Disc cleanup and defrag

[Harmon Koeltz]

I periodically run these utilites but have never done so on the drive tha
contains the operating system. Should I run and with fix automatically
checked? What about defrag?

TIA

Harmon

 

[James Silverton]

I periodically run these utilites but have never done so on the
drive tha contains the operating system. Should I run and with
fix automatically checked? What about defrag?

Funny! I have two partitions on my internal disc and an external
USB disc and the only one I ever defragment is the system
partition. Once in a long while, I check the states of the other
discs but they have not needed defragmentation in a year.

 

[Guest]

Run the Disc cleanup at the minimum of once per week, depending
on system usage. Just check what you clean/delete before you
actually delete it. It does not go to the Recycle Bin.
Defrag - maybe every two or three months.
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[Harmon Koeltz]

Run the Disc cleanup at the minimum of once per week, depending
on system usage. Just check what you clean/delete before you
actually delete it. It does not go to the Recycle Bin.
Defrag - maybe every two or three months.
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Today is the first day of the
rest of your life.
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I do as you suggest on the main drive i.e. the one with programs and files
but not on the smaller drive. Should I be doing both?

Thanks

Harmon

 

[James Silverton]

Hello, Harmon!
You wrote on Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:22:35 -0400:


HK> ??>> Run the Disc cleanup at the minimum of once per week,
??>> depending on system usage. Just check what you
??>> clean/delete before you actually delete it. It does not
??>> go to the Recycle Bin. Defrag - maybe every two or three
??>> months. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of
??>> your life. If you find this response helpful, rate it
??>> below.
??>>
??>> "Harmon Koeltz" wrote:
??>>
??>>> I periodically run these utilites but have never done so
??>>> on the drive tha contains the operating system. Should I
??>>> run and with fix automatically checked? What about
??>>> defrag?
??>>>
??>>> TIA
??>>>
??>>> Harmon
??>>>
HK> I do as you suggest on the main drive i.e. the one with
HK> programs and files but not on the smaller drive. Should I
HK> be doing both?

HK> Thanks

I am assuming Windows XP of course. What does the defrag program
suggest if you tell it to analyze? IMHO, you can usually go
along with that. One small caveat, you need a reasonable amount
of free space for defragging to work. However, if it fails it
does not seem to matter and the trouble is often caused by an
accumulation of temporary files that *can* be deleted. See
Control Panel> Free up space on your hard disk

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Run the Disc cleanup at the minimum of once per week, depending
on system usage. Just check what you clean/delete before you
actually delete it. It does not go to the Recycle Bin.
Defrag - maybe every two or three months.

"Once a week" for disk cleanup? Why so often? I've found that
quarterly is sufficient in a business environment.


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Bruce Chambers

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