[jaws-uk] Re: Disc Clean up and Defrag again
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:16:49 +0100
Hi Susan,
That's what is called an "Urban Myth".=20
George.
-----Original Message-----
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mcdonald
Sent: 23 August 2006 17:07
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Disc Clean up and Defrag again
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=20
>was most likely pure chance that I had the hard drive
Failure after=20
>doing a Defrag. Andrew Hodgeson is on holiday for the
moment or i would=20
>ask him to explain the risks of for example perhaps not
finishing the =20
>job and,well all I can recall it is to do with Indexes. I
think I did=20
>let it finish. I have a little sight. I recall it gave
percentage=20
>readings. In appearance all I could see was what looked
little =20
>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=20
>be Graphics and numbers. I did not turn anything off,
have you told=20
>Val if she should turn off the Firewall? Should she? How
about AVG=20
>Ant-virus should that be turned off?. I am assuming the
Disc clean up =20
>is straight forward. It is the Defrag and some one said as
it took a=20
>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 =20
>are tough things and can stand a lot. I have however in the
last three=20
>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.=20
>Remember what Phil Medway said "Treat your hardrive like
your Granny's=20
>best Crystal Dorothy.
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