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So I'm defragmenting my hard drive right now
Replies: 11Last Post July 23, 2008 7:41pm by iBritt
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But what exactly is happening? I'm looking at the little screen that tells me what it's doing, but I don't understand it.

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Leave it on over night, it takes an age.
Read the legend on the bit orginsation and it'll show a percentage when you minimise it.

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Its re-arranging all the bits and pieces of your files to make it easier for the computer to read.

If you have a large hard drive, lots of files, and havent defraged before, it could take some time.

Oh, and its best to not use the computer as it defrags.

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Quote: from Fenton at 7:05 pm on July 23, 2008

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Quote: from drifting at 10:07 pm on July 23, 2008

Its re-arranging all the bits and pieces of your files to make it easier for the computer to read.

If you have a large hard drive, lots of files, and havent defraged before, it could take some time.  

Oh, and its best to not use the computer as it defrags.


Why not?

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Quote: from iBritt at 3:09 am on July 24, 2008

Quote: from drifting at 10:07 pm on July 23, 2008

Its re-arranging all the bits and pieces of your files to make it easier for the computer to read.

If you have a large hard drive, lots of files, and havent defraged before, it could take some time.    

Oh, and its best to not use the computer as it defrags.


 

Why not?


If you move pieces its moving or creating new temporary files (by browsing) its going to have to rearrange those said files with ones its already put in.
To put it simply, you're dumping files into a filing cabinet thats in the process being organised. Can lead to corruption in your harddrives files and generally slows it way down.

Post edited at 7:11 pm on July 23, 2008 by mikeyp123

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Quote: from iBritt at 10:09 pm on July 23, 2008

Quote: from drifting at 10:07 pm on July 23, 2008

Its re-arranging all the bits and pieces of your files to make it easier for the computer to read.  

 If you have a large hard drive, lots of files, and havent defraged before, it could take some time.  

 Oh, and its best to not use the computer as it defrags.


Why not?


Its trying to place all of your files in close pieces together, and in a logical order.

If you are using your computer, its writing new files as you use it.

Therefore, its counter-productive to use the computer as it defrags. It will make it take longer, and it wont do as good of a job.

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Quote: from drifting at 7:11 pm on July 23, 2008

Quote: from iBritt at 10:09 pm on July 23, 2008

Quote: from drifting at 10:07 pm on July 23, 2008

Its re-arranging all the bits and pieces of your files to make it easier for the computer to read.

  If you have a large hard drive, lots of files, and havent defraged before, it could take some time.  

  Oh, and its best to not use the computer as it defrags.


 

 Why not?


Its trying to place all of your files in close pieces together, and in a logical order.

If you are using your computer, its writing new files as you use it.  

Therefore, its counter-productive to use the computer as it defrags. It will make it take longer, and it wont do as good of a job.


it'll screw up too

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Well, I used a Power Defrag, and it's already done, so yeah..

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Quote: from iBritt at 7:16 pm on July 23, 2008

Well, I used a Power Defrag, and it's already done, so yeah..
Does it have MOAR POWA?

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Quote: from 4est at 10:17 pm on July 23, 2008

Quote: from iBritt at 7:16 pm on July 23, 2008

Well, I used a Power Defrag, and it's already done, so yeah..
Does it have MOAR POWA?

It has DOUBLE MOAR POWA.

I can has high five?

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