How often do you defrag?

[noppid]

depending on how bad your hard-drive is fragmented, it could take sometimes up to hours runing defrag on windows if you have a large hard-drive.

I havn't run it since I set this computer up 8-10 months ago.

[UHN_ED]

Just defrag before you go to bed then. You typically can't use the computer while defragging or it will not work.

It only takes me 10-15 minutes since I know when I have encountered a situation where I will have fragmentation and I run it right away.

[rockergrrl]

I defrag once a week (or more - depending on if I delete or add something quite large).

The defragger that I use is VoptXP -- defrags ultra fast - heck of a lot faster than the one that's included in Windows.

[Tolitz]

I defrag once a month ... and after doing some housecleaning on my files ... and after doing a complete virus scan...

[cirisme]

Maybe once in the last two years...

[Chroder]

Does Linux have defrag?

[Mr. X]

I do every 2 weeks. I have a 160gb HD (and another 15gb scratchpad disk) and I constantly move around files and download like crazy. It usually doesnt take more than an hour or less for a full drive defrag.

[Vile]

It takes a while to defrag 400 gigs, so I usually only do it 1-2 times a month

[Mr. HillBilly]

On NTFS File systems it doesn't take as long to defrag.

[fury]

Does Linux have defrag?

Linux users don't NEED to defrag The ext file system is designed not to become fragmented.

[Mr. HillBilly]

Oh, I use http://pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/default.asp

To check my computer and it tells when if I need to defrag.

[Ksilebo]

Oh, I use http://pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/default.asp

To check my computer and it tells when if I need to defrag.

LOL it crashes with my computer.

Anyway, VotXP rules! Its small and is ultra fast and shows more than the other apps!