• How often do you defragment your computer?
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The last time I defragged there was a power outage and windows install was destroyed, This was yesterday.
Never. Solid state supremacy.
I've had my computer over a year now, by around a month. thanks for reminding me to defrag
I use Defraggler. I think I've only defragged once and it was at like, 45% fragmentation or something. Are there any better defragging programs?
I use Ultradefrag on my data HDD. It's really fast but doesn't do any sort of weird optimization. It just moves files into continuous blocks.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would say "Rarely." I never really need to, I always have like 3% fragmentation. [editline]01:57AM[/editline] Also on a side note, what file systems can you install Windows onto?
Defragment? What is that?
[QUOTE=jaybuz;24418928]Can you only use FAT32 and NTFS on Windows 7?[/QUOTE] Nope, you can use FAT (Fat16) and ExFAT (FAT64) as well. [editline]02:08AM[/editline] [QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;24420533]I use Defraggler. I think I've only defragged once and it was at like, 45% fragmentation or something. Are there any better defragging programs?[/QUOTE] Auslogics Disk Defragmenter They make a screensaver too, and a portable version as well. :) Oh, and they are all 100% free without nags or trialware. :D
I haven't defragged in a few weeks, should probably go do that now...
Maybe once a month, basically whenever I leave the computer on overnight.
Running windows xp sp2 with NTFS. Never defragmented at all its a waste and doesn't increase my speed one bit.
Every month or so.
I never defrag manually, hell, i didn't even bother to check what the default defrag settings are. Looks like Vista has it set by default to run once a week, i don't even notice it happening.
im now defragging because it this thread
Automatically does it by itself at 3AM.
[QUOTE=Hendo;24430333]im now defragging because it this thread[/QUOTE] Same here.
I don't want to take the risk of defragging my Ext4 file system... I'm too scared it would thrash my installation.
For some reason, i knew linufags would've invaded this thread. Going all like "LOL EXT4 SUPERIOR". And no, i never defragment.
Mine does this every week at 1 am.
[QUOTE=POWA KILLERDeux;24454034]For some reason, i knew linufags would've invaded this thread. Going all like "LOL EXT4 SUPERIOR". And no, i never defragment.[/QUOTE] For some reason, i knew windowfags would've invaded this thread. Going all like "LOL NTFS SUPERIOR". And no, i never defragment. :buddy:
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;24454243]For some reason, i knew windowfags would've invaded this thread. Going all like "LOL NTFS SUPERIOR". And no, i never defragment. :buddy:[/QUOTE] We never said NTFS was superior, linufags just came in and went "EXT4 SUPERIOR" for no fucking reason.
My systems automatically runs a defrag on all the drives on the first tuesday morning of every month.
never
I'm actually thinking about going with JFS instead of EXT4, but I can't get a clear answer for which is better...
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;24453948]I don't want to take the risk of defragging my Ext4 file system... I'm too scared it would thrash my installation.[/QUOTE] You don't need to defragment it anyway. :raise:
Whenever I remember and usually when I heave the house for more than an hour or so.
Never, modern harddrives make the speed difference negligible.
[QUOTE=<ToD> Aaron;24455812]Never, modern harddrives make the speed difference negligible.[/QUOTE] What, no they don't. As long as you're using NTFS, fragmentation [B]is[/B] going to slow your computer down.
Since Windows by default automatically defrags your all HDD every 1AM on Wednesday, I never manually do it.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;24454324]You don't need to defragment it anyway. :raise:[/QUOTE] I know I don't have to, but Ext4 does fragment files on occasion.
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