Working while defragging

I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never defragmented my
hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I finally got myself into a mode
of organizing things and began defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly
my whole hard drive had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24
hours since I began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music.
Can you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the defragmenting
is going beautifully

Shenan
Sun May 04 10:09:17 PDT 2008

Tuch215 wrote:
> I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never
> defragmented my hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I
> finally got myself into a mode of organizing things and began
> defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly my whole hard drive
> had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24 hours since I
> began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music. Can
> you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the
> defragmenting is going beautifully

You can - it will slow everything down.

Might I suggest getting JKDefrag and using its screensaver? That way you
will be defragging all the time (when you are not around.)

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Leonard
Sun May 04 10:26:47 PDT 2008

I ran my PC for almost 5 years without using anything other than
Window's built-in defragger. Then, just for sh**s and giggles I
installed a trial of a third party defragger. It told me my disc didn't
need defragging!

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Tuch215 wrote:
> I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never defragmented my
> hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I finally got myself into a mode
> of organizing things and began defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly
> my whole hard drive had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24
> hours since I began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music.
> Can you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the defragmenting
> is going beautifully

Tuch215
Sun May 04 11:44:00 PDT 2008

Thanks for the reply Leonard! I guess I need to defragment my disk more often
LOL

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> I ran my PC for almost 5 years without using anything other than
> Window's built-in defragger. Then, just for sh**s and giggles I
> installed a trial of a third party defragger. It told me my disc didn't
> need defragging!
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Tuch215 wrote:
> > I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never defragmented my
> > hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I finally got myself into a mode
> > of organizing things and began defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly
> > my whole hard drive had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24
> > hours since I began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music.
> > Can you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the defragmenting
> > is going beautifully
>

Tuch215
Sun May 04 11:43:00 PDT 2008

Thank you so much for your response, as well as you suggestion for
defragmenting software. Much apreciated

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Tuch215 wrote:
> > I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never
> > defragmented my hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I
> > finally got myself into a mode of organizing things and began
> > defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly my whole hard drive
> > had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24 hours since I
> > began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music. Can
> > you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the
> > defragmenting is going beautifully
>
> You can - it will slow everything down.
>
> Might I suggest getting JKDefrag and using its screensaver? That way you
> will be defragging all the time (when you are not around.)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Gerry
Sun May 04 13:09:54 PDT 2008

Leonard

Surely someone as cynical as you does not believe everything they read
<G>


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Leonard Grey wrote:
> I ran my PC for almost 5 years without using anything other than
> Window's built-in defragger. Then, just for sh**s and giggles I
> installed a trial of a third party defragger. It told me my disc
> didn't need defragging!
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Tuch215 wrote:
>> I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never
>> defragmented my hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I
>> finally got myself into a mode of organizing things and began
>> defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly my whole hard drive
>> had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24 hours since I
>> began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music. Can
>> you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the
>> defragmenting is going beautifully

Gerry
Sun May 04 13:12:48 PDT 2008

Tuch

There is more to defragmenting than just running Disk Defragmenter.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Tuch215 wrote:
> I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never
> defragmented my hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I
> finally got myself into a mode of organizing things and began
> defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly my whole hard drive
> had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24 hours since I
> began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music. Can
> you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the
> defragmenting is going beautifully

JohnE1
Mon May 05 14:00:04 PDT 2008

Gerry wrote:
> Tuch
>
> There is more to defragmenting than just running Disk Defragmenter.
>
> Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
> Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
> select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
> More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
> Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.
>
>

I would add to that, visit Windows Sysinternals,

Windows Sysinternals
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

and get PageDefrag:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx

PageDefrag defrags the Windows swap file and the Windows Registry, which
can have a significant impact on overall Windows performance.