How often do you "spring clean" and defrag your system?

GlitterKill · 01-May-03, 06:48 PM

How often you get rid of junk/unused files and defrag your drives?

HoJo · 01-May-03, 10:34 PM

Not often enough. BTW, when I voted it took me to the home page instead of back to the thread.

Red02 · 02-May-03, 12:16 AM

defrag wtf is a defrag???????

na just kiddin i do it once a week

IronSerif · 02-May-03, 01:04 AM

I used to do it like twice a month...haven't done it anytime recently though.

And I have been letting the junk pile up over here as well....ugh...

bushh · 02-May-03, 09:53 AM

I hate defragging because it takes so long, but I get it done at least once a month, and hojo is right, it took me back to the homepage when i clicked on the vote

BigAkita · 02-May-03, 10:50 AM

You guys should try Diskeeper, it rocks.

Spc. Forces Bob · 02-May-03, 11:15 AM

haha wen i first set up my hd i had just win 98 on it and i got total useed space to like .8 gigabytes

carbongraphite · 03-May-03, 05:37 PM

i just use it untill it bogs down. then wipe it and slap back on the back up image.

jinxÂ© · 08-May-03, 12:55 AM

I agree with BA on Diskeeper...Can just set it and forget it if you like...I like that you can defrag all your drives and/or partitions at the same time if you go the manually run route too.

I keep my system pretty clean though. I usually run it all once a week at least if not more, depending on much data I've been pushing around.

Iateronmly · 08-May-03, 10:34 PM

Really depends on how much junk I've been doing. If I've been downloading, deleting a lot, I've been known to do it 2 or 3 times a week. Normally one to two weeks though.

web56n · 09-May-03, 01:16 AM

how about cleaning prefetch with xp first time I checked that I had all kinds of crap in there, since I cleaned it out I check it from time to time .... where is that crap come from?

doogiemo · 09-May-03, 08:16 AM

Diskeeper ROCKS!! also Norton's Speed Disk is pretty good! I do my cleaning/defrag one every 2 weeks... sometimes once a week, depending on the traffic my PC has seen that particular week.

BigAkita · 10-May-03, 02:25 AM

I've learned over the years to stay away from any Norton product except their antivirus program. Been burnt too many times with thier invasive programming.

hawklen · 12-May-03, 10:17 AM

I dont even touch their anti-virus software, I perfer McAfee..

Just defragged my system, first time since I re-installed windows, it was like 70% fragmentation

anime-fan-man · 15-May-03, 01:38 AM

why did it me back to the homepage when i clicked on the vote button? Oh yeah i defrag once a month and use canned air bi-weekly. My comp is both hard and soft ware clean.

drwho · 15-May-03, 08:38 PM

it takes to long to defragment especially when you have 260 gigs... its just not worth it.

ill format and start clean before i do that.

mot19 · 09-June-03, 06:17 AM

hmmmm i dont see a large differnce in performance and to defrag 2 80 gigs like drwho said just noit worth it. I think ill leave it on tonight and lets see the differncre in the morning.

vladimir · 12-June-03, 08:54 PM

i used to do it everyday, but now i do it every few moths...well i never do it, cause i format every 3 moths lol

cl0uder · 25-June-03, 10:43 PM

For one you don't need to degrag all of the time. When you start the proggie it usually tells you if you need to go through the process.

I only do it after I have installed many programs in a short period or after I have cleaned out a months worth of temp files.

I've actually heard that defrag numerous times isn't good for your harddrive.

Erad · 04-October-03, 12:02 AM

Bi-weekly is 'enuff for me.

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01-May-03, 10:34 PM		#2 (permalink)
HoJo Review Pimp, but still Jo's Ho	Not often enough. BTW, when I voted it took me to the home page instead of back to the thread.

02-May-03, 12:16 AM		#3 (permalink)
Red02 Freck-hoe-d	defrag wtf is a defrag??????? na just kiddin i do it once a week

02-May-03, 01:04 AM		#4 (permalink)
IronSerif Lead Pimp Writer? Hell Yeah!	I used to do it like twice a month...haven't done it anytime recently though. And I have been letting the junk pile up over here as well....ugh...

02-May-03, 09:53 AM		#5 (permalink)
bushh Apex Tech Fanatic	I hate defragging because it takes so long, but I get it done at least once a month, and hojo is right, it took me back to the homepage when i clicked on the vote

02-May-03, 10:50 AM		#6 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	You guys should try Diskeeper, it rocks.

02-May-03, 11:15 AM		#7 (permalink)
Spc. Forces Bob Apex Elite Expert Tech	haha wen i first set up my hd i had just win 98 on it and i got total useed space to like .8 gigabytes

03-May-03, 05:37 PM		#8 (permalink)
carbongraphite Pow - Hoe playa	i just use it untill it bogs down. then wipe it and slap back on the back up image.

08-May-03, 12:55 AM		#9 (permalink)
jinxÂ© Still Duck's Hoe Though	I agree with BA on Diskeeper...Can just set it and forget it if you like...I like that you can defrag all your drives and/or partitions at the same time if you go the manually run route too. I keep my system pretty clean though. I usually run it all once a week at least if not more, depending on much data I've been pushing around.

08-May-03, 10:34 PM		#10 (permalink)
Iateronmly Smooth Operator	Really depends on how much junk I've been doing. If I've been downloading, deleting a lot, I've been known to do it 2 or 3 times a week. Normally one to two weeks though.

09-May-03, 01:16 AM		#11 (permalink)
web56n Apex Techie Lite	how about cleaning prefetch with xp first time I checked that I had all kinds of crap in there, since I cleaned it out I check it from time to time .... where is that crap come from?

04-October-03, 12:02 AM		#20 (permalink)
Erad Radic-Hoe Gallery Mod	Bi-weekly is 'enuff for me.

09-May-03, 08:16 AM		#12 (permalink)
doogiemo Apex Techie Wannabe	Diskeeper ROCKS!! also Norton's Speed Disk is pretty good! I do my cleaning/defrag one every 2 weeks... sometimes once a week, depending on the traffic my PC has seen that particular week.

10-May-03, 02:25 AM		#13 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	I've learned over the years to stay away from any Norton product except their antivirus program. Been burnt too many times with thier invasive programming.

12-May-03, 10:17 AM		#14 (permalink)
hawklen PCApex's Mouthy Stepchild	I dont even touch their anti-virus software, I perfer McAfee.. Just defragged my system, first time since I re-installed windows, it was like 70% fragmentation

15-May-03, 01:38 AM		#15 (permalink)
anime-fan-man Apex Elite Tech	why did it me back to the homepage when i clicked on the vote button? Oh yeah i defrag once a month and use canned air bi-weekly. My comp is both hard and soft ware clean.

15-May-03, 08:38 PM		#16 (permalink)
drwho Apex Master Tech Apprentice	it takes to long to defragment especially when you have 260 gigs... its just not worth it. ill format and start clean before i do that.

09-June-03, 06:17 AM		#17 (permalink)
mot19 Apex Tech God	hmmmm i dont see a large differnce in performance and to defrag 2 80 gigs like drwho said just noit worth it. I think ill leave it on tonight and lets see the differncre in the morning.

12-June-03, 08:54 PM		#18 (permalink)
vladimir Pimp PHP Pro	i used to do it everyday, but now i do it every few moths...well i never do it, cause i format every 3 moths lol

25-June-03, 10:43 PM		#19 (permalink)
cl0uder Apex Master Tech	For one you don't need to degrag all of the time. When you start the proggie it usually tells you if you need to go through the process. I only do it after I have installed many programs in a short period or after I have cleaned out a months worth of temp files. I've actually heard that defrag numerous times isn't good for your harddrive.