How often do you Defrag your hard drive(s)

[tinneric]

Once a week.

 

[woodie1]

Yzzim- I have a 1.2 gig C: PARTITION with windows on a 15 gig Maxtor.

 

[ryudo]

Does defragging speed up your computer any? If not, then what's the main benefit?

 

[thelanx]

Whenever I feel like it.

 

[classy]

Once a week. I thought I was the only nut who watched it defrag through the clusters. Get a nice cold drink and its showtime. hehehehehehehehehe

 

[thelanx]

Watching the little blocks move around is so fascinating! I don't get addicted to it though, I just defrag when it comes to my mind.

ryudo, when you access the files in your hard drive, the files get split up into pieces and are put in different locations(whereever is convienient). Next you access the file, the computer has to search for all the pieces and put it together into the file. When you defrag, the computer goes through your Hard Drive and rearranges the pieces so that the the files are whole again. So the files are easier to access. Your Hard Drive gets fragmented again after a while, so some people periodically defrag. Hope that helps!

 

[ratkil]

Never, I don't have to, I run Windows so I have to do a clean install often enough the defrag is not needed........see Bill is always looking out for us..

 

[Wedesdo]

i reformat and reinstall windows so much that I don't get a chance to defrag before I need to reformat and reinstall. also, the second partition on which I keep the stuff i need to last more than 1 installation (drivers, etc) don't get changed much, so I'd have to said about twice a year.

 

[coopa]

Uh oh....

I have had my pentuim3 500 for about 1.5 years and i have NEVER DEFRAGMENTED MY HD. is this bad?

i have tons of games and apps and stuff that i download daily on my cable modem, and i delet most of it. should i run this now???

I have noticed that the hd is slower to start lately, could this be the reason?

 

[kduncan5]

I run Scandisk, System File Checker, Disk Cleanup, delete any Temp Files that have accumulated, delete any accumulated History, and clear out the excess baggage in the Documents Folder, then I defragment the HD, probably 3 times per week. My PC thanks me for it by operating a h*ll of a lot smoother AND faster -kd5-




coopa, I would suggest you defragment your HD soon. But be prepared, it's gonna take awhile..... the HD's probably scrambled. The internet has the ability to do that. That's why I defrag 3 times per week. -kd5-