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04-30-09, 09:04 PM

Does disk defragmentation cause any problem. The reason I asked is " 1 click maintenance ", a function in Tuneup Utilities automatically does this while correcting system errors. Does it mean changing to NTFS. Does it have any drawbacks. Please find the screen shot.

04-30-09, 09:12 PM

1) No, it does not mean changing to NTFS.

2) Yes, you will have some problems if your disk fragmentation is too high.

3) Find more information about Disk Defragmentation here: Defragmentation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You can also use the Disk Defragmenter (Windows) to defragment your drives. There are many other applications which are better at this than the Disk Defragmenter of Windows (like that of TuneUp Utilities).

skap · 04-30-09, 11:01 PM

* Disk defragmentation helps faster performance of your computer.

Reason: Because when you delete your data in hdd, it creates a vaccum in the disk. So every time data has to be read from random location. This increase hard disk read and write process time. When you run defragementation, it assembles data in sequential manner in the disk. Accordingly system tables will also be arranged.

You will also find considerable increase in hard disk space after running defragementation because when you delete data(even with shift key) from hard disk, it will not be permanently purged. Thats why data recvoery firms say that they can recover even deleted and formatted data from hdd.

I have not used any specific tuneup tool, but windows default defragmentation tool perfectly does its job

04-30-09, 11:55 PM

I was just curious about any after effects. These software do all changes just to make system fast. And we are convinced that it is a good software. So thought to taking a second opinion.

sujithsukrutham · 05-01-09, 07:19 AM

I am also using this software. Very much useful

ribber · 05-01-09, 04:27 PM

Unless you have a power outage during the defrag, there shouldnt be any risk especially if you are using a reliable program. I havent used the one mentioned. For drive maintenance, I use CCleaner for diskcleanups, then run a chkdsk and defrag with Diskeeper09. IMO, its the best defragger in the market and runs really well on automatic mode.

shady911 · 05-09-09, 08:44 PM

defraging will cause no problems. and no it wont change your file system to ntfs. better file performance will be observed if you use NTFS file system in your partitions. otherwise your pc is good.

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04-30-09, 09:12 PM	#2
The One Guest Posts: n/a	1) No, it does not mean changing to NTFS. 2) Yes, you will have some problems if your disk fragmentation is too high. 3) Find more information about Disk Defragmentation here: Defragmentation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia You can also use the Disk Defragmenter (Windows) to defragment your drives. There are many other applications which are better at this than the Disk Defragmenter of Windows (like that of TuneUp Utilities).

04-30-09, 11:01 PM	#3
skap Gold Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: India Posts: 531 Rep Power: 2	* Disk defragmentation helps faster performance of your computer. Reason: Because when you delete your data in hdd, it creates a vaccum in the disk. So every time data has to be read from random location. This increase hard disk read and write process time. When you run defragementation, it assembles data in sequential manner in the disk. Accordingly system tables will also be arranged. You will also find considerable increase in hard disk space after running defragementation because when you delete data(even with shift key) from hard disk, it will not be permanently purged. Thats why data recvoery firms say that they can recover even deleted and formatted data from hdd. I have not used any specific tuneup tool, but windows default defragmentation tool perfectly does its job

04-30-09, 11:55 PM	#4
meetdilip Guest Posts: n/a	I was just curious about any after effects. These software do all changes just to make system fast. And we are convinced that it is a good software. So thought to taking a second opinion.

05-01-09, 07:19 AM	#5
sujithsukrutham Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Where I am Posts: 579 Rep Power: 5	I am also using this software. Very much useful

05-01-09, 04:27 PM	#6
ribber Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Unless you have a power outage during the defrag, there shouldnt be any risk especially if you are using a reliable program. I havent used the one mentioned. For drive maintenance, I use CCleaner for diskcleanups, then run a chkdsk and defrag with Diskeeper09. IMO, its the best defragger in the market and runs really well on automatic mode.

05-09-09, 08:44 PM	#7
shady911 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 59 Rep Power: 1	defraging will cause no problems. and no it wont change your file system to ntfs. better file performance will be observed if you use NTFS file system in your partitions. otherwise your pc is good.

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