What is 'defragging', and why should I do it?

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HI,
Can you defrag too many times? I notice that there seems to be and increase in fragmentted files if I repeatedly defrag.

Thanks.

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Other than wear and tear on your hard drive you can't really defrag "too much".
I now recommend once a week.

If you're seeing more and more defragmented files, it's typically a function of
how you use your machine and the effectiveness of the particular defragging
software you use.

Leo
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Nice Article Leo.I'd like to compare fragmentation to a person running continuously to pick up different packets from different places, it would certainly make him whole lot more tired than if he were to go pick it up at once from a single point! I wonder why there is even a debate whether fragmentation affects systems or not.I cannot imagine servers performing at their best if this disease were to afflict them.

I defragged my father's system and it will not boot up now. It starts in dos mode and tells me that the system is too fragmented and then prompts me to uninstall recovery genesis and defrag my disc. Can anyone help me, please?

I just downloaded that video, Leo - U're Da MAN!

Leo, I set my computer to defrag the other night, and it got hung up on a video file at 26%. So, I deleted the video, and it got stuck again at 13% on a different video file. A third attempt and it got stuck at 6% after 8 hours of running on yet a different video file. What do you think I should do, besides not storing too many movies on my hard drive? Thanks.

Hi Leo,
I find this article quite informative, I never knew that there is such an option available and I am the computer guy at my house. Anyway, I wanted to ask about the task scheduler, so let's say I did everything like you said; would the computer simply turn itself on and perform the defrag?

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No, you must leave your computer turned on for scheduled
tasks to run.

Leo

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Wow, this is really informative. I don't think I would have gotten a simpler explanation anywhere else. Now I think I will go and do some defragging. Thanks.

My wife ran defragment and now many of the programs are not working properly. My I-tunes keeps searching for the file to open and never opens. Please help.

Thanks

John

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