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ezd20
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22. July 2007 @ 07:35 |
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I want to DELETE movies from my harddrive after Burning,etc process..DO i need to DEFRAG weekly so storage,or slower harddrive speed doesn't become a PROBLEM..I have 500gig hardrive with about 4movies and about 20music albums...and will this COMPLETELY DELETE from my system...thanks..
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22. July 2007 @ 08:01 |
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To complete the delete, empty the Recycle Bin.
I see no reason to worry at all though with a 500GB drive which is basically empty at this point.
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ezd20
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22. July 2007 @ 08:08 |
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Thanks for the REPLY...But will DEFRAG COMPLETELY take it OFF my computer..I'm a NEWBIE and I'd like to control the situation before it becomes a PROBLEM..
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Shardel
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22. July 2007 @ 10:13 |
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I rarely have to defrag my system and I backup movies regularly. I
then delete. You empty the recycle bin and then your harddrive is
available for more. It is my understanding that the files are still
on the harddrive, but when you put something new on they over write
that area.
The only thing you need to check-If you have Norton Systemworks, they
save a copy of them in the Norton Protected Recycle Bin. You must
delete them from there also.
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ezd20
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22. July 2007 @ 16:42 |
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thanks..I'll try and that info out....
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ezd20
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22. July 2007 @ 16:42 |
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thanks..I'll try and that info out....
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res2cue
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22. July 2007 @ 18:56 |
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when I delete a movie from the hardrive it doesn't even send it to the recycle bin, it's too big and says it permanantly deletes it. I have always been under the understanding that ripping and burning movies does leave a harddrive fragmented so the recomendations I have always seen, and followed is to degrag on a regular basis.
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23. July 2007 @ 13:25 |
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Or you could even just get another h/d just for movies.
I use 3 h/d's one for movies and music, one for games and last one for operating system and programs.
I find this keeps things nice and clean.
Peace all
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Why am I in this precorpse state?
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23. July 2007 @ 13:50 |
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@res2cue and ezd20
I defrag my 80Gig HDD every week. Every movie that's ripped and encoded takes up space and the drive will become fragmented each time the files are deleted. Besides a clean pc runs better. If running XP, in Disc Defragmenter, look at the analyzed disc info; and defrag it, then compare the final outcome.
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23. July 2007 @ 14:05 |
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Originally posted by garmoon:
@res2cue and ezd20
I defrag my 80Gig HDD every week. Every movie that's ripped and encoded takes up space and the drive will become fragmented each time the files are deleted. Besides a clean pc runs better. If running XP, in Disc Defragmenter, look at the analyzed disc info; and defrag it, then compare the final outcome.
I'm running XP with NTFS so there is really no real need to defrag which I very seldom do.
Some choice quotes from PC Word:
As you create, delete, and edit files, they become increasingly fragmented--scattered in pieces all over the hard drive. A defragger reunites these pieces. We used to say that defragging would speed up a system, but with today's larger, faster hard drives, that no longer seems true.
On a desktop system from the PC World office with a heavily used, never-defragmented hard drive, the lab conducted speed tests using a range of applications before and after defragmenting the drive with each utility. In the end, the Test Center saw no significant performance improvement after defragmenting with any program.
The PC World Test Center's tests reveal that defraggers don't actually improve performance. And Steve Gibson, president of PC consulting firm Gibson Research Corporation, confirmed our findings.
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Shardel
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23. July 2007 @ 14:08 |
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I run the program to analyze my hard drive to see if it needs
defragging. I run the program at least once a week. It has been
over a year since I had to defrag. It shows the condition of the
hard drive and says that it does not need defraging at this time.
At most I see one or two very fine red lines where there is a fragmented file. Don't know why my machine keeps everything in
such good order, but it does.
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res2cue
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23. July 2007 @ 15:45 |
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I think it's kind of like a car, it'll be fine missing oil changes for quite awhile, but eventually it will catch up with you. Defrag is jusr preventative maintenace on a computer.
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23. July 2007 @ 15:55 |
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All I know is that, with Defrag-CCleaner(daily)-SpyBot and Adaware run once a week MY pc works better and faster and that's all that matters to me. Everyone's pcs are different and mine's one of the very first XP machines that came out. So it's old like me.
What is the human years-pc years equivalent factor? LOL
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Shardel
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23. July 2007 @ 16:08 |
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There is one thing I do regularly that may keep my machine from
fragmenting so much. Every time I get off the internet I run
The Norton Cleanup. It usually dumps between 300 and 400 cookies
each time. With that not clogging up my machine I think it makes
quite a difference.
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Norm9
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23. July 2007 @ 17:38 |
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So why does it say you need to defrag, using Windows Defragmenter , i'm also running XP with NTFS + 90gig. I've included a pic below, as i asked this question a while back on why it was takin so long with DVD FAB+Nero 6 whether it was a firmware update or Defragging would help?
Any ideas?
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Shardel
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23. July 2007 @ 18:03 |
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From the picture you posted I agree with what your program says.
You do need to defrag. All the red you see represented there are
fragmented files. It will take quite a while to defrag all of that.
It should definitely improve the way your pc runs.
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Norm9
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23. July 2007 @ 18:24 |
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Thanks for that,
But is it possible that after a defrag, you can analyse it again & still tell you the same thing? Im gonna defrag this overnight & try analysing it to see if it will tell me the same thing as i think it done that before!
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24. July 2007 @ 03:42 |
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@Norm9
You're on the lower limit for HDD space that it takes to back up a DVD 17GB. Free up some space or get a second HDD. And definitely defrag your system. Do it it every day until all the red is gone.
@Shardel
When you say you take 300 cookies off your HDD after each session, they leave a fragment hole or space where they were. Norton doesn't close those holes.
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Norm9
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24. July 2007 @ 03:56 |
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Originally posted by garmoon:
@Norm9
You're on the lower limit for HDD space that it takes to back up a DVD 17GB. Free up some space or get a second HDD. And definitely defrag your system. Do it it every day until all the read is gone.
Cheers garmoon, for the great advice on that, as i thought it was something like that & that's why i came here to ask. :)
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Shardel
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24. July 2007 @ 04:20 |
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Garmoon
Thanks for the info. I didn't know that about the holes. Since my
machine was running really well, didn't think I had a problem.
Usually have my machine at 50% free hard drive space-keep all
sensitive data on an external hd.
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