Help with Defragment off hard drive

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macc2011

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I have just bought a 2nd hard drive and had a few problems with it and have tried to defrag it tonight but when i do i get a box with message saying it windows can not find

C:\windows\system32\dfrgui.exe

Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again.


so what does this mean? and is there any need really to defrag it?

if so how can i get round this?
 

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    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
The bottom right of the defrag screen, you can see the color codes for the colors. I really dont recall because I do not defrag often. There is a controversy concerning possible damage to the HD with over defrag. Auslogics has a analyze function. if its not 10% or more I dont defrag.
It is good to defrag on on ocassional basis, but not too often.
Others say not lack of defrag causes problems, but Im old school.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Just because your hard drive needs defragging does not necessarily mean that there is something wrong with your files just that they are split up into pieces that aren't contiguous. If you research it perhaps you'll understand what's going on.
 

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    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
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    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
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    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
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    1920x1080 &1680x1050
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    1 TB x2
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    Dell Poweredge T140
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    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
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    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
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    1680x1050
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    1 TB & 360 GB x2
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    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
richc46 said:
The bottom right of the defrag screen, you can see the color codes for the colors. I really dont recall because I do not defrag often. There is a controversy concerning possible damage to the HD with over defrag. Auslogics has a analyze function. if its not 10% or more I dont defrag.
It is good to defrag on on ocassional basis, but not too often.
Others say not lack of defrag causes problems, but Im old school.
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Many thanks for all your help.

just one more thing how offer would you say to defrag?
 

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Probably every member has a different answer. I read that when you are fragged 10% or more. You will find if you do not download and uninstall much, you do not have to defrag often at all.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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