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Defrag Utilities? by Dave Gillingham
Microsoft's defrag utility is sooo slow - and still leaves the free space & page file on my C drive very fragmented. I've used Vopt for a number of years,...
July 16th 06 10:28 AM
by Dave Gillingham Go to last post
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defrag with XP Pro by Tom C
When i try to defrag, my system seems to keep starting over. I know it is something in the background running but i dont know what. When i Control-Alt-Delete...
May 13th 05 04:29 AM
by Tom C Go to last post
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Defrag, won't ! by Dallas[_2_]
Hey all, I think it was about the time I installed SP3, but I got rid of that. Anyway, when I click on Defrag, I get the attached Error Window - not sure why...
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
November 25th 08 10:02 AM
by Gerry Go to last post
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Defrag-Compress disk to save space problems by [email protected]
Hi all, I compressed my c drive to save space, and now I am trying to defrag. IT says I have 20 % free space. The disk is VERY fragmented. Everytime I run...
September 8th 07 12:47 AM
by WaIIy Go to last post
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Defrag..asks for chkdsk /f by William B. Lurie
In all the years that I've used Defrag (and, separately, chkdsk), I had never seen a window telling me to first do chkdsk /f before doing defrag. I do chkdsk...
October 24th 08 06:40 PM
by Twayne[_2_] Go to last post
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Defragger fails to "squish" like the old days? by ***** charles
Hi all, Why is it that the XP defragger fails to move "all" of the files as close to track zero as possible like the defragger in 98? Am I just not telling...
April 26th 06 10:09 PM
by Greg Hayes/Raxco Software Go to last post
6 126
Defraggers getting slower? by John
Is it my imagination or are defraggers getting slower - or is it just that the HDDs are getting bigger?
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
January 14th 05 11:47 PM
by Greg Hayes/Raxco Software Go to last post
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defragging by Bill Cunningham
How do you defragment the swap and the MBR? Also the registry isn't defragged I don't believe when you defragment your drive. I know the swap and MBR isn't....
November 22nd 05 11:05 PM
by Bill Cunningham Go to last post
12 220
Defragging a New XP Install by FLATLINE
Ive been building and troubleshooting computers for a couple years now for friends and such. One thing I dont understand is how a freshly formatted drive...
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
May 9th 07 02:07 AM
by FLATLINE Go to last post
15 408
defragging in winxp pro by Chris
hi all, i have several partitions on two different hard drives. when i try to defrag i can only do one partition at a time. i mean, defrag C:, then when that...
April 20th 03 11:59 PM
by Chris Go to last post
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defragging in winxp pro by Chris
thanks hutch, are there any third party programs you know of that would do what i am looking for? Chris -----Original Message----- you might chk these...
April 23rd 03 03:34 AM
by johnf Go to last post
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Defragging page file? by Kenny
Read in a magazine that doing this will improve performance. It said to disable page file and then defrag. Then re-enable it and this will give you a...
October 21st 04 02:09 AM
by Paul Thiaira Go to last post
11 254
Defraging a CD-RW by cranheim
I use a CD-RW disk to store backup files. I update the files on this backup disk from time to time. Because of this, I suspect the data on the disk is probably...
February 27th 06 09:45 PM
by Phil Weldon Go to last post
13 311
Defraging Free Space by Rob T
Why doesn't defrag remove the free space between the contiguous files, the way it used to in earlier OS's All those tiny free spaces between the defraged...
October 23rd 07 02:19 AM
by Devo Go to last post
5 299
defragment by sx
hi every single time i try to defrag my system crashes my computer is running slow sometimes i am able to analize in defrag but it tells me there is no need to...
December 11th 03 07:12 AM
by Joseph Conway [MSFT] Go to last post
1 218
DEFRAGMENT by [email protected]
WinXP Pro - When I defragment it tells me some files couldn,t be defragmented. ================================= Fragmented files 4 Total excess fragments...
May 11th 09 07:38 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
0 154
Defragment by abeesgram
Cannot get defrag to analyze; nothing happens when I click on "analyze" or "defragment". Do I have a setting incorrect somewhere?
February 18th 06 11:00 PM
by Wesley Vogel Go to last post
6 103
Defragment by shumogy
When I run Disk Defragmenter it stops at between 30-50% and tells me some files can't be defragmented. When I print out the report, it does not show what...
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
November 18th 07 07:27 PM
by Poprivet Go to last post
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DEFRAGMENT by [email protected]
WinXP Pro - When I defragment it tells me some files couldn,t be defragmented. ================================= Fragmented files 4 Total excess fragments...
May 12th 09 06:27 PM
by Gerry Go to last post
14 332
defragment floppy a: by Eli Aran
when i right-click floppy a: in my computer, i can click Properties and choose the Tools tab. the middle option is defragment, but when i press "defragment...
December 11th 03 07:20 AM
by Plato Go to last post
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