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How often should you use Disk Defrag? I now have mine set for once a
month. Thanks.
month. Thanks.
I also defrag about once a month.That should be plenty. I believe windows 7 defrags when necessary if you
set it to do so.
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How often should you use Disk Defrag? I now have mine set for once a
month. Thanks.
Where do you set W7 to defragment when necessary? It can be runThat should be plenty. I believe windows 7 defrags when necessary if you set
it to do so.
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The stock answer is that it depends on your patterns of disk usage.How often should you use Disk Defrag? I now have mine set for once a
month. Thanks.
Agreed. I've never seen it make a noticeable improvement. MyThe stock answer is that it depends on your patterns of disk usage.
But FWIW, since Windows XP was released I have occasionally done a
disk defrag and never, with XP or Win 7, never have I ever seen it
make any improvement.
I doubt you'd _often_ see an improvement in _performance_ - perhaps ifChar Jackson said:Agreed. I've never seen it make a noticeable improvement. My
environment is XP and 7, all on NTFS. My advice is to just skip this
task.
I was going to say!I doubt you'd _often_ see an improvement in _performance_ - perhaps if
playing a large video file that was fragmented into lots of tiny pieces.
I _would_ feel _happier_ with a defragged disc - because I feel a
much-fragmented file is more likely to get corrupted, or cause some
other corruption; I do however concede that this is just a feeling.
One case where it could make a difference is drive wear: which way it
makes the difference will change with usage. If you have a lot of
fragmented files which you read often, then your head will do a lot of
seeking; conversely, if you don't read them often, you'll do a lot of
seeking when doing a defrag which you wouldn't otherwise.
(To answer the subject question: I very rarely defrag., usually when I
see a post about a different defragger which someone says is better and
I try it! Can't say I've noticed any improvement, though I _feel_ better
about it - feel the system is likely to be more _reliable_.[And yes I
know that doing the defrag. itself is in theory capable of damaging.])
Only when it needs it. And not before. Anymore is a waste of time.How often should you use Disk Defrag? I now have mine set for once a
month. Thanks.
http://www.mydefrag.com/FAQDownloadAndInstall-HowDoIDisableTheWindowsBuilt-inDefragger.htmlJeff said:How do you set Windows 7 to defrag automatically?
Thanks for the advertisement, but what does it have to do with Jeff's
What did Jeff ask? What does the article say?Stan said:Thanks for the advertisement, but what does it have to do with Jeff's
question.
The built-in defragmenter, defragments any file smaller than 50MB in size.Ant said:Speaking of disk defragging in Windows 7. Is the internal the best one
to use or is there a better third party (freeware preferred) to use?
Thank you in advance.![]()
I don't like to stress drives more than necessary.Karen said:How often should you use Disk Defrag? I now have mine set for once a
month. Thanks.
Yes, but I can't find it in the dark (-:!So if someone tells you where is the wall switch to turn off the room
lights, you can't figure out it's the same wall switch to turn them on?
The built-in defragmenter, defragments any file smaller than 50MB in size.[QUOTE="Paul said:Speaking of disk defragging in Windows 7. Is the internal the best one
to use or is there a better third party (freeware preferred) to use?
Thank you in advance.![]()
Be fair! One I tried recently - freeware - Auslogics Disk Defrag - alsoConsequently, if you're a dyed-in-the-wool defragmenter type person,
you'll want *any* third party defragmenter, rather than the built-in one.
The built-in one solves a pragmatic problem, of only defragmenting
the files that need it. Whereas the third party defragmenter, will
make your drive look "pretty" (in the on-screen map). And that's worth
an extra $39.95.
Paul
"Bin tinking" -- If I keep adding bits to a file and resaving it overI don't like to stress drives more than necessary.
Defrag gets them real hot and noisy.
I don't bother any more with the 3 gb/sec black drives.
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