defrag ????

[atul]

i have w2k .... & 20 gb hdd ....

Defrag-ing takes a very long time .... how 2 speed it up ????

& prevent it from stopping in between the process ?????

so that i can switch off my monitor & wait till it is over ....

nahi to everytime i switch it on, it is either paused or aborted ......

[prankzter]

sorry bro..but i don't think there is any way of speeding things up on
win 2k defragmentor. I suggest u use a third party utility like defragmentor premium etc. 2 really speed things up and it offers better features than the standard windows defragmentor.

[NikhilVerma]

Another soln is that defrag the sys in safe mode coz it uses least resources.....

[ujjwal]

If you use windows 98SE, you could speed up defragging by dloadin the unofficial Service Pack. It bundles the defragmentor that came with ME, and it really speeds things up.

For your system, the above two solutions will work.

[gxsaurav]

Get Diskeeper 8

[svenkat83]

Try Running Defrag in Safe Mode.

[sUlPhUr|nE`]

cool...I think that idea is really good. Try defragging in Safe Mode....
I too will try it

[walking-techie]

yeah that shul speed up the thngs a little

[atul]

& how often should we defrag the drive ???

bole to ... period ???? 2 3 months ke baadh ... ya ????

[atul]

& how often should we defrag the drive ???

[bipin_hbk]

There are analysing tool withdefragmentor to test wether you need a Defrag at the moment or nto. rather it is usualyy once in a 2-3 months

[atul]

& how 2 prevent it from stopping in between the process ?????

so that i can switch off my monitor & wait till it is over ....

[atul]

& how 2 prevent it from stopping in between the process ?????

so that i can switch off my monitor & wait till it is over ....

i use w2k ...

[atul]

& how 2 prevent it from stopping inbetween the process ?????

so that i can switch off my monitor & wait till it is over ....

i use w2k ...

starting in safe mode is good ... bt any services 2 stop ????

[lywyre]

end all the unwanted process in the background using task manager

disable screensaver and power options

ensure that no other unwanted processes are running and then run defrag

[abhishekkulkarni]

Hey I converted my drive to NTFS.The defrag takes just 1 min. :lol:

[manishjha18]

try raxo perfect disk---its the best

[vaidy9]

Dowload DiskeeperLite.. it is a freeware and performs defragging much faster than windows.
When defragging, do the following to speed up defragging; otherwise you will get frequent messages of drive contents changing;

1. Disconnect from the internet if you are on a cable connection.
2. Disable Norton or any other anti-virus you may have installed.
3. Run Diskeeper Lite.

If you want a still faster defrag, run it in Safe Mode ( F8), then disable the antivirus.

[luckyrocker]

When you install your system these are some tips to keep in mind so as to reduce the level of fragmentation.

1). Make partitions of large drives. It takes considerably more time to defrag a single large drive full of data as compared to smaller partitions.

2). Make different partitions for different purposes. Make one partition for Windows, another for games, another for program files, another for data.. etc as required. This way you only have to defrag the partition that you have added, deleted, installed files to.

3). A lot of the programs and games create temporary directories and saved games directory in your system drive, change those to the drive where you have installed your programs/games. If you do this you won't have to defrag your system drive as often.

4). Use a program like Diskeeper or O&O defrag.

5). If you use O&O Defrag, defrag your drives once you are done installing your system and programs. The next time you defrag, O&O will ony defrag the fragmented files.