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Defraggler and Vista
Started by krit86lr, Apr 18 2009 04:41 PM
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Posted 18 April 2009 - 04:41 PM
Hey all, this might be a stupid question. I read awhile back that Vista takes a long time to defrag because it is constantly making system restore points during the defragmentation process. Is this true? If so, do you just need to turn off System Restore before defragging to speed it up?
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Posted 18 April 2009 - 08:08 PM
what? i don't think this is true. sounds rather a dumb move for MS to make. doesn't take long for me to Defrag.
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Posted 19 April 2009 - 11:25 PM
New_Age, on Apr 18 2009, 03:08 PM, said:
doesn't take long for me to Defrag.
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 02:35 PM
I concur with your experience! I've gone off and let the defrag run all day, only to find it hung up at 41% or some other half complete condition. If you come up with a solution, please let me know. Thanks, Larry..
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 04:50 PM
Windows Vista creates one restore point a day, or occsionally more if you install new programs.
It doesn't stop the defrag process, although it may increase the time it takes. Even so it never takes more than 4 hours on my PC.
I sometimes turn off system restore and delete the restore points and then do a defrag. Just don't forget to turn it back on afterwards.
To turn it off, go to the control panel -> system -> and then under the "Tasks" on the left hand side click on "system protection". The dialog box that follows has a tick box option where you can specify which drive you want to create restore points for, or not as the case may be. Then reboot and defrag.
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Restore points are created automatically every day, and just before significant system events, such as the installation of a program or device driver. You can also create a restore point manually.
It doesn't stop the defrag process, although it may increase the time it takes. Even so it never takes more than 4 hours on my PC.
I sometimes turn off system restore and delete the restore points and then do a defrag. Just don't forget to turn it back on afterwards.
To turn it off, go to the control panel -> system -> and then under the "Tasks" on the left hand side click on "system protection". The dialog box that follows has a tick box option where you can specify which drive you want to create restore points for, or not as the case may be. Then reboot and defrag.
