Working while defragging

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I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never defragmented my
hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I finally got myself into a mode
of organizing things and began defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly
my whole hard drive had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24
hours since I began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music.
Can you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the defragmenting
is going beautifully
 
Tuch215 said:
I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never
defragmented my hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I
finally got myself into a mode of organizing things and began
defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly my whole hard drive
had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24 hours since I
began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music. Can
you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the
defragmenting is going beautifully
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You can - it will slow everything down.

Might I suggest getting JKDefrag and using its screensaver? That way you
will be defragging all the time (when you are not around.)
 
I ran my PC for almost 5 years without using anything other than
Window's built-in defragger. Then, just for sh**s and giggles I
installed a trial of a third party defragger. It told me my disc didn't
need defragging!
 
Thank you so much for your response, as well as you suggestion for
defragmenting software. Much apreciated
 
Leonard

Surely someone as cynical as you does not believe everything they read
<G>


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Tuch

There is more to defragmenting than just running Disk Defragmenter.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Gerry said:
Tuch

There is more to defragmenting than just running Disk Defragmenter.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.
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I would add to that, visit Windows Sysinternals,

Windows Sysinternals
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

and get PageDefrag:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx

PageDefrag defrags the Windows swap file and the Windows Registry, which
can have a significant impact on overall Windows performance.
 
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