[jaws-uk] Re: Disc Clean up and Defrag again
- From: "susan mcdonald" <susan_mcdonald52@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:06:46 +0100
I was told that with XP you didn?t have to do a defrag because if you do a
restart after a install or uninstall it would automatically do it on the
restart, is there any truth in this?
>From: "Dorothy Ingram-Gorban" <dorothy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [jaws-uk] Disc Clean up and Defrag again
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:02:04 +0100
>
>Have been away for a few days and see this topic once more. I know it
>was most likely pure chance that I had the hard drive Failure after
>doing a Defrag. Andrew Hodgeson is on holiday for the moment or i would ask
>him to explain the risks of for example perhaps not finishing the job
>and,well all I can recall it is to do with Indexes. I think I did let it
>finish. I have a little sight. I recall it gave percentage readings. In
>appearance all I could see was what looked little vertical coloured
>sticks of sea-side rock. It mentioned Graphics all the time and numbers.
>I realised for the first time that in fact the whole of Windows must be
>Graphics and numbers. I did not turn anything off, have you told Val if
>she should turn off the Firewall? Should she? How about AVG Ant-virus
>should that be turned off?. I am assuming the Disc clean up is straight
>forward. It is the Defrag and some one said as it took a long time they
>brought it to a halt. Was that wise? Had I
> not been through an agony I would assume as George is that Drives are
>tough things and can stand a lot. I have however in the last three days
>spoken to four people who all suffered a Drive failure, so why is this?
>They did not use Jaws they said "it just happened" so not so tough.
>Remember what Phil Medway said "Treat your hardrive like your Granny's
>best Crystal Dorothy.
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