Defragin' too much?

NachT · 14 May 2007 at 15:17

Can defraging too much be a bad thing?

I think I've done it way too much, and now things are going wierd on my PC lol >.<

One of my hard disks sometimes doesn't like to work at all, a restart usually fixes that. Also my sidebar cripples and everything goes slow... a quick power off then back on usually fixes that.

It never used to do this, and the only thing i've done/changed is defragging ( too much? )

Will_3rd · 14 May 2007 at 15:19

doubt it, more likely a hardware/software problem

SiriusB · 14 May 2007 at 15:37

Well defragging does in theory shorten the life of your disk as it involves a lot of reading and writing. However I doubt it would have suddenly caused your HDD to fail unless your HDD was particularly weak to begin with - ie it was gonna fall over anyway.

NachT · 14 May 2007 at 15:38

ummm

The disk works ok now tho, a reboot usually fixes it.

I'll try one of those apps that check the drive!

SiriusB · 14 May 2007 at 15:40

If a reboot fixes the problem then I would imagine it is software related rather than HDD.

misterPK · 14 May 2007 at 16:27

What software are you using to defrag the drive?

PK!

NachT · 14 May 2007 at 16:39

misterPK said:
What software are you using to defrag the drive?

PK!

Just the windows defragger

I'm running a diagnostic check on the drive now, the quick test passed - busy doing the long test now.

Hope it isn't failing, it's a western digital! :eek:

Jaffa_Cake · 14 May 2007 at 17:24

Things like diskkeeper defrag constantly. ( or was that magic defrag or whatever its called )

basmic · 14 May 2007 at 17:31

http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp - download Data Lifeguard Diagnostic ASAP and run the Extended test.

NachT · 14 May 2007 at 18:40

basmic said:
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp - download Data Lifeguard Diagnostic ASAP and run the Extended test.

Just finished the test now - took about 2 hours.

The test was fine, both test came back ok and nothing bad was detected.

But! - If I right click on the drive from the options window in the diagnostics app, then click properties. I get " Health Status - Warning. "