Chuck asked
> Stringing related data together is the meaning of defragmentation. What
> version of Windows are you running, what is the file system type and what
> percentage of your disk is in use? If defragmentation made a significant
> performance difference I would say that your file system is probably FAT32
> (vs NTFS) and your disk must have been near full at some point. If that's
> not correct I'd like to know.
My computer technician has just told me
> The defrag program is Paragon total defrag from a boot cd. The fact that
> it deletes 2 windows files and then recreates them after the defrag and
> places the page file in the centre of the disk is why the program makes a
> difference to the speed.
I'm running XP. Total disk capacity is 298 GB and currently there are 143
GB free. Would have been more than 143 free when he de-fragged it 3+
years ago
Partner's machine is also on XP, and has a much greater percentage of the
HD capacity free. She really doesn't like computers (in part because she
can't see all that well) so hardly ever uses it..
The technician DID find that the cooling system was clogged with dust
(which was why it was running hot)t. Previous "repair" people had failed to
investigate that and I was not game enough to open it up.
Brian Swale
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