My System Mechanic says my 3 hard drives need to be defragged. One is my main hard drive, and the other 2 are storage. Can the ones that I use for storage be defragged? I do not want to risk losing anything.
Thanks in advance.
I wouldn't let some 3rd party program mess with my disks like that.
Windows 7 is not XP it handles such tasks best on its own.
Just go to Start and type Disk Defragmenter in the search dialogue start that program and you see this
Either set a scheduled defrag or just pick a drive, click Analyze and when you feel like it, click Defrag
-DG
they are safe to defrag with no loss of data, so long as you dont lose power. dont defrag during severe weather. (sounds silly, doesnt it?) :)
defragging your drives regularly is safe and advisable, even when it's raining.
it rearranges the files on the drives so they can 'load faster'.
If you have a 1TB HDD 60% full of .mkv file's don't defrag as it isn't necessary. Otherwise I'd use My Defrag which also comes in a x64 version.
I'd like to see some proof other than from software companies, that prove that defragging with
3rd party software actually improves performance over 7's built in utility.
So you get -5% defrag by third party!
Defragged in advance.
Some 3rd party defraggers use different methods, and/or offer to optimize file placement on the physical disc for quicker access. Notice a difference, seat of the pants? Probably not. But boot defrag, and optimize amongst other features, are things 3rd party apps offer. A Guy
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