Why is defraging so slow?

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  1. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #11

    To defrag the C:, use following command at an elevated command prompt:
    Contig -s -q

    Now to do that you need to :
    1. Download contig.exe
    Contig
    and
    2. Now after unzipping, I suggest moving contig.exe to \windows\system32 to make your life easier.
    3. Now go an elevated command prompt.
    4. Run following: CONTIG C: -Q -S
    The -q says quiet, -s says recurse thru subfolders.


    thisi is how I defrag my non-ssd drives.
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  2. Posts : 387
    Win 7 & 10 x64
    Thread Starter
       #12

    karlsnooks said:
    To defrag the C:, use following command at an elevated command prompt:
    Contig -s -q

    Now to do that you need to :
    1. Download contig.exe
    Contig
    and
    2. Now after unzipping, I suggest moving contig.exe to \windows\system32 to make your life easier.
    3. Now go an elevated command prompt.
    4. Run following: CONTIG C: -Q -S
    The -q says quiet, -s says recurse thru subfolders.


    thisi is how I defrag my non-ssd drives.
    Why do i need to do that to defrag where i have software to do it?
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  3. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #13

    You don't need it. Have a nice day.
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  4. Posts : 465
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and Home Premium x64
       #14

    imeem said:
    Does any defragger takes advantage of muti core? Also is there any point defragging a USB stick?
    No defragging program will make use of multi-core processors. There is no 'processing' that needs to be done, it is pure disk I/O moving. Short of having a top of the line Disk controller (Like Next Generation) and Top of the line hard disks, you will not see an improvement on speed because the limitation is based on Disk Read/Writes. Third party or the default program are limited to just that, Disk I/O ability which is controlled by the disk Controller and the Hard Disk's ability to do that.
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  5. Posts : 42
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #15

    My disk have a couple of partitions. It should be safe to dafrag, right?
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  6. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Original
       #16

    @imeem:There is no point in defragging a USB stick, it will only make your USB life shorter.
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  7. Posts : 1,113
    windows 7 professional & ultimate 64bit laptops
       #17

    v1nc3nttan said:
    @imeem:There is no point in defragging a USB stick, it will only make your USB life shorter.


    how?
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  8. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #18

    pacinitaly said:
    v1nc3nttan said:
    @imeem:There is no point in defragging a USB stick, it will only make your USB life shorter.


    how?
    Flash memory has only so many read/write cycles before it (theoretically) stops working. Defragging is read/write intensive.
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  9. Posts : 1,113
    windows 7 professional & ultimate 64bit laptops
       #19

    marsmimar said:
    pacinitaly said:
    v1nc3nttan said:
    @imeem:There is no point in defragging a USB stick, it will only make your USB life shorter.


    how?
    Flash memory has only so many read/write cycles before it (theoretically) stops working. Defragging is read/write intensive.

    WOW. thank you.
    no more daily defrags for me
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  10. Posts : 387
    Win 7 & 10 x64
    Thread Starter
       #20

    marsmimar said:
    pacinitaly said:
    v1nc3nttan said:
    @imeem:There is no point in defragging a USB stick, it will only make your USB life shorter.


    how?
    Flash memory has only so many read/write cycles before it (theoretically) stops working. Defragging is read/write intensive.
    isn't SSD consider as flash memory or something?
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