Re: How to turn it all off while defraging?
- From: "Robert Hebert" <roberthebert@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:37:21 -0700
Chris, thanks. I'll see what these steps do & if need be, will run some
other clean up programs. Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: How to turn it all off while defraging?
> Defrag should run fine with or without your network connection running.
>
> Defrag does not clean up and remove junk like temporary files. What it
> does do is reorganize the data on your hard drive so it is not
> fragmented. After lots of copying, erasing, moving of files, they become
> fragmented - that is, there's a bit of a file here, some more of it
> somewhere else on the disc, etc. Defrag puts everything back together
> so-to-speak.
>
> You'll want to get something else to delete old junk from the system.
> Personally, I use Norton's Disc Cleanup and Win Doctor utilities, plus a
> shareware program called Regvac which removes unused entries from your
> registry.
> Don't forget to go into Internet Options and delete your history and
> temporary internet files every so often as well.
>
> Someone else recommended a utility to do a better job of this than
Internet
> Explorer does, but I've lost that post so can't recommend the specific
program.
>
> hth
> Chris
>
> At 02:13 PM 6/19/2004, you wrote:
> >I'd like to run my xp defrag program. How do I turn everything off except
> >jaws to run defrag? Should I also disconnect my dsl modem cables? Will
> >defrag alone get rid of all of my junk files or are there other xp tools
I
> >should use? I've heard about other clean up programs on the jfwlite site
but
> >think for this first time I'll just run the xp programs till I get used
to
> >things. Thanks in advance.
> >
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