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Norton defrag called Speed Disk is considerably faster than the windows defrag ,
also interesting is that Symantec wrote the original version of most of the win
95 utilities. It also reorganizes you HD so that files are placed in an order
that causes less fragmentation. Due to this reorganization the first time you
run Speed Disk may take a little longer than it will subsequently. I currently
defrag a 6.4 gig HD wit 3 gig full in 10 to 12 minutes, 15 if I wipe the free
space.
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Subject: Re: defrag program
Author: A.J. Carisse
Date: 9/10/98 5:36 AM
Wong wrote:
> I have 32 meg RAM.
>
> When using the defrag program, there are certain options:
>
> 1. When I use full defrag AND check drive for errors, it usually takes
4-7
> hours.
>
> 2. When I use defrag files only, it takes less than 2 minutes (BUT THIS
IS
Are you sure you are talking about defrag? Sounds like you mean scan here.
There's no way a PC can do a defrag of even the smallest drive in less than 2
minutes. I run a PII 266 w/256MB on a 4 gig drive, and while I've never timed
the
defrag, it takes a LOT longer than this.
> A friend of mine bought a pentium 2 233 mhz computer 3 months ago. He also
> complained it took him more than 5 hours for full defrag. I don't remember
> how many megabytes of RAM he has, or what size hard drive he has.
This sounds a little long - a couple of hours or so would be typical I'd guess,
unless he has a very large drive.
> That's why I'm thinking of buying Norton for windows. But I have to know
> if the defrag program would not take a long time for full defrag, like the
> one I'm using.
The defrag program is a resident Windows program. Norton or anything else won't
speed it up.
Regards,
A.J.
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