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Defragging

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Maezr

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I've got on 80 gig 5400 wd harddrive. I have my operating system, and most of my applications on it. It's about 75-80% full. I've been defragging for 20+ hours now, and it's less than 1% done. Is it just me, or is this pretty rediculous? Is there any way to only defrag certain files? Or exempt certain ones? I really don't care about .mp3, .avi, etc files being fragmented, just the stuff that slows down windows and the applications...

Also, is there any way to make it auto-defrag any time I'm idling? Like when the screensaver kicks on? Thanks
 
What OS? sounds like your using 98/Me, I know there is a trick to run the defrag off the CD and it will defrag at next bootup, or you can try installing another defragmenter...I use Diskeeper v5 on the 9x PC's I have, works fine, took I think 10 min for a 40 gig drive that was half full and never defragged.
 
In order to defrag, you need to make sure all applications are shut down. Anything like a screen saver will cause the defrag to stop. It will keep going back to 1-10% if your hdd is being accessed. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Yomama21
In order to defrag, you need to make sure all applications are shut down. Anything like a screen saver will cause the defrag to stop. It will keep going back to 1-10% if your hdd is being accessed. 😉
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Yeah, don't even try using it. Just start thr defragger and split for a few...
 
My understanding of it, is that it only starts over if the file it's trying to defrag is in use... that's not correct?
 
You have to shut down all background applications. Whenever the disk is accessed, the defragmentation will restart.
 
I believe that is correct but CPU and HD usage goes up incredilby when defragging, not the enviorment to be running apps or even trying to surf the 'net. That is unless you want all your defrags to take 20+ hours...
 
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