I have win xp home. The computer is 2 years old.

Does it do any good to run " disk defrag "


Thanks,


Michael

The answer is Yes. Clean out Cookie folder, and Temp Internet
Folder. Restart computer in `Safe` mode, then defrag.
best wishes..J

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Even though NTFS is an improvement over FAT, it's still not very smar
at putting files in contiguous blocks. I've seen defrag report that th
HD has plenty of space left, yet it requires a good defrag.
So the short answer is yes

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Michael M wrote:

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If you are running a 2GHz or faster cpu and your fragmentation is under 20%,
have you ever noticed a difference in speed after defragging?
I don't think you will.
But then again????

Buffalo wrote:

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Michael M wrote:
Seems to me that you need some basic instruction on how to maintain
your system.
Things to do every week.
1.Clean out those temp files-CrapCleaner is a good tool for this.
2.Clear out My Documents.
3.Run chkdsk
4.Run defrag
5.Run a full system scan using your Anti-Virus program.
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Michael M wrote:
After 2 years, yes, it will do good. You should see an improvement in
speed afterwards. Delete all your Internet cache and temp files before
you defrag tho. No need to spend hours moving them around as they may
account for 60% of the total number of files on your hard drive.








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Buffalo Wrote:
When files are in contiguous blocks, it means that it would likely li
on the same track (or very nearby track). Modern drives actually rea
the same track (or cylinder, I forgot which) when you request to read
block. For sake of simplicity, let's say the file resides on the sam
track. So accessing the file would require a seek to the right track
and one full rotation.
Now imagine your file being poorly fragmented - suppose that all block
are interleaved in such a way that accessing block n+1 from block n o
the file requires a rotation (HD access time is mostly dominated by th
speed of the rotation). Again for the sake of simplicity, reading al
blocks of that file would likely mean a seek, and partial rotation pe
block (I'm not being accurate here).
Even your 2GHz computer would mean nothing if it's sitting aroun
trying to read all over the place for all the files it needs, such a
loading the OS. It won't make it extremely faster, but file system
unless very full and creates/deletes lots of files, shouldn't be 20
fragmented. A typical percentage of fragmentation on a linux fil
system is less than 5% that I've seen

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Thanks to all of you who gave me the info I needed.

Michael



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The answer is Yes. Clean out Cookie folder, and Temp Internet
Folder. Restart computer in `Safe` mode, then defrag.
best wishes..J

"Michael M" <michael@fla.not> wrote in message
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DANGER - if you haven't defragged in 2 years, and there's a possibility
your drive might have some errors, you are headed for trouble.
Defragging a bad disk could very well be destructive, because you are
utilizing 80 to 90% of the disk that perhaps has been unused (read:
untested) for a very long time.

I bought an old laptop with a bad drive, (did NOT know it was bad), ran
defrag, and voila - instant and fatal crash.

Point I'm making, a bad drive can disguise itself as a good drive up
until the point that you try a defrag, then all goes to pot.

Back Up Your Data First.

Then, follow the advice of the other poster, and do this weekly.
Drives sometimes fail gracefully, and if you defrag often, you're
likely to detect problem spots before they become cataclysmic.

Doesn't hurt, just ensure ALL programs are closed and you're not using
computer. Then run it; you may find some performance improvement.

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