On newer systems...

[Kane Knight]

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...

[sadio8]

hhhmm what program you use to defrag? I suggest you use this program, it works really well for me :)

http://download.com.com/3000-2094-10224681.html

[road doggy dogg]

I dunno, I only have a 30 gb drive, and using the default Windows defragger it takes about 3-4 hours to do one

[da_king]

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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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[DS]

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.

[Funky Fly]

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.

[Kane Knight]

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...).

[DS]

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.

[Bad Company]

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

[Kane Knight]

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.

[Vega]

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.

[Goldbird]

Hey KK, check out system mechanic 4

http://sm.iolo.com/systemmechanicpro.exe

UserName: 9Down
Serials: 65786-P4251-3606754515

I'm a nasty boy...

[Kane Knight]

That would be wrong...:shifty:

[Ninti Ishkur]

That's a good little program right there.

I'll probably even buy it.