Hard drive wont defragment properly

albertross_2

Mado, If it is 95/98/ME, try it in safe mode (F8 at boot), anything that touches the HD (virus scanners/firewalls/swapping) will cause constant restarts otherwise.

tigs78

Thanks to imho on another thread I have discovered 'defrag-ing'. I have done it to my PC and have told my computer dunce sister that she needs to do it too, the problem is that she has just moved house so is waiting for broadband to be activated so is running on *yawn* dial up *yawn* at the moment!

Does a defrag require you to be connected to the internet whilst running?

jiblets1

Not if you run the one from start, accessories, system tools. That one's all from your hard drive. It'll take a loooooooooooong time if you've not done it before though....

Mado

Just wanted to say THANKS! really.
Cleared about 1 Gb of junk through the CClean, and now, the PC is defragmenting (10% done!)... which I hadn't managed to do for more than a year. It is my kids PC but even they get frustrated at its speed!

albertross_2

If it's 95/98/ME, and sticks on 10%, try safe mode.. On 98/ME, the actually defrag doesn't start until 11%, the first 10% is checking the disk for inconsistencies.

imho

isnt albertross clever ! I always thank him,cause i have learnt so much from his answers

j_davies

Id thought I would post this again because its free

Get a free defrag programme http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/

Also O & O Defrag Vs 4 is on the front of a PC mag this month.

pennymakespounds

j davies ... tried this and seemed better than the windows one .

they also show a program called "boostspeed which had loads of free clean up /improve efficienct type things which were good ... then of course various things were available for £13 a year subscription . Is it worth it ??


Get a free defrag programme http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/

j_davies

pennymakespounds wrote:

j davies ... tried this and seemed better than the windows one .

they also show a program called "boostspeed which had loads of free clean up /improve efficienct type things which were good ... then of course various things were available for £13 a year subscription . Is it worth it ??


Get a free defrag programme http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/

Er what are you on about

I have just had the biggest roast dinner on the planet and all higher brain functions are now involved in the yum yum process.

pennymakespounds

er what are you on about .........

is exactly what i said ... or taken from the auslogics page ....
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if you download "boostspeed ", there's loads of clean up and optimization clicks ... but lots of them come up as " only available if you subscribe"


er... whay are you on about ... hopefully this explains further.