wait...so my games and my writing files will all be gone?Originally Posted by TheJESTERJ
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wait...so my games and my writing files will all be gone?
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By unnecessary I mean old cache files, empty folder, etc. Your files will be fine.
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Defrag your harddrive daily (around once a week). If you don't for a while it takes forever to defrag it.
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defragging a pc depends on your system i.e. the size of your harddisk (or defragmenting partition, if you have any) and the rest of your system, being cpu and ram (those measure how fast they process all the files and order them again).
defragmentating is usefull when you constantly delete and install files, continuously doing so causes your harddrive to place a whole variety of files on a random, diffirent location eventually causing a slowdown in loading up those files when used because your HD needs to look for them first.
Defragging will orden up those file (if they can be ordened, windows files cannot be moved) so your HD speeds up again.
in games, this can cause stuttering (eventhough this is only a slight proportion compared to a lack of memory).
having a totally distorted hard drive can also cause crashes in games.
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It's like this, when data is put on your hard drive, it's put in what ever place it can fit it, often breaking a single file into many parts around the drive. So when it wants to open that file, it needs to go around and collects all those parts. Defragging will put all those little parts into the same location, making the drive access a lot faster.
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so how do i defrag on xp? can some one tell me?
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http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
Use that. It's a lot better than the Microsoft one that comes with your computer.
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is this safe?
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Try computer mechanic 7, there's the defrag option. It's really good, no kidding (You can download the free-trial on download.com ) It has tons of other features too...analysis, registery cleaning, anti-spyware, anti-virus, etc.
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I use it all the time.
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You probably ran the screensaver version.
You have to just run the one called "JkDefrag"
There's no drop-down menu's or anything either. Just double click it and it does all the work.
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there 3 other ones.... witch one? and will i be able to browse while its running?
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Just run the one called JkDefrag. It's not that hard. <_< And yes you can still browse while its running.
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lol ok man thanksJust run the one called JkDefrag. It's not that hard. <_< And yes you can still browse while its running.
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