d drive cannot be defragmented

ok so is a system repair disc the same as a recovery disc? should i use the "create system repair disc" in the "backup & restore" section of the control panel?

drkitty said:

ok so is a system repair disc the same as a recovery disc? should i use the "create system repair disc" in the "backup & restore" section of the control panel?

They are NOT the same.

Yes, you should create a system repair disk, particularly if you don't have an ordinary Windows installation disk. You can create one of those too--and I would.

bassfisher6522 said:

Just checked out my samsung RV511 7 Home Premium 64 bit, using Auslogics disk defrag and my recovery partition defraged just fine.

i just did that too... but my d: is still 95% fragmented

ignatzatsonic said:

drkitty said:

ok so is a system repair disc the same as a recovery disc? should i use the "create system repair disc" in the "backup & restore" section of the control panel?

They are NOT the same.

Yes, you should create a system repair disk, particularly if you don't have an ordinary Windows installation disk. You can create one of those too--and I would.

so i should make both recovery & system repair discs? when & how do i use them? im guessing only if & when my system crashes?

Recovery disks have the same purpose as a recovery partition---to return the PC to the state it was in when shipped to you. That would include default partitions, Windows, and whatever other extra applications were included by the manufacturer. Recovery partitions/disks are usually used as a last resort---any personal data on the drive will be erased.

System Repair discs are designed to repair Windows per se and have nothing to do with any other applications. They are more useful than recovery disks because they aren't a last resort and can be used in a variety of situations----system crashes and otherwise.

Create a Windows installation disk if you don't have one. You download an ISO of your Windows edition from mydigitallife.info and burn it to a disk.

I see that the OP has Windows "home basic" and I don't see ISOs for that.

Is there an ISO available somewhere or do you have to use a "universal" method, such as:

http://en.community.dell.com/support...-versions.aspx