I try to defrag every 30 days or so. If I go longer, it really takes a while to run. BTW, the WinME version of Defrag.exe works about 3 times as fast as the Win98 version...it runs great in Win98 and it really does make a difference.
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I try to defrag every 30 days or so. If I go longer, it really takes a while to run. BTW, the WinME version of Defrag.exe works about 3 times as fast as the Win98 version...it runs great in Win98 and it really does make a difference.
Hi there,
I so hate Windows ME....
Ju Leon...
We recomend our customers defrag then reboot their WinNT/2K servers weekly. Sometimes we find out some bonehead hasn't done it in 6 months or so. (Hey, my system is running really slow. Can you guys come check it out)
I've seen worse than what you posted. I also have an NT box at work that Diskeeper won't run on. I shudder to think what it'll look like when I finally figure it out.
BTW, now that we're talking about it.....Diskeeper 6.0, WinNT4 SP6. The first time running Diskeeper after installing it, it pops up a little message box where you check 'Do not show this again' and click OK. When I click OK, nothing happens....like the button has no procedure at all on it. Anybody seen this before or know what might be causing it?
I was at school and a buddy of mine asked me to fix his AOL when I had to reboot his PC and he was frantic and said "no, it takes a long time to start up". He was right it took nearly 15 minutes!! I had defrag analyse his HD and it was 98.9% fragmented!! "When did you use defrag last?", he said "what's defrat". His PC was 3.5 years old!!! So it had ..... you guessed it.. 3.5 years of defragmentation!! I installed PerfectDisk and I told him not to touch his PC till it was finished... Anyone want to know how long it took????Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalException0E
36.3 hours.... Yes... well over a day and a half!! He SH_IT:butt: when his PC booted in 45 seconds and iexplorer started in 3-5 seconds vs 1-3 minutes....
He now defrags every night!!!
Merry Un Christmas!!
At home defrag automatically runs weekly. Here at work I do it maybe once a month - but there's not a lot of file action going on.
I try to do the servers once a month. Although when the defrag it done, there's still loads of fragmented files on the system drive, even after running it several times.
[QUOTE=Major Kong]He's using Diskeeper. It's much better than Microsofts Disk defragging tool. QUOTE]
The MS defrag tool is made by the same company (Executive Software) as Diskeeper. Works but it's not as good as their full blown version.
Probably because there are files in use due to services or processes running. Try shutting down all services and processes, defragging and then either reboot or restart the services.Quote:
Originally Posted by drewmaztech
Ouch!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sp0cK
Sometimes, the simplest solution!!!
Good job, Spock.https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
PS
What does Merry Un Christmas mean???
Or, Safe Mode!Quote:
Originally Posted by Budster64
But, yeah, that is always the way to try first.
The MS defrag tool is made by the same company (Executive Software) as Diskeeper. Works but it's not as good as their full blown version.[/QUOTE]
That is correct, defrag in 2k/xp is by exexutive software done under contract to MS.
Diskeeper however is aproximatly 3 times faster, more thurough and can defrag more then one hard disk at a time, it includes; Boot time defrag, frag guard and the set & forget... All make diskeeper worth every penny to purchase it.
My servers are set to defrag nightly, my laptop defrags whenever i get around to it.. wich comes out to about monthly.
Ooops! Defrag. I new I was forgetting something. :eek:
Before I got this new disk, I think it was prolly like 2 years or something. Hehe. I used to live by scandisk and defrag back in the Win95, 98 days. But then I just got lazy. :p
Today is the 26th, well actually the 27th(12:50am)....... :drink:Christmas is the 25th not prior or after; So when it's not Christmas I can't say Merry Christmas... so I said Merry UN Christmas.... does that explain it?Quote:
Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
It was perfectly clear to me before... oh and a happy unbirthday too! :thumbs2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sp0cK
Probably about 1996
MAC's don't need de-fragged much..... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Outcoded