New member, First build! What are your thoughts?

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 12:59

/u will give you progress during the operation
/v will give you information about whats its been doing but this will be very long and very boring

just change the scheduled task to defrag c: instead of defrag -c

Rhyswh · 27 Jan 2012 at 14:51

So lets say my HDD is the D: drive. I would use,

defrag C: D: /V

or is it,

defrag D: /V

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 14:52

Rhyswh said:
So lets say my HDD is the D: drive. I would use,

defrag C: D: /V

or is it,

defrag D: /V

defrag D: /U /V

Rhyswh · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:34

Do I have to use the /U?

I don't mind not seeing the progress report. Why is /V very boring?

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:37

Rhyswh said:
Do I have to use the /U?

I don't mind not seeing the progress report. Why is /V very boring?

you dont but /u will show the you progress...

because it will tell you about how it was moving blocks of data from one part of a disk to another.. not very interesting

try and find out

Rhyswh · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:40

when you say showing the progress, does that mean like time left, or percentage complete?

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:44

lol just run the command and see

Rhyswh · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:51

lol sorry! I won't be able to for a while though!!

On another note, my PSU came today!! It's very nice!! Just hope it works!!! Got a PSU tester on the way so will keep you posted when that comes.

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:53

Microsoft Disk Defragmenter
Copyright (c) 2007 Microsoft Corp.

The disk defragmenter cannot start because you have insufficient priveleges to....

ah well I tried, I cba to switch user xD

Rhyswh · 27 Jan 2012 at 18:20

stueng said:
Microsoft Disk Defragmenter
Copyright (c) 2007 Microsoft Corp.

The disk defragmenter cannot start because you have insufficient priveleges to....

ah well I tried, I cba to switch user xD

I don't get it?

olivier renault · 27 Jan 2012 at 23:19

you running the command line? Run command line 'as administrator' (it's an option, right mouse button, command line icon). Or run defrag tool. drive -> properties -> tools -> defragment.

Rhyswh · 27 Jan 2012 at 23:39

I think I'll have to come back to this when I'm ready to do it!! lol

Rhyswh · 29 Jan 2012 at 23:10

Going back to the SSD and intel smart response. Is intel smart response the thing that lets you make the SSD a cache for the HDD? (does this make sense?)

If so, is this better than having an SSD for OS and other software and HDD for storage?

stueng · 30 Jan 2012 at 01:05

Rhyswh said:
Going back to the SSD and intel smart response. Is intel smart response the thing that lets you make the SSD a cache for the HDD? (does this make sense?)

If so, is this better than having an SSD for OS and other software and HDD for storage?

it will never be better but it is cheaper and yes smart response is the caching thing

Rhyswh · 30 Jan 2012 at 08:31

How is it cheaper? Wouldn't it cost the same?

Idleman · 30 Jan 2012 at 09:23

I thought win7 automatically disables defrag on ssd`s. I have Ultimate 64bit. When i installed my M4, i went into the start menu, clicked accessories, clicked system tools and then clicked disk defragmenter. When the window opened my Cdrive already had " Never Run" written along side it. Is this not the same for all Win7 OS`s?

Rhyswh · 30 Jan 2012 at 11:10

I'm guessing your Cdrive is your SSD?

stueng · 30 Jan 2012 at 11:13

Rhyswh said:
How is it cheaper? Wouldn't it cost the same?

Intel Smart Response uses a 64GB SSD for a cache and can cache a large mechanical HDD.. such as 1TB.. so you have 1TB of "fast" storage for £90

Without ISR you would need to purchase at least 128GB SSD which comes it at around £150

SSD is faster than ISR.. but ISR is cheaper

Idleman · 30 Jan 2012 at 11:40

Rhyswh said:
I'm guessing your Cdrive is your SSD?

You guess correctly.

Rhyswh · 30 Jan 2012 at 12:51

stueng said:
Intel Smart Response uses a 64GB SSD for a cache and can cache a large mechanical HDD.. such as 1TB.. so you have 1TB of "fast" storage for £90

Without ISR you would need to purchase at least 128GB SSD which comes it at around £150

SSD is faster than ISR.. but ISR is cheaper

I was only planning on getting a 60GB SSD anyway? This should be enough for my OS and Protools + Reason set-up I think.