do you defrag your computers?
By shiloh_222
@shiloh_222 (5479)
Philippines
October 31, 2007 11:14pm CST
hey.. i do it like a couple times of the month. more so, if i have alot of installing and uninstalling of softwares. i believe that defragmenting really helps with the speed of the computer in terms of booting and use... hehehe... how about you?
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6 responses
@braveheart07 (2601)
• Philippines
1 Nov 07
Yes, I do defragmentation every once a month. I believe also that it makes some significant improvement with regards to the speed of the computer.
I also have some other techniques on how to speed up your computer faster. It is really faster like a brandnew computer.
However, to do this, you need to disable some of the services that are running in the background.
Have a nice day!
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@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
3 Nov 07
thanks for responding.. u get BR... do use tuneup utilities to make ur pc run faster?
@braveheart07 (2601)
• Philippines
4 Nov 07
Thanks shiloh.^_^… Nope. I don't use tune-up utilities. I only made some tweak in the system configuration utility. I have a complete list of services that are very safe to disable. These services are the main reason why the computer get slowed when incorporated with antivirus and other applications.
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
1 Nov 07
If I have noticed that my PC becomes slower, I either use scan and check for antivirus or run defragmentation to reorganize noncontiguous files into contiguous files and optimize their placement on the hard drive.
Defragmenting your PC once in a while would result to better performance and reliability.
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@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
1 Nov 07
i use my antivirus scan twice a week but I have to let it work automatically during surfing to be able to check and monitor any threats.
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@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
1 Nov 07
that's definitely true... slowing down of a pc is sure sign of a problem... hehe... i scan my pc almost everday... hehehe... and with 2 different anti-virus... how long does it take your computer to scan for viruses?
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@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
1 Nov 07
my antivirus just launches whenever it feels it needs to. i use avg, not for any reason, but because my husband has installed it on my computer. hehe anyway, it updates everyday, everytime i boot up the first time for the day.
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@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
1 Nov 07
i do, but not regularly. when i analyze my computer and it says that the drive doesn't need defragmenting, i don't do it. although recently, i did that on my drive E, because that is where my files are located. i use the drive C as the one containing the programs, so they don't get used as much.
so do you think i still need to defrag even if the tool says i don't need to? what do you say? i think you are more of an expert on this area than i am. thanks shiloh! :-)
@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
3 Nov 07
well, i do it regularly...my desktop just takes 2 hours tops but my laptop takes about 4 hours for c: and another 2 hours for my d:... i can really feel it even if it's slowing a tad bit... hehehe.. im that in tune with my laptop and even with my pc... hahaha... well, i kinda dorky when comes with my computers... hehehe.. to answer ur question, i do defrag and disregard the message of not having too... coz i can feel my pc slowin down. speed matters to me... hehehe...
@shyam4uall (1002)
• India
4 Nov 07
Yeah you are right..defragmentation benefits our system to some extent and we need to do that alteast once a month or if possible 2-3 times a month.No doubt it increases the boot time but also reduces the opening time of softwares installed in ur computer because the files meant for the application is now ... more easily found by the OS and hence the time reduces..
@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
1 Nov 07
yes... it sure does... how long does ur defragmentation takes?
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
1 Nov 07
I defrag the Windows section of my computer every time I use it, as each time I use it a lot of stuff happens. The Linux section doesn't need defragging so therefore doesn't have the defrag option. I live in Linux, there are a few specialty options in Windows that I do need so I keep a Windows section in my Linux machine.
