defragging this computer now because theyve had it like 4-5 years(moar like 1337 years lolmg) and its slow.
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not my home computer
never actually
thank you for reminding me
Whenever I notice slowdowns
Every Month, at least, sometimes each week. Depends if I'm in the mood.
[QUOTE=killman;24350712]Is Btrfs really usable yet?
And any advantages for desktop use?[/QUOTE]
Yep.
It has some advantages like you can do snapshots with it. I don't know how it works though.
It's likely that Btrfs will eventually replace ext4 as the default filesystem in Linux.
That reminds me, I haven't defragged once on this format yet
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;24372455]Yep.
It has some advantages like you can do snapshots with it. I don't know how it works though.
It's likely that Btrfs will eventually replace ext4 as the default filesystem in Linux.[/QUOTE]
I have bad news:
[B][url]http://www.webupd8.org/2010/08/no-btrfs-in-ubuntu-1010-maverick.html[/url][/B]
:bang:
Not all that often. My terabyte drive usually doesn't need to segment files, the last couple times I've defragged I don't believe there were many fragmented files.
Whenever I install or delete games or other big files.
Also, when you have a partition for each stuff, like one for windows, one for games, one for programs, defragging isn't that much of a problem, doesn't takes too long if you do it frequently.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;24345503]never. JFS is superior.[/QUOTE]
This.
Whenever I defrag, something completely unexpected screws it up. It's always different.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;24372455]Btrfs will eventually replace ext4 as the default filesystem in Linux.[/QUOTE]
I doubt that, EXT4 hasn't been around that long yet.
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;24373273]I have bad news:
[B][URL]http://www.webupd8.org/2010/08/no-btrfs-in-ubuntu-1010-maverick.html[/URL][/B]
:bang:[/QUOTE]
Okay?
Bad news for Ubuntu users I guess, but I'm already using it. And Fedora has had it since Fedora 12 I believe.
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[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;24392011]I doubt that, EXT4 hasn't been around that long yet.[/QUOTE]
This was on wikipedia:
[quote]The principal developer of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3"]ext3[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4"]ext4[/URL] file systems, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Ts%27o"]Theodore Ts'o[/URL], has stated that [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4"]ext4[/URL] is a stop-gap and that Btrfs is the way forward, having "a number of the same design ideas that [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFS"]reiser3[/URL]/[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser4"]4[/URL] had"[U].[/U][/quote]
I defrag every so often, usually when I have nothing else to do and I know it's been a while since the last one.
I din't defragmentated in the last year or 2 (end up formatting to often anyway)
But then i saw this [img]http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1018/ss20100827225717.png[/img] Whats the windows 7 default on Defragmentating ?
I think the default is every wednesday at around 5pm.
This is off the top of my head so I don't know for sure.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;24392324]This was on wikipedia:[/QUOTE]
I didn't word my post so well, there is no doubt that something (whether or not it's btrfs, we'll see) will replace EXT4, but I don't think it will be anytime soon.
Once every 3-4 months, or if my computer seems sluggish and/or unstable.
Every week on my laptop.
And the reminds, I have to defrag my desktop....
[QUOTE=UnknownDude;24350636]Ummm... What exactly does defragging do?[/QUOTE]
When files are written they got tossed into the first available free space the drive can find. There isn't always enough contiguous free space to write everything so files constantly get broken up and spread all over. Defragmenting puts them back together. Some defragmenters also have the option to defrag freespace, which pushes all of your files to the beginning of the drive improving performance even more.
every time my screensaver comes on
I have mine scheduled once every week.
Once a week.
Windows 7 automatically defrags, I think at 3 or 4am once a week. I reckon it was on wednesdays.
Never manually, I usually reformat and reinstall before fragmentation starts crapping my performance.
JFS: Low fragmentation, fast, reliable, low cpu usage, very few recorded cases of data corruption caused by bugs (if any), historically part of rock solid AIX operating system with many years of maturity.
EXT4: Probably just as good as JFS but JFS has been around longer and (at least for now) I place more trust in it (JFS). I use EXT4 for my backup drive but my main system (/ and /home) are JFS
Can you only use FAT32 and NTFS on Windows 7?
I format once a month, so I really have no reason to.
When TuneUp think it's a good idea.
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