How to Stop defragment ???

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  1. Posts : 70
    Windows 32 bit
       #1

    How to Stop defragment ???


    Hello Everybody. I have a problem with my pc.

    Every time I leave it in idle mode it starts defragment. I understand this, because i see the red button of hard disk being red and comes noise from my HDD. When I move my mouse then stops this.

    How can I turn aytomatic defragment off ...?

    Thanks for your help in advance :)
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  2. Posts : 2,009
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
       #2

    Check this tut : Disk Defragmenter Schedule- Turn On or Off

    Are you sure it's the defragger and not the indexing service that keeps your HDD busy?
    The defragger is set by default to defragment every wednesday. just check the task scheduler like explained in the tut and adjust to your liking

    -DG
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  3. Posts : 3,427
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #3

    Could also be Superfetch.

    Superfetch grabs frequently used programs from the HDD and puts them into your free memory, so they start quicker, I've had a bit of play with Superfetch, and it seems that it will only grab when the computer isn't really doing anything. It's possible to turn this off, but I really wouldn't recommend it.
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  4. Posts : 1,030
    Linux Mint / XP / Win7 Home, Pro, Ultimate / Win8.1 / Win10
       #4

    To turn off defrag:

    Control Panel > All Control Panel Items

    Performance Information and Tools > Advanced tools

    Open Disk Defragmenter > Configure schedule...

    Deselect (uncheck) Run on a schedule (recommended)

    Click OK.

    Click Close.

    Regards,
    GEWB
    Last edited by GEWB; 11 May 2011 at 21:30.
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  5. Posts : 70
    Windows 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I asked and in another forum, 3 months ago and they told me that difragment is causing the noise in idle mode.

    I did exactly what tutorial says. I hope, not listen noise from my ΗDD again.

    Thanks a lot for your help. :)

    severedsolo said:
    Could also be Superfetch.

    Superfetch grabs frequently used programs from the HDD and puts them into your free memory, so they start quicker, I've had a bit of play with Superfetch, and it seems that it will only grab when the computer isn't really doing anything. It's possible to turn this off, but I really wouldn't recommend it.
    Hm, i haven't seen this in my pc ever. :)

    GEWB said:
    To turn off defrag:

    Control Panel > All Control Panel Items

    Performance Information and Tools > Advanced tools

    Open Disk Defragmenter > Configure schedule...

    Deselect (uncheck) Run on a schedule (recommended)

    Click OK.

    Clcik Close.

    Regards,
    GEWB
    also thanx
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  6. Posts : 3,427
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    George said:
    Hm, i haven't seen this in my pc ever.
    That means it's doing it's job properly then most of the time you will be completely unaware of it. You can see how much it's holding in Superfetch by opening Task Manager and going to the Performance Tab, the amount under "Cached" is how much is being held by Superfetch
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  7. Posts : 70
    Windows 32 bit
    Thread Starter
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    You meen that...? I have a greek copy of w7 :)

    How to Stop defragment ???-isi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-.png
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  8. Posts : 3,427
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #8

    Yep that's it, the one with "cache" in the name (don't have greek characters on my keyboard, so can't type it as it's written) is how much superfetch is holding in memory for you.

    An easy way to tell if it's superfetch is to just watch that screen while the HDD is busy, if that number increases then it's superfetch, if not, then it's probably indexing, or defrag as you said.
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  9. Posts : 70
    Windows 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Another question,

    How can i disable, indexing, and superfetch...? Is that necessary in order not to hear again noise?
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  10. Posts : 1,326
    Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet)
       #10

    George said:
    Another question,

    How can i disable, indexing, and superfetch...? Is that necessary in order not to hear again noise?

    So you want to disable three of the most important services that keep your PC running fast because you don't like the NOISE??? You need to rethink.
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