Topic: Defraging again & again?

[Reno]

Have you use this Reno?

Yes, sisoft sandra is a good little program for testing your computer out. It's mostly used with overclocking your processor, but you can test all sorts of things with it.

[Rik]

Have you got any tips on this Rik and can you use it while you are working on your PC?

No tips, Kaz, it just does the job, and it will work in the background, though that's not a good idea if the foreground task is making a lot of disk writes.

I've defragged since my first PC, and I believe it helps, but each to their own.

[Baz]

I use perfectdisk and it is ok for me. seems quicker than the windows one.

question for you Rik......whats the PDEngine that runs all the time, on mine  anyhow.Is it needed.I only noticed recently when looking at the logs and there were entries for it every day.whats it doing 

[Reno]

  Yeah, I was "debating" the need for defragging a year or two with someone around here. Yes, each to their own. 

[Rik]

question for you Rik......whats the PDEngine that runs all the time, on mine  anyhow.Is it needed.I only noticed recently when looking at the logs and there were entries for it every day.whats it doing 

It's the background task for scheduled defrags, Baz.

[Baz]

if I dont have any scheduled do I need it running  . would be just another pointless program running for nothing if I leave it

[Rik]

You should be able to disable it via MSConfig with no problems, Baz.

[Kaz]

Hi Rik,
Question for you
I have got PerfectDisk 10 and I put it on when I went away week ago and it was still working when I came back it was on Pause why does it keep pausing?

[Rik]

No idea, Kaz, I've never seen it pause. What else is running on the machine?

[Kaz]

I have not got anything running as far as I know I closed everything down while I was away

[Rik]

How long were you away?

[Kaz]

7 days and I'm still defraging !!!!

[Rik]

That's not right, Kaz, it only usually takes a few minutes on my drives. Is there any more specific message?

[Kaz]

No Rik
it's doing a smartplacement if that helps and now it says it's going to be till tomorrow now est completion 11/6/09 00.17.00

[Rik]

How big is the drive?