting dir... (shuld be around 2gb for the windows dir (xp pro)) then add say 2GB to your total. then make a hard disk partition to the size of your total, and install windows on it. (obviously removing the old one 1st, altho, to partition, u will need to format anyway) this makes it load soo much faster as windows scans the disk to which it is installed, as part of a routine check while loading. by partitioning it , windows only scans the the partition its installed in. so if you have a 40gb hdd, and you partition 10gb to windows, then thats 30gb its not gona have to scan when loading. this also seems to speed up defrag, and you have the choice of fraggin the smaller ,more important sector, or the bigger sector (which will be storage, for ur program files etc) Also, if you have 2 hdds , then set the windows paging file to be on the disk that windows is not installed on. then it can process its caching on a seperate disk without interrupting i/o operations on the os disk. Ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I defrag every week or two, If I don't I notice my computer slowing down :) Mostly I do a Virus scan, Spyware Sweep, Ad Aware and Defrag every Sunday night or something :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 for instance, your cache paging file changes size constantly and windows writes its data in the nearest possible location, to save time but at the same time, it makes mess - which defrag cleans up.← Thats only if you leave it as bog standard - if you set it at a static size on your first boot of windows, it wont fragment up like mad as it only uses the same set size paging area. Defragmenting is a good idea to do say, once a month, leave it on overnight when you arent going to be using it sometime :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Defragmenting is a good idea to do say, once a month, leave it on overnight when you arent going to be using it sometime :( ← If you do it every week then you don't need to leave it on all night. It only takes about 15 Minutes. :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I just format ever 4-5 months or whenever things start to go slow. Only takes a few hours and makes a much bigger difference then defrag and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Also, if you have 2 hdds , then set the windows paging file to be on the disk that windows is not installed on. then it can process its caching on a seperate disk without interrupting i/o operations on the os disk. ← How is this done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trials Boy Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 (edited) I just re-format instead of defragging. Start from fresh, that's what makes your computer run faster. ← But then you have to install EVERYTHING all over again! :) :( I defrag weekly, thats enough for me :) Edited June 14, 2005 by Trials Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 (edited) But then you have to install EVERYTHING all over again! :) :( I defrag weekly, thats enough for me :P ← Not if you partition your HDD (I Think that's the right word) :) Edited June 14, 2005 by Siders77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 so, how do you go about de-fraging? and is it the same thing as a 'disk cleanup' ? tar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endohopper Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I thought I'd find a legitimate use for this one day... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 so, how do you go about de-fraging? ← My Computer > Right Click On Drive > Properties > Tools > Defragment Now Maybe i should use defrag :) This windows install is only 2 weeks old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 How is this done? ← like this... then set the custom paging file for ur windows drive to 2mb and the paging file on ur 2nd drive to somethin like 1GB or what evers needed Ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 So still leave the original paging file as it is? and then add the other drives one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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