scottf Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Have had the PC now for a couple of years, just wondering if it needs defragging? Not got many documents on there -mainly photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 According to this post (by a supposed sysadmin:rolleyes:) defragging is pointless (though many other experienced users disagree). Personally, I run a defrag once per week (though I do quite a lot of coding on this box, which results in quite severe fragmentation as I am testing SW). Just run it when you feel like:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsyebor Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 very much pointless, especially for the amount of effort required for any (if any that is) benefits you get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave650 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 If your going to defrag it though do it atleast twice. You can repeatedly do it until it'll complete a defrag in a matter of minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkatraz Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Defragging depends on how often you move data around and how full your HD is. If you've had it for two years.. give it a defrag anyway.. but if you don't move data around much, 2 years is about as often as you need to. Personally I *should* be defragging at least once a month because of the amount of data that moves around and how full the disks are.. but I just can't be arsed for my home machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallonoroff Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I'm afraid i'm one of the "defragging doesn't do much" camp. Obviously if things are really bad then there'll be a noticeable performance improvement once you've defragged, but otherwise it won't do much - so don't expect miracles. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsyebor Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 id like to backtrack slightly and aggree with dave, regular defragging will give a very small amount of improvent if you move lots of files or are always deleting old ones and starting new! but i still stand by that the amount of effort well out weighs the any benefits! are you experiencing slow data access? or are you just wondering if you should defrag for teh sake of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xircon Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I think defragging speeds up my PC quite a bit, I defrag once or twice a month normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottf Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 id like to backtrack slightly and aggree with dave, regular defragging will give a very small amount of improvent if you move lots of files or are always deleting old ones and starting new! but i still stand by that the amount of effort well out weighs the any benefits! are you experiencing slow data access? or are you just wondering if you should defrag for teh sake of it? No - im just wondering if i should defrag for the sake of it as i know most of my mates do it quite regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savannah2 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 but i still stand by that the amount of effort well out weighs the any benefits! There is no effort required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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