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I've recently decided to try and fix my blue error screens problem completely... not having achieved it yet with various changes I wanted to let you know about the only thing which has made them less and sped up my system.

Defragging on a regular basis has made the biggest difference. The only problem of course is that the built-in windows program can only run by itself. I.e. you can't do anything productive while running it. So you need to do it in the middle of the night. Does anybody know a better way/program to do this?

thanks
 
Defragging is a CPU intensive program and I am not aware of any other way than to do it when the puter is idle. The only solution is to defrag your drive on a weekly basis or best bi-weekly, the less your files are fragmented the quicker the program finishes. There are folks who do not follow the advise and realise it few months down the road that their system is very slow, by that time most of the files on the hard disk are fragmented and the process can take few hours to complete. Try bi-weekly and you should be OK within day time, say during lunch break or tea break.

Hope this helps. :)

Looks like you are a Miles Davis fan, is it so? ;)
 
There are defrag programs that are better than the inbuilt Windows facility, Diskeeper springs to mind.

But to make sure any defrag is carried out thoroughly, it's best not to use the computer whilst it's defragging.

Diskeeper (I have V7.0 but V9.0 is out now) takes about twenty minutes to do my 240Gb RAID 0 drive. I defrag about every five days.
 
So the more you Defrag, the faster your computer will be?
 
Alf said:
So the more you Defrag, the faster your computer will be?
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In essence yes - it will make it easier to access your HD data, however it all depends on how much it is defragmented in the first place - if its only 1% fragmented, you probably won't notice the difference - however regular defraging even at 1% will make sure it stays that way and stop it increasing.

I use System Mechanic 5 Professional and defrag every week and after adding /deleting programs . I like it because it has alot of other useful tools such as identifying and removing system junk and duplicate files, fixing broken shortcuts and registry problems, a spyware scanner and other security tools etc.
 
milesthejazzman said:
I've recently decided to try and fix my blue error screens problem completely... not having achieved it yet with various changes I wanted to let you know about the only thing which has made them less and sped up my system.
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milesthejazzman said:


Defragging on a regular basis has made the biggest difference. The only problem of course is that the built-in windows program can only run by itself. I.e. you can't do anything productive while running it. So you need to do it in the middle of the night. Does anybody know a better way/program to do this?



thanks
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Defragging will not "fix" your system of BSOD ... a properly set-up system would only occasionally, and sometimes never, issue a BSOD.

Post your BSOD error messages here and we can better advise on what the problem could be ... ignoring BSOD will eventually cause total system failure in one way or another. BSOD are the OSs way of telling you there is something wrong.

Make sure when post errors you give us all the information you can, including OS and any hardware that may be involved.

Over defragging your HD will lead to its eventual failure.

:)
 
I agree that more defragging wouldn't necessarily lead to a faster computer - but surely if you defrag a HD thats very fragmented then the access times should be quicker?
 
The way I see it, defragging won't make your computer run faster but a badly fragemented disk will slow down the operating system and access to data.

Therefore, a regular defrag will keeps things running smoother and faster than a fragmented system. Depends how you look at it really ;)

muckshifter said:
Over defragging your HD will lead to its eventual failure.
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Eh? All defragging is doing is writing to memory, rewriting to hard disk, erasing moved data from original fragmented location, then clearing memory.

Reading and writing to a hard disk is a mechanical, physical, operation. Obviously the more you use your hard disk, the quicker it will wear out.

All mechanical devices will fail eventually.

To say that over-defragging will lead to the eventual failure of your hard disk is rather over-sensationalising things, methinks ;)

I suppose that statement stands true, but it's kinda like saying racing your car will lead to eventual engine failure. It's all a matter of perspective.

I've always defragged about every five days, sometimes even daily, it does no harm and can only help, unless you're really really worried about how quickly your hard disk will wear out. I think the extra wear and tear to defrag a disk is minimal. They were made to be used, not laid on cotton wool in a glass case ;)
 
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