My disk defragmenter has been going for about half an hour now and I'm not seeing any progress. Is it more likely that I have alot of fragments or is the program not working properly? Thanks for any help!
2007-01-04 16:06:04 · 14 answers · asked by peachy78 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
oh my, any where from half hour to 3 days. seriously, my mom is about 68 and is always messing around with things and downloading often she forgets to clean and defragment delete her cookies and files in tools- internet options- general tab then click on delete files, delete cookies these are temparary and stored there from surfing and any internet search. i would do this first, then do clean disk in start- accessories- system tools and clean up some unused space then defragment it makes it a little faster if you do the others first. what I have done for myself to remember to do this often ( every other day to once a week) is go into your start then programs then accessories then system tools and right click on disk clean up and click on create a short cut (also do this with defragment) send your short cuts to your desk top. then go to the desk top where you just put your disk clean up and defragment and drag and drop in on the start this will store your short cut to your start up bar and when ever you open it you will see it and remember to do this so it wont take so long to defragment next time. if your clean up and defragment is still on your desk top right click and delete it to much cludder will also slow down your proformance. I am assuming you are still running your defragment now and more then likely have for a while now. let it run just try not to use any other programs while doing this it will also help it run faster... good luck..and the more you surf the more you should delete your tempery cookies and files and clean your disk...
2007-01-04 16:25:59 · answer #1 · answered by SisterAlice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have been working on the PC for some time and this is your first defrag, it will take a couple of hours or longer. If you run it regularly, about every two weeks, it will take 1/2 hour to 1 hour.
Have you ever watched defrag in action? Click the "view details" button and watch the system move things around.
2007-01-04 16:09:17 · answer #2 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That totally depends on the PC! How large the hard drive is, how much ram your PC has, and how defragmented your disk is! I have seen them take up to a day! It also appears that a defrag starts over and over, this is not the case. To put it as simple as I can, windows defrag looks at your PC and starts loading ram with bits of data and then reorganizes it. At some point when the ram is full, it has to store it on the hard drive and may resort it many times more until the entire hard drive is reorganized!
2007-01-04 16:13:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The program might be working. The time depends on the capacity of your files and your remaning space on your hard disk. Anyway it takes a hell of a long time and if it is the first time you r defragmenting the disk it will take upto 5 hours.
2007-01-04 16:56:25 · answer #4 · answered by yakuza_azl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That isn;t really the nature of the speed differences with larger drives. There are two aspects to disk drives that are important. size and spindle speed. Disks can be 5400 rpm, 7200rpm, 10000 and some at 15000 now. Most larger capacity drives have slower spindles speeds...which is the real speed limiter on your machine. A second speed limiter is the disk interface. ATA, SATA, etc. USB is slowest common method in use. The only thing that will limit your CPU is the handling of excessive numbers of files. That is a tradeoff between need for lots of storage vs speed. Large capacity disk by itself isn;t bad. Only if there is excessive small files.
2016-05-23 04:57:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your Hard disk size or capacity. If your hard disk is lower then 40GB it would run fast. More then that it will be slow. Another factor is the RPM speed of your hard disk. An advise from me is to close all your application and initialize the defragmenter.
2007-01-04 16:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by Shr| 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how fragmented is your drive, and what is the ratio of free space to used space? Defraging could take 12 hours plus if you have a large drive that is badly fragmented. if u are using windows defrag, it may never completely defrag. try buzzsaw. i just downloaded it and it defrags in the background while u work. seams to work well. u can get it free from cnet.com
2007-01-04 16:17:05 · answer #7 · answered by jay t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the size of the hard drive and how you got the defrag settings but if the bar is stuck in a certain area for an extended period of time then you probably have a bad hard drive. Get the critical info you need saved and get a new one.
2007-01-04 16:08:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it can take hours; depends on how fragmented your drive was. I often start mine before I go to bed. Pretty convenient that way.
2007-01-04 16:12:15 · answer #9 · answered by Joy K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
up to 5 hours
2007-01-04 16:07:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋