Defrag Software......Again!

[Si]

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I downloaded a trial version of Perfect Disk and decided to defrag one of my
120GB disks. It has been running now for 16 hours and is only 42% through. I
should add that the drive in question is pretty full with only 25GB free. Is
it normal that it should take so long? My main reason for looking for a new
defrag program was to find one that was fast. I appreciate that they all
probably take a fair amount of time to do their job I just wasn't expecting
that it would take this long and not even half way through.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

Si


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"Si" <si@munirs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>I downloaded a trial version of Perfect Disk and decided to defrag one of my
>120GB disks. It has been running now for 16 hours and is only 42% through. I
>should add that the drive in question is pretty full with only 25GB free. Is
>it normal that it should take so long? My main reason for looking for a new
>defrag program was to find one that was fast. I appreciate that they all
>probably take a fair amount of time to do their job I just wasn't expecting
>that it would take this long and not even half way through.
>
>Any advice would be much appreciated.
>
>Cheers.
>
>Si

You have about 90 gb of data on the drive. Do you know how much that
is?

90 gb is the equivalent of 45 million pages of text.

Perfect Disk is considered by many to be the best and fastest
defragmenter available for Windows XP and if that is how long it takes
then that is how long it takes.

You can cancel the defrag if you wish, and then start it up again when
you know that you are going to be away from the computer for a number
of hours (e.g. while you are sleeping or away at work or school).
The stopping and restarting will add a bit to the total time, but it
will get cleaned up eventually.

And once the initial mess has been sorted out then defragging every
week or two should go much faster.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Si]

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Thanks for the info Ron.

Si


--
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me then a frontal lobotomy.
"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Si" <si@munirs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I downloaded a trial version of Perfect Disk and decided to defrag one of
>>my
>>120GB disks. It has been running now for 16 hours and is only 42% through.
>>I
>>should add that the drive in question is pretty full with only 25GB free.
>>Is
>>it normal that it should take so long? My main reason for looking for a
>>new
>>defrag program was to find one that was fast. I appreciate that they all
>>probably take a fair amount of time to do their job I just wasn't
>>expecting
>>that it would take this long and not even half way through.
>>
>>Any advice would be much appreciated.
>>
>>Cheers.
>>
>>Si
>
> You have about 90 gb of data on the drive. Do you know how much that
> is?
>
> 90 gb is the equivalent of 45 million pages of text.
>
> Perfect Disk is considered by many to be the best and fastest
> defragmenter available for Windows XP and if that is how long it takes
> then that is how long it takes.
>
> You can cancel the defrag if you wish, and then start it up again when
> you know that you are going to be away from the computer for a number
> of hours (e.g. while you are sleeping or away at work or school).
> The stopping and restarting will add a bit to the total time, but it
> will get cleaned up eventually.
>
> And once the initial mess has been sorted out then defragging every
> week or two should go much faster.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."