How often do you defrag harddrive

by **Weasel Meat** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 11:35 am

I just ran defrag and my drive was terribly fragmented.
This may speed things up.

by **Sidekick Floppy** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 11:39 am

You forgot the "When I feel like defragging" option

by **Holden M'Groin** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 12:53 pm

About once every month. My HD doesn't really get fragged much though since I keep my OS/system files in one partition, apps/games in another and personal/misc files another partition. I use Diskeeper, so defragging takes about 15 mintues and works helluva lot better than M$'s build in defragging app.

by **s.s. one person** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 1:06 pm

i usully defrag about once a month because if i wait longer then that it gets too screwed up and takes too long to defrag

by **ShellShock** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 1:47 pm

Usually once every week to ensure smooth peformance. I do a disk check for bad sectors about once a month as well.

by **NightStalker453** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 1:50 pm

Once a month keeps me running smooth, now that i think about it i should be defraging soon might as well start it now

by **SaintTigurius** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 1:56 pm

once a month

by **Hoog** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 2:53 pm

I run Norton Utils once a week on both my systems. Gotta keep them running clean and Speed Disk seems to do a better job then the microshyt defrag.

by **Ryan** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:02 pm

I do it once a week, overnight

by **Giggles** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:03 pm

....Usually when I notice it running a bit slow I defrag it, or if I have done alot of downloads and installs I will defrag it then.

Giggles.
:lol:

by **RCinator** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:48 pm

Once a month - if you have XP and do it too frequently, it can actually interfere with XPs drive optimization strategy.

by **leogeo2** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:53 pm

once a week\

by **DrunkenDruid** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:57 am

I Do once a month. But it would depend on how often you add and remove programs. I remember using Win98 and me and being transfixed on watching the drive defrag. Wow memories.

S.S. {Elite} Druid

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by **{CN}Doomfarer** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 1:12 am

Once a month or after a serious harddrive sweep.

by **Agent-Commando** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 1:30 am

Aye, same with I. Once a month.

I have 2 physical HDDs, one 60GB(5 partitions) and one 80GB (4 partitions).

I usually defrag the 3GB Windows partition every 3 weeks on the 60GB HDD. Same goes for Program Files partition which is also 3GB on the 60GB HDD. I also have a 1GB partition dedicated to the main huge swap file and Temporary Internet Files, which gets defragged weekly.

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