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Old 04-18-2004, 02:04 AM   #1
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I'm wondering how long it takes to perform Defrags and error checks and all that crap. I'm just wondering, because my current hard drive of 80 GB takes forever, and since I know there are MUCH bigger HDs out there...

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Old 04-18-2004, 02:11 AM   #2
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hhhmm what program you use to defrag? I suggest you use this program, it works really well for me

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Old 04-18-2004, 04:02 AM   #3
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I dunno, I only have a 30 gb drive, and using the default Windows defragger it takes about 3-4 hours to do one
 
Old 04-18-2004, 03:18 PM   #4
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when i did mine which was 80 gigs, it took forever as well but that's cause i hadn't done it regularily up to that point.

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Old 04-18-2004, 03:43 PM   #5
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Defrags take more time depending on how bad they are clustered. If you had 1 Gig of memory and a 3Ghz processer and your HDD is still really cluttered it can take hours. Mine usually takes about 30 minutes at the most but I keep my computer pretty clean and defrag about weekly. It can really speed up performance on hard drives.
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Old 04-18-2004, 06:33 PM   #6
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Last time I did mine, it took a couple of hours. And I have an 80 Gig HD. I also defragged my 40 Gig External HD.

I use Iolo System Mechanic for that, though. Pretty hott program.
 
Old 05-31-2004, 04:47 PM   #7
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Anyone know a good free one?

Eventually, I wouldn't mind buying a defrag program, but money's gonna be tight for a couple of months (court costs I haven't brought up on TPWW of late...).
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Old 05-31-2004, 04:51 PM   #8
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The one that comes with Windows. It's probably the best cheap one unless you want to go to download.com and look for some by the ratings.
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Old 05-31-2004, 05:33 PM   #9
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I think using the one that comes with windows is the best, if you're using windows 2000/XP.
If you're not, download FixIT utilities from somewhere and it has a brilliant built in defragger
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I think using the one that comes with windows is the best, if you're using windows 2000/XP.
If you're not, download FixIT utilities from somewhere and it has a brilliant built in defragger
I'm stuck on 98 SE.
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Old 05-31-2004, 06:52 PM   #11
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Using the default windows one on XP, mine finishes in less than an hour with a 120 gig HD. Hadn't done it in 3 or 4 months either.
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That's a good little program right there.

I'll probably even buy it.
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