Defragmenter Question

[jadison]

If I start up Defragmenter (for Win98SE), and after about 10 minutes or so I exit the program only after it's defragmented part of the drive, do the changes remain?

-jd-

[Mntsnow]

Yes for the most part.....But if you want optimal performance you need to have it do the WHOLE thing http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif If you hate having to wait for it setup the task to be automaticaly ran for you while you sleep that way it is all done for you when you awake the next morning http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow

[Faramir]

mntsnow... what happens to the info that would be in memory when the program gets turned off? does the application automatically write it to any free space?

[Mntsnow]

Yep http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif Just throws it anywhere it can when you move on to something else

Mntsnow

[Win_98]

i think defragmenting hard drive is a complete waste of time
if you delete files and copy files often
it does ya no good.
btw: it only for slow hd
and even so it too long to defrag just so the harddrive make a little less trip
for accessing files.

[Brydon]

Well I have to say I class it as an important part of my regular PC maintenance and if you use a proggy like speedisk it doesn't take long. In fact I think there are many benefits to be had from a defrag as it makes the system faster and can prevent a lot of crashes...maybe you should give it a try http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif.

[AuraEdge]

It does make it faster - I have an ATA/66 7200 RPM harddrive, and I defrag on a regular basis (whenever the comp has gone thru some mad disk thrashing). You can definitly notice defrags benefits on any speed harddrive, even on SCSI monsters.

[raider rick]

I defrag, using Norton 2000 SpeedDisk, at least once a week. If I run it twice a week, it takes half as long to complete. It works, it will speed up your system.

[Mntsnow]

Whooo....You mean to say you DON'T defrag Win_98? Boy your missing out on a bunch of performace http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

I personally use Norton's defrag utility as I also use a static swapfile and it moves it to the front of the drive to even optimize performance even more (the outer edge of a harddrive is the fastest btw)

Mntsnow

[jadison]

I found Speedisk to be very useful, unfortunately it was the trial version, no longer works now!
I had a schedule going where I seta list of performance options, boy it kept my computer in top shape, then one day it said "sorry your trial version is over, you may now buy the product"
Oh well, back to Windows defrag and scan disk http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

-jd-