Defragmentation and ScanDisk

How Often to Defrag.

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

QUESTION:
Why do you only defrag once a quater and not lets say once every few days ?
ANSWER:
Thanks for the good question JayCee. The short answer is, quarterly is a reasonable schedule to adopt for most cases.
While technically it is possible to defrag a computer EVERY day, the practical benefit of doing so is small for […]

Defragging Disk Drive Better In Safe Mode?

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

QUESTION:
When attempting to defrag the C drive on my 333 E Machines PC using Windows 98 OS 6.1 edition, the first message I get is “Reading Drive Information. Defrag begins but will not go beyond 10 percent completion. Next a blank screen appears, then reverts to the last partially defragged screen with the message “Drive […]