I am not able to improve defrag of my laptop hard drive with 27%
defragmentation per analysis using Windows or Norton 360 software. Do I need
to reformat the hard drive and perform reinstallation? Any suggestions?

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Roy S wrote:
> I am not able to improve defrag of my laptop hard drive with 27%
> defragmentation per analysis using Windows or Norton 360 software. Do
> I need to reformat the hard drive and perform reinstallation? Any
> suggestions?

1. Get rid of Norton.
2. Defragging a consumer computer, such as a laptop, is never needed and
can, as you have demonstrated, result in lost time and much confusion.

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 23:24:04 -0700, Roy S
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I am not able to improve defrag of my laptop hard drive with 27%
>defragmentation per analysis using Windows or Norton 360 software. Do I need
>to reformat the hard drive and perform reinstallation? Any suggestions?

D/l and try
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler ( free)

Roy S wrote:
> I am not able to improve defrag of my laptop hard drive with 27%
> defragmentation per analysis using Windows or Norton 360 software. Do
> I need to reformat the hard drive and perform reinstallation? Any
> suggestions?

With older operating systems (like Windows 98), defragging made sense.
But it is nowhere near as important with systems like Windows XP. So,
you might not notice much improvement (if any) after a defrag.

Does your PC perform poorly? If so, we can address that and correct it.

For starters. Norton 360 tends to slow down many computers. You should
consider uninstalling it (yes, I know you paid for it) and substituting
superior programs which are easier on the PC's resources. If you decide
you'd like to do that, post back and you'll get recommendations as well
as the proper method to remove Norton.

Other things about your PC you should mention:

1. Make and model

2. Amount of RAM

3. Size of hard drive and amount of free space

4. Other security programs that you run

On 02 Jul 2010, "HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> 2. Defragging a consumer computer, such as a laptop, is never
> needed and can, as you have demonstrated, result in lost time and
> much confusion.

I wouldn't say that. It can help improve performance if the files are
very fragmented and/or if the drive is getting full. An occasional
defrag is a good thing.

27% defragmented sounds high, but if there is lots of space left on the
drive, it really doesn't matter much. If the drive was quite full, I'd
clean up the drive by deleting as many unneeded files as possible, then
try defragging again. It might help to move data files temporarily to
another drive before defragging, then move them back when done.
Window's degragmenter doesn't do a very thorough job when the drive is
full. Some third-party products may do better. I like MyDefrag
(http://www.mydefrag.com/) and I run it once every month or three.

The OP may be confused by the analysis, but he has demonstrated nothing
about the desirability of defragmenting, and neither have you.

In working with Norton Tech, I found Norton 360 uses Windows defragger and
there appears to be a problem with it in that a clean defragged disk reads
very high with it. Does anyone know a fix for Windows degrag analyzer?

"Roy S" wrote:

> I am not able to improve defrag of my laptop hard drive with 27%
> defragmentation per analysis using Windows or Norton 360 software. Do I need
> to reformat the hard drive and perform reinstallation? Any suggestions?
>

Never needed is completely erroneous. It depends on how fragmented the drive
is. An occasional defrag is beneficial
in more than one way.
"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Roy S wrote:
>> I am not able to improve defrag of my laptop hard drive with 27%
>> defragmentation per analysis using Windows or Norton 360 software. Do
>> I need to reformat the hard drive and perform reinstallation? Any
>> suggestions?
>
> 1. Get rid of Norton.
> 2. Defragging a consumer computer, such as a laptop, is never needed and
> can, as you have demonstrated, result in lost time and much confusion.
>

Unknown wrote:
> Never needed is completely erroneous. It depends on how fragmented
> the drive is. An occasional defrag is beneficial
> in more than one way.

You're right. When I said "defrag is never needed" (on an NTFS drive), I was
exaggerating for the purpose of emphasis. For the average home user, once
every three to five years may help to a modest degree.

Oh, and the number of fragment on an NTFS system is irrelevant to the file
system's efficiency.

You had best get informed rather than opinionated.
"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Unknown wrote:
>> Never needed is completely erroneous. It depends on how fragmented
>> the drive is. An occasional defrag is beneficial
>> in more than one way.
>
> You're right. When I said "defrag is never needed" (on an NTFS drive), I
> was exaggerating for the purpose of emphasis. For the average home user,
> once every three to five years may help to a modest degree.
>
> Oh, and the number of fragment on an NTFS system is irrelevant to the file
> system's efficiency.
>