Vista - Defrag query

09-14-2009

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:19:44 +0100, "Netty" <netty@newsgroup> wrote:

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>"John Galt" <galtj@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>> "Netty" <netty@newsgroup> wrote:
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>>>Last night I defragged my HD using Auslogics defrag program.
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>>>I've just turned on my PC and checked how much free space I now have and
>>>I've gone from having 54.2gb free space on one partition of the HD to
>>>51.3gb
>>>after the defrag. How can this be? Surely there should be more empty
>>>clusters/free space on my HD now than was before?

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>> Defragging does nothing to regain space.

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>Are you sure??? So my college tutors were wrong when they told me that if I
>was running low on HD space to defrag and run the disk clean up tool?
>
>It's something I've always done in over 20 years of using a pc (apart from
>the last couple of years). It's just that this is the first time when I've
>actually *lost* space after a defrag and it's comfused me as to why it
>happened.

Clean up first , then defrag .

09-14-2009

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

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>>>> Last night I defragged my HD using Auslogics defrag program.
>>>>
>>>> I've just turned on my PC and checked how much free space I now have and
>>>> I've gone from having 54.2gb free space on one partition of the HD to
>>>> 51.3gb
>>>> after the defrag. How can this be? Surely there should be more empty
>>>> clusters/free space on my HD now than was before?
>>> Defragging does nothing to regain space.

>> <snip>
>>
>> Are you sure??? So my college tutors were wrong when they told me that if I
>> was running low on HD space to defrag and run the disk clean up tool?

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> I'm not John Galt, but I'm sure. Your college tutors were completely
> wrong about defragging. Defragging rearranges the used space on a
> drive, and gives you no additional free space.
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>

Defrag won't gain any space but disk cleanup most likely will.

Bill

09-14-2009	#11 (permalink)
Jim n/a posts	Re: Defrag query On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:19:44 +0100, "Netty" <netty@newsgroup> wrote: Quote: > >"John Galt" <galtj@newsgroup> wrote in message >news:tvdqa5pceiaa62gb1badpvcgjvad5ilngp@newsgroup Quote: >> "Netty" <netty@newsgroup> wrote: >> Quote: >>>Last night I defragged my HD using Auslogics defrag program. >>> >>>I've just turned on my PC and checked how much free space I now have and >>>I've gone from having 54.2gb free space on one partition of the HD to >>>51.3gb >>>after the defrag. How can this be? Surely there should be more empty >>>clusters/free space on my HD now than was before? >> >> Defragging does nothing to regain space. > <snip> > >Are you sure??? So my college tutors were wrong when they told me that if I >was running low on HD space to defrag and run the disk clean up tool? > >It's something I've always done in over 20 years of using a pc (apart from >the last couple of years). It's just that this is the first time when I've >actually lost space after a defrag and it's comfused me as to why it >happened. Clean up first , then defrag .
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09-14-2009	#12 (permalink)
Bill Sharpe n/a posts	Re: Defrag query Ken Blake, MVP wrote: Quote: Quote: >> Quote: >>>> Last night I defragged my HD using Auslogics defrag program. >>>> >>>> I've just turned on my PC and checked how much free space I now have and >>>> I've gone from having 54.2gb free space on one partition of the HD to >>>> 51.3gb >>>> after the defrag. How can this be? Surely there should be more empty >>>> clusters/free space on my HD now than was before? >>> Defragging does nothing to regain space. >> <snip> >> >> Are you sure??? So my college tutors were wrong when they told me that if I >> was running low on HD space to defrag and run the disk clean up tool? > > > I'm not John Galt, but I'm sure. Your college tutors were completely > wrong about defragging. Defragging rearranges the used space on a > drive, and gives you no additional free space. > > Defrag won't gain any space but disk cleanup most likely will. Bill
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