2006-08-29 10:26:38 · 26 answers · asked by P 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
It can take half an, or two and a half hours, it depends on how much you have on your hard drive, and how much needs re-organising.
2006-08-29 10:30:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your operating system, size of your hard drive, how fragmented it is etc.
If you've got windows 98 then boot up in safe mode (hit F8 on starting your computer) to de-frag to make sure that no running/background programs interfere with the de-frag.
If you've got XP then I'm not sure. I'd say leave it another 5 mins and then re-boot and try it again.
If you haven't de-fragmented your computer before then it could take hours. I have a 20 gig hard-drive and windows 98 SE. On a bad day it takes an hour or so to de-fragment if it's really fragmented. If it's hardly fragmented at all it's really quick.
Hope that helps.,
2006-08-29 10:33:03 · answer #2 · answered by Duck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the size of your hard drive and the amount of data that if fragmented it could take a few hours,, this is normal,, I have a 120 gig HD and it is 40% full and takes about 4 hours
2006-08-29 10:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by banditblue1200 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can speed it up by going off the internet, shutting down anything running in the background, stuff on your start bar like virus protection, different programs, and let it run, might be better to do at night or a time when you don't need to be on the computer.
I would set up to defrag, on the scheduler, if you use it alot you might want to defrag, every other day. There are also program you can buy to clean out your computer, even when you remove a program it stays on your computer.
The one I have, easy to use, calledFix-it Utilities6 by Vcom
With it you can get rid of duplicate files, bad files, etc.
God Bless, I do
2006-08-29 10:36:17 · answer #4 · answered by DJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some PC's don't actually defrag. My old one woudn't do it. It would go for about 10 mins then restart. This would happen even if I formatted the C: drive or reinstalled windows.
2006-08-29 10:54:50 · answer #5 · answered by Jon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes thats a very regular defragment time but it can be slower if you dont have much ram or if your doing something else on the computer at the same time like going on yahoo awnsers also if it hasnt been defragmented in a while it may take a little bit longer
2006-08-29 10:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by rv2k9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how big your hard drive is and how much space is being used. One tip is to go into the defrag settings and just run the standard defrag not the"move program files" as this is quicker.
Hope this helps.
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2006-08-29 10:30:53 · answer #7 · answered by starman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The information that you've already been given is sound, but might I suggest you boot up in Safe Mode and then run Disk Defrag. One thing that often slows up defragmentation is anti-virus software.
2006-09-02 09:52:09 · answer #8 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will seem to stop at various points, I remember 10% on a PC for taking ages.
2006-08-29 10:30:32 · answer #9 · answered by Chris cc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't defragged before and your pc is slow it could take a few hours. First time I did mine it took 12 hours!!!..close all other programs and set it to defrag before you go to bed.. it will be all done by morning.
2006-08-29 10:44:13 · answer #10 · answered by joan h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can take up to maybe 5 hours, It depends on how fast your comp is. Don't worry its normal, let Microsoft's slow software run for a while and it will finish.
Thanks
2006-08-29 10:31:40 · answer #11 · answered by kbluett2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋