I have 120G internal master, and 60G internal slave drives. These were getting full (mainly music), so I bought an External Seagate 320.
I moved all my music to the external, then copied back to the internal drive the stuff I listen to pretty regularly.
I defrag about 2/3 times a week - due to lots of file movements, etc. But the external drive takes ages - mainly due to analysing the drive (the actual defrag doesn't take long). It's mainly music and back-up stuff i.e. stuff I hope I never need, on the ext. Is it worth defragging more than, say, every 6 months?
2007-02-20 20:20:35 · 9 answers · asked by Bunts 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It really depends on how often you REMOVE files for the drive. When you delete or move files, it leaves a whole. The next file you move TO the drive looks for the smallest hole it'll fit into, unless it fills a hole exactly the right size, you get a gap. And if a small enough file isn't moved onto the drive, the hole never gets filled. Defragging moves existing files around to fill holes.
If you don't access the drive that much, then don't worry about defragging that often. Any advice as to frequency you should defrag is arbitrary. More frequently than every six months is a pretty safe bet. Try once a month, if you see a high %fragmented each time, than defrag more frequently.
Also, you can write a batch file to automatically defrag and fix each drive and then run that batch file using windows' scheduler. You could set it to defrag at times you aren't using your computer. Then you wouldn't even notice how long it takes.
2007-02-20 20:31:52 · answer #1 · answered by whatdoitypehere 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't bother defragging. On a storage data drive, it's rarely necessary. If you ever have time to waste (once a year) would be more than enough.
You won't gain enough by the defrag to be noticed.
2007-02-21 04:55:43 · answer #2 · answered by Jim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Monthly. It used to take my old computer 14 hours to defrag, so I left it on overnight. The new one takes an hour. The more you defrag, the less time it will take.
2007-02-21 04:24:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12per cent fragmented
is about time to defrag
analyze the hd and it throws
up a reccomendation
u can leave it to go over12pcent
but it will take much longer
when u do defrag
2007-02-21 05:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its worth good to defrag ...
do it once a week while..
its preferable
2007-02-21 04:23:30 · answer #5 · answered by sweetraskels 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never (or mabay 1 time an year)
defraging moves your files and folder (making them out of place and hard to find)
2007-02-21 04:25:15 · answer #6 · answered by xzaiver94 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
try getting a disk that gets rid off all viries and it does your memory drives too
2007-02-21 07:11:04 · answer #7 · answered by LEE C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do mine monthly.
you can set reminders to let you know when to do it.
2007-02-21 04:22:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at least once a week ,prefer week ends.........
2007-02-21 04:23:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋