defraggler is soo slow, vistas own one isnt this bad. i have 34.4gb on a new install im trying to defrag and so far it has taken the best part of 10 hours over 3 attemps. i have 2 drives in raid 0. ive deleted all but the latest system restore, ran disk cleanup and ccleaner. i think its time to try something else.
Defragmentation
- Thread starter Inazuma
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I wouldn't say defragging was useless, but there's certainly no need to get obsessive about fragmentation the way some people apparently do - it's a fact of life with NTFS, and only a problem when it reaches the stage where it noticeably impacts real-world performance.i didnt defrag my drive for about 3 years. When i finally decided to give it a go it made no difference whatsoever. I therefore conclude with my case study of 1, its useless
My suggestions, for what they're worth:
- Use Vista defrag, just let it run on a schedule in the background as it was designed to do.
- Ignore any marketing spiel from third-party snake-oil vendors, particularly the Scientology loonies.
AFAIK Vista's defragger is a completely in-house design, and there's no Diskeeper code (unlike the one that shipped with XP).
Defraggler always gets stuck on System Volume Information with me. (I think windows uses it for system restore). Other defrag programs just ignore that folder, but defraggler insists on trying to defrag it, and always gets stuck there. I turn off system restore temporarily, and defraggler finishes quite quickly.
Soldato
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What does defragging actually do and whats the benefit? I have never defragged a hard drive
