I started a defrag 11.5 hours ago...
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I disabled the swap during the first defrag, then reenabled it and set it to do a boot-time defrag (which it lets you set an option to defrag the paging file) since reenabling it after the defrag just stuck the swap file in between all the different contiguous free space.
Apparently diskeeper doesn't stick files continuously from the beginning to the end like Windblows defrag, it just rearranges them so wherever they are, they're not fragmented.
I still like Speed Disk the best, it defrags the swap file, and puts it at the beginning of the disk, where the potentially fastest access is. Then it goes through and defrags the rest of the files based on use. Only thing I've found odd about it is that in Windows 2k, it never completely defrags the files, there are always a few that are still fragmented after it's done. I don't think it did that when I was using 98.
Jon
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Re: the most important question...
I don't know, these bleedin' software junkies...
"defrag" is, of course, short for "defragment". In other words, when files on your hard disk are accessed, Windows can't be arsed to put them back in their proper, ordered place when it's finished with them, so bits of them get strewn all over the disk, slowing down your system performance cos the read/write head has to scutter about the platter piecing together all the different bits.
The defragment program tells Windows to get its arse into gear and sort that shit out. However, it don't do a good job at it, so third-party proggies such as Norton Speedisk are preferred by the masses (well, those who know what "defragging" their hard disk means...)
nambit said:
I don't know, these bleedin' software junkies...
"defrag" is, of course, short for "defragment". In other words, when files on your hard disk are accessed, Windows can't be arsed to put them back in their proper, ordered place when it's finished with them, so bits of them get strewn all over the disk, slowing down your system performance cos the read/write head has to scutter about the platter piecing together all the different bits.The defragment program tells Windows to get its arse into gear and sort that shit out. However, it don't do a good job at it, so third-party proggies such as Norton Speedisk are preferred by the masses (well, those who know what "defragging" their hard disk means...)
unclehobart
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checked my setup about 2 hours ago and turned out to be 28% fragged. Mother of god.. Ive ne'r seen it that bad. Its been working away for 2 hours now.
