Quick performance maintainence.

2009-03-08 14:29:59

#1

Defiance: Member; +438|6946

Are there any little things you guys regularly do to keep a system running fast?

I'm looking for a little routine to do as I shut down the system. If you defrag once, subsequent daily defrags are very quick, no more then a few minutes. Thus, CCLeaner + Defrag at every shutdown may be overkill but it's good.

Any other apps that can help in this regard?

2009-03-08 14:47:19

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6728|The Twilight Zone

i have autodefrag

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2009-03-08 14:56:51

#3

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6689|Finland

rivatuner with start via registry and auto apply clocks.

haha

I don't use any defrag things.... pointless as I haven't noticed any difference abefore and after those....

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2009-03-08 15:01:09

#4

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6728|The Twilight Zone

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
rivatuner with start via registry and auto apply clocks.

haha

I don't use any defrag things.... pointless as I haven't noticed any difference abefore and after those....

Its not so noticeable so much on better PCs but you will improve performance if you defragment.

2009-03-08 15:01:22

#5

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6063|Catherine Black

.Sup wrote:
i have autodefrag

Just downloaded this, what is it meant to do exactly?

2009-03-08 15:02:09

#6

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6982|67.222.138.85

Every Sunday I run Defraggler, CCleaner, and Eusing Registry Cleaner.

2009-03-08 15:02:47

#7

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6728|The Twilight Zone

Finray wrote:
.Sup wrote:
i have autodefrag
Just downloaded this, what is it meant to do exactly?

is there software called autodefrag? lol What I meant was that my Defragmenting software autodefrags when fragmented

2009-03-08 15:09:52

#8

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6689|Finland

last time I defraged, it was my 2 years old Vista install... I got 20 3dmarks mroe in 06. Vistas built in defragger even said no need to defrag. I guess its what you prefer, but I don't do it myself. probably would have bigger inpact if I needed the page file ever.... 6gb kinda makes that obsolete.

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2009-03-08 15:15:09

#9

Defiance: Member; +438|6946

Finray wrote:
.Sup wrote:
i have autodefrag
Just downloaded this, what is it meant to do exactly?

The NTFS file system doesn't reserve space for user data (though it does for a number of system files, like the MFT and, I think, the Registry). Thus, when you change a file, install a new program, or otherwise do anything on your computer, the changes to the file don't fit with the original file so they're put elsewhere on the drive and records kept of where the parts (fragments) of the files are kept.

A defragmenting program; like Diskeeper, Defraggler, and Autodefrag move these fragments back together. Thus, the HDD doesn't have to read off of 3 different areas of the drive just to open up an image.

From your post, it sounds like you wanted an explanation of defragging. If you only wanted to know about autodefrag, sorry, never used it. Diskeeper ftw.

2009-03-08 15:15:33

#10

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6063|Catherine Black

.Sup wrote:
Finray wrote:
.Sup wrote:
i have autodefrag
Just downloaded this, what is it meant to do exactly?
is there software called autodefrag? lol What I meant was that my Defragmenting software autodefrags when fragmented

Hahaha

Apparently so. All it did was run Windows Defragger..

God my hard drive is in a right state

https://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa178/Funky_Finny/defrag.jpg

EDIT: Defiance, wasted a bit of time there didn'tcha

Last edited by Finray (2009-03-08 15:17:03)

2009-03-08 15:19:43

#11

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7007|St. Andrews / Oslo

fuck, I always read defrag as def-rag

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2009-03-08 15:47:51

#12

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6472|Winland

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
last time I defraged, it was my 2 years old Vista install... I got 20 3dmarks mroe in 06. Vistas built in defragger even said no need to defrag. I guess its what you prefer, but I don't do it myself. probably would have bigger inpact if I needed the page file ever.... 6gb kinda makes that obsolete.

Sigh.

Defragmenting doesn't give you more performance like that, it gives you shorter loading times. You need to defrag if you want to perform well, it's a fact as long as you're using mechanical drives.

I think Vista has some form of automatic defrag enabled from the start, however.

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2009-03-08 15:48:17)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-03-08 15:56:06

#13

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6689|Finland

Haven't noticed any change in any load time. If I did, I would defrag asap.

edit: on xp I did, on Vista not.

I have OS in seperate partition, often in different HDD than my programs.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-03-08 15:58:41)

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