Defrag

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Hi guys!

I've two machines - laptop and PC, both with Windows XP SP2. Neither of them
is capable of finishing defrag. For laptop I just made clean install. When I
had installed only Windows he did finish defrag but after installing 49
update he couldn't any more. So I am on the same spot as before clean install
and where PC is - so I came to logical conclusion that somwhere in update
there is restrictions that don't allow end defrag. Any ideas?

Thanks
Raivo
 
Raivo said:
Neither of them is capable of finishing defrag.

Do this pagefile change, reboot into safe mode & defrag.

Clear virtual memory on shutdown
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-02-27.htm
Windows does not normally clear or recreate the page file. On a
heavily used system this can be both a security threat and
performance drop. Enabling this setting will cause Windows to clear
the page file whenever the system is shutdown. This also means
shutdown will be slower.
Classic View
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy
Category View
Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Administrative
Tools > Local Security Policy > Security Settings > Local Policies >
Security Options.
Scroll down to "Shutdown:
Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile". Right click and select properties
then click "Enabled".
Note: Please note on systems with large amounts of memory, and
therefore large swap-file, this tweak could cause a delay at shutdown
due to the additional time taken to clear the data from the file.

How to start Windows XP in Safe mode
http://tinyurl.com/3rwo
http://tinyurl.com/yuvzh
http://www.whtvcable.com/virusremoval .htm
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial61.html
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Raivo said:
23 Ways To Speed WinXP Without Defrag
http://www.techbuilder.org/recipes/59201471
While it was true that defragmenting helped older PCs, it no longer
applies. Today we have 7200-RPM (rotations per minute) hard-disk
drives with improved seek and latency times; many also contain an
8-MB cache buffer. Let's not forget Windows XP's ultra-efficient NTFS
(NT File System). For PCs, servers, and workstations equipped with
these innovations, defragmenting no longer makes much improvement, if
any, to system performance.
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