Vista - Defragment Boot Files - Enable or Disable

**Brink** · 05-28-2008

How to Enable or Disable Defrag of Boot Files at Startup in Vista

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**Brink** · 02-21-2009

Hi Kiddieboy,

Unless that program had a feature to defrag the boot files specifically, then yes you will. I do not know if it does or not though, so I would play it safe and leave this as enabled.

Defragging that often is just way to often, and may wear out your hard quicker. Maybe once a week if you do a lot of installing and uninstalling of files and programs. It's your choice though.

**kiddieboy12** · 02-21-2009

i love trying out new software.

change is good

**Gnys** · 03-23-2009

Hi Shawn,
I checked it out and this feature is enabled by default.
Is a registry defragmentor the same as a hard drive defragmentor? What I'm asking does the function perform the same procedure of moving around cluster like a hard drive?

**Brink** · 03-23-2009

Hello Gnys,

Yes, this is enabled by default in Vista.

A registry defragmentor does the same thing as a hard drive defragmenter, but it only defrags the registry file itself instead of the entire hard drive.

05-28-2008
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,974 posts	Defragment Boot Files - Enable or Disable How to Enable or Disable Defrag of Boot Files at Startup in Vista ... Click here to read the entire tutorial
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02-21-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,974 posts	Re: Defragment Boot Files - Enable or Disable Hi Kiddieboy, Unless that program had a feature to defrag the boot files specifically, then yes you will. I do not know if it does or not though, so I would play it safe and leave this as enabled. Defragging that often is just way to often, and may wear out your hard quicker. Maybe once a week if you do a lot of installing and uninstalling of files and programs. It's your choice though.
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02-21-2009
kiddieboy12 Vista Home Premium 32bit 354 posts	Re: Defragment Boot Files - Enable or Disable i love trying out new software. change is good Last edited by kiddieboy12; 02-21-2009 at 12:15 AM.. Reason: forgot
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03-23-2009
Gnys Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 88 posts	Re: Defragment Boot Files - Enable or Disable Hi Shawn, I checked it out and this feature is enabled by default. Is a registry defragmentor the same as a hard drive defragmentor? What I'm asking does the function perform the same procedure of moving around cluster like a hard drive? Last edited by Gnys; 03-23-2009 at 08:52 PM..
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03-23-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,974 posts	Re: Defragment Boot Files - Enable or Disable Hello Gnys, Yes, this is enabled by default in Vista. A registry defragmentor does the same thing as a hard drive defragmenter, but it only defrags the registry file itself instead of the entire hard drive.
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