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Quick defrag questions

[Deleted User] · 2011-04-07 18:28:26

Have had my laptop 16 months and never defragged the C drive. I ran the defrag tool yesterday and it analysed the drive and said there was 3% fragmentation. My first thoughts were "Great 97% OK" but I'm wondering is 3% a lot in the scheme of things? Should I defrag it or wait? Thanks for any help! :)

07-04-2011 6:28pm

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Have had my laptop 16 months and never defragged the C drive. I ran the defrag tool yesterday and it analysed the drive and said there was 3% fragmentation. My first thoughts were "Great 97% OK" but I'm wondering is 3% a lot in the scheme of things? Should I defrag it or wait? Thanks for any help!

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#2 07-04-2011 7:44pm

bonzodog2

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I don't think 3% is a lot, but it shouldn't hurt to give it a try.

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#3 07-04-2011 10:08pm

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Afaik from Vista onwards it defragments automatically once a week.

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#4 08-04-2011 9:50am

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3% means you do not have to do anything. I'm on Windows 7 and it appears to do it automatically as the previous poster said because when I check everything looks ship shape.

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#5 08-04-2011 10:51am

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+1 - 3% is not a problem. However, if in doubt just defrag. It won't do any harm and you can keep using your PC while it's going on.

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#6 08-04-2011 10:55am

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Fragmention gets worse the more you install and uninstall things on the computer.
As said, you can defrag anyway if you like. It won't hurt.

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