How often should I run the defrag?

[ONE23]

Hi!
How often should I run the defrag?
Does it make big differences?
Thanks!

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

whenever you feel like it.

but as a guideline, at least once a month, per week optimally. the more often you do it, the less time it takes to do it each time. you don't do it in a couple months, it takes forever. Do it every two days, it takes a couple minutes.

 

[Dan]

I defrag my hdd once a week.

 

[Super6]

I defrag several times a week....but I use Norton's Speed Disk which is far faster and allows for swapfile optimization if you choose not to let Winblows manage it. Win98 defrag is painfully slow in comparison.

super6

 

[Cknyc]

I just have windows do it every night at around 4:00 am, to make sure im not on the machine. You can do this two different ways. You can use task scheduler or do what I did upgrade to disk keeper deluxe and set it through the program. You can get disk keepr deluxe for free its an easy hack that I learned from this site. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cook/Win2000.htm

 

[pugh]

same thing for me super.i use norton too.

 

[NFS4]

Every morning from 3AM to 6AM using Diskeeper on Win2k

 

[xtreme2k]

i run after every major program installation

if no new porgram installation, once a month

 

[chiwawa626]

i never defragged.....does it realy help?