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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6312 Location: Estonia
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Compu maintenance...
Damn, i noticed that when i have my computer run for 3+ days downloadin from sharereactor and stuff, and running games (without rebooting) causes massive file fragmentation. Anyone else get this? i mean alot of RED area
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Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:44 pm |
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tyranus
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Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 3:42 am Posts: 2005 Location: Under my wife AND son's thumbs.. in essex! chavs! everywhere!!
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yeah, i get it also, i defrag about every few days, esp if i've been, erm, 'collecting' certain pictures from the net.
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Wed Aug 06, 2003 5:12 pm |
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Satis
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Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16650 Location: On a slope
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hah. What operating system? Probably Win98 knowing you coots. NTFS is better about not fragging so much (though not much). If you want a really frag-free operating system, look at Linux... ext3 is incredibly hard to fragment (and even harder to defragment).
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Wed Aug 06, 2003 10:25 pm |
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Mole
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Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 5:09 pm Posts: 4003 Location: Walsall, West Mids, UK
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lol, my comp needs some serious defraging. but I need so much free space to do it sucsefully, and I can't actually free up that space :S
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Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:25 am |
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6312 Location: Estonia
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Yes, that is funny, when computers had 500mb hard drives, there wasnt enough disk space, now that we have 40-180gb hard disks, still there is not enough free space. Damn.
XP satis, XP.
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Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:02 am |
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J
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Joined: Wed Jul 16, 2003 12:31 pm Posts: 3327 Location: Belgium
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What`s defraging? Should i defrag? How do i defrag?
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Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:28 am |
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derf
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Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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Hibernation in XP also frags up your system aswell.
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Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:36 am |
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Satis
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Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16650 Location: On a slope
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hibernation is evil. I always turn it off... I had a computer that wouldn't wake up. Pissed me off.
J seems confused. When you write data to your computer, it writes it pretty much wherever it can on the physical hard drive. As a result, after awhile files start getting broke apart...you could have a large porn movie that starts at the beginning of your harddrive, the middle is at the end of your harddrive, the end is in the middle...etc etc. That can cause issues while playing the porn movie, since your harddrive has to blip all over the place. So, you defrag every once in a while. Yes you should do it. Look under Start | programs | accessories | system tools for 'Disk Defragmenter'.
XP? Ah well...are you running NTFS or FAT32? You may want to switch to NTFS...it's a bit better.
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Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:52 pm |
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6312 Location: Estonia
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Last i checked, i was running ntfs file system. loved the movie example. pretty much explains it.
J, three words, Basic Computer Maintenance...ever hear of such a thing? . I know i know you dont know jack about computers, but you dont have to be a genius to understand that things dont just work by themselves. Oh no windows would never allow such luxury . The avarage user must have atleast 2 million 700 thousand 400 and fifty bugs\errors and other annoying bullshit WHICH they haven't quite figured out why they were developed in the first place. Just imagine Microsoft as a factory that produces literally windows and alot of unimportant sh*t. Microsoft truly is the 7th or 8th (lost count) world miracle, because they can produce more unnecessary stuff faster than a human can breathe...
This i was explaining to my niece the other day lol
EDIT: explaining the maintenance, not my theory of Microsoft
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Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:11 pm |
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6312 Location: Estonia
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Btw how do you turn off hibernation?
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Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:14 pm |
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J
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Joined: Wed Jul 16, 2003 12:31 pm Posts: 3327 Location: Belgium
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Lol, i was only checking how far you guys would go in believing my computer-stupidness. Don't know much about computers but defragmentation i know .
and i've known where the hibernation settings and stuff are but that knowledge is gone.
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Fri Aug 08, 2003 6:01 am |
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Satis
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Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16650 Location: On a slope
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http://clankiller.com/tech/WinXP/fstweaks.php
look at the 'c) Computer Hibernation' section.
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Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:16 pm |
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6312 Location: Estonia
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Hmmh, had done already that LoL i should pay more attention to what you write in that guide!
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Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:57 pm |
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derf
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Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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NTFS movie sample???
where?
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Fri Aug 08, 2003 1:20 pm |
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6312 Location: Estonia
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Read satis's post again, and this time dont skip lines
PS! the movie example, not NTFS movie lol
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Sat Aug 09, 2003 1:10 pm |
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