disk fragmenter

[plum001]

I am on W7 Starter.
does disk fragmenter run on scheduled time when PC is turned off?

 

[seavixen32]

Good advice here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11733-disk-defragmenter-open-use.html

 

[plum001]

i kinda new it was not working...

it's scheduled every week, and the last time the disk was scanned was over the month...lol

 

[richc46]

Turn off the defrag schedule, not good to defrag too often; actually can shorten the life of hard drive.
Download and use auslogics defrag. It is regarded as better by very many, here at the forum.

 

[richc46]

The OS defragmentter and Auslogics will analyze. I defrag when its 10%

 

[plum001]

okie, dokie..
i have to check that derangementer out.
thank u!

 

[ricno]

Turn off the defrag schedule, not good to defrag too often; actually can shorten the life of hard drive.

In what way would a defrag shorten the life of a hard drive?

 

[richc46]

When you defragment the disk, large ammounts of data are moved around in order to group files in one place for faster speeds.
This means that the hard drive is being used an awfull lot during defragmentation.
So too much defrag will cause problems, but then again no defrag is just as bad. I just suggest do it when frag is 10% or more.

 

[ricno]

This means that the hard drive is being used an awfull lot during defragmentation.
So too much defrag will cause problems,

Sure there will be some data transfers on the disk during a defrag, in particular if the defragmentation is not done often, but do you have any data that supports that this will actually cause problems or shorten the life of the disk?

 

[plum001]

defrag is Done...I downloaded auslogics defragmenter....

so..
how do u check how much defrg is in disks?

 

[richc46]

Click on analyze.

 

[plum001]

after defrag is completed,
auslogics said there are junk files and registry errors in disks.
how do u take care of them?

 

[richc46]

I do not use the software provided by Auslogics for that process.
1) dont use any software to fix registry. Not needed by Seven and it can cause problems
2) To clean up junk files download and use Ccleaner. It does an awesome job. I untick registry entries (see item 1 above)

 

[plum001]

what are reg. errors and fragmentation?

 

[richc46]

The registry is the brains of the computer. Windows Seven is a very sophisticated OS. It does not need any external software to take care of errors in the registry. The most common error, if you did not use registry cleaners etc. are unused file extensions. Basicially, small pieces of changes that you made to the OS, such as uninstalle programs etc.
Fragmentation
What is disk defragmentation?

 

[plum001]

i have installed numbers of softwares and uninstalled many of them.
Are junk files one of them?

 

[richc46]

With Seven dont worry about the registry.
If you have junk files they will be removed with ccleaner.
Just do a defrag is you did a lot of uninstalling.
First do a scan disk
Then the defrag.

 

[richc46]

Doing many BSODS due to registry cleaners etc, I respectfully disagree with touching the registry. I will not comment further, it is not beneficial to debate subjective issues.

 

[richc46]

Doing many BSODS due to registry cleaners etc, I respectfully disagree with touching the registry. I will not comment further, it is not beneficial to debate subjective issues.

No comment

 

[plum001]

i downloaded ccleaner, and ran it..
some memories were deleted,
and
W7 and web browser seems to be responding faster.

thank u!!

i did not know to scan disk prior to defrag...
I opened report after defrag, it was 6.62%.

i am learning...