Computer maintenance

[Lagu]

Hi

Today I run AD-Aware SE and found 30 Trojans and dialers as I removed. Then I run Disc cleaning and remove a lot of unnecessary files.

Next step was when I run Defrag on the hard disc 3 times. Windows says I not need to defrag but I refuse to listen to this message. Defrag went very fast because there was no large files to defrag.

When locking on the Defrag windows I noticed following:

First was an amount of files as was defragged (blue colour). Besides files as not could be moved (green) following of a large empty area. Next is a large amount of files (blue) following of a bigger empty area and last a small amount of files as lies last on the disc.

I think it seems a little strange. Why not all files within the last one isn’t near each other. Instead there is a large empty space. Is that normal?

The hard disc has an area of 80 GB but shows 76.3 GB I guess Windows holds a large amount of the area and other files as is necessary for Windows itself and Recovery files. I know Windows have an own partition but the disc chows only one.
Used space is 9.4 GB
Free space is 66.9 GB

After defrag I ran Panda antivirus for search “whole this computer”. 2 805.675 files was searched and 17 viruses/Trojans was founded and all of them were eliminated. The last virus/Trojan as was founded was Coockie/Tradedoubler.

Now I will do the same on my AMD Athlon 1001 GHz. But this will take some times compared with the AMD Athlon 64.

Lagu ;)

[AMD-USR_JL]

I think it seems a little strange. Why not all files within the last one isn’t near each other. Instead there is a large empty space. Is that normal?

It is just the way that windows defragments the files. You can run 0&0 Defrag (free for 30 days), it can organize your files in different ways, like putting files that are used more frequently at the front of your disc drive.

When the people sell you disc drives they measure it in a different way then your computer reads it. Yours is suppose to be 80Gb but it can only read 76.4Gb, i have 200Gb but i can only read 186 gb of it. Maybe someone else remembers how the retailers measure the disc drives.

[drezha]

I believe its that the manufacturer's measure 1Gb = 1000Mb but Windows is correct and measures 1Gb=1024Mb

[Lagu]

Hi AMD-USR_JL

It is just the way that windows defragments the files. You can run 0&0 Defrag (free for 30 days), it can organize your files in different ways, like putting files that are used more frequently at the front of your disc drive.
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Thank you for the tip
O-O is right now running on my old Athlon as a test.

Lagu :D

[gamer007]

I recommend O&O as well. Great defrag program.

That reminds me, I better defrag soon. Haven't for over a month. :shock:

[NeoGen]

A month, hey? I can't remember the last time I did one...

[spikey_richie]

I run Spybot S&D once a week, adaware once a month and CCleaner every couple of days.

I also use AVG for my AV program, and my PC is nice and clean.

A good old defrag is good once in a while too.

Have a look at neowin.net forums for tips on cleaning up Windows and improving boot times etc...

[Lagu]

Hi

On my Athlon 64 I have a Maxtor 6Y080L0 disc 80 GB.
On my old Athlon I have a Quantum Fireball 20 40 GB

Checking “System information” chose “disc” shows I have a size of 76.33 GB (81.956.689.920 Byte)
Doing the same on my old Athlon shows I have a size of 37.27 GB (40.023.244.800 Byte)

There are some strange things. The disc as have a size of 80 GB seems to have more than it says. The disc should be 81 GB instead for 80 GB.

The other disc seems to be more correct say 40.02 GB.

How can it be so? Can’t windows calculate the right size? Or is Bytes not the same for all of us common peoples and the manufactures?

It seems as the bigger disc you have the more incorrect is the size of the disc. How can we else explain this phenomenon? Is it the manufactory as have overestimate or underestimate their product?

Is there any as have filled their disc more than it says I.E. if Windows says you have 75 GB on a 80 GB disc and you have filled it to say 79 GB?

Is there any genius as can tell us an acceptable explanation?

Lagu :?

[Lagu]

Hi

The defragging went well. It took 43 minutes to defrag a large disc and a smaller one. I could se how all files were defragged in 2 cakes with no empty area between them. However when I clicked on a cluster there was 1 file then 1 empty then 1 file then empty and so on.

That means there is a empty area between each file. It was a surprice to discower that. Any of you as have discovered that?

Lagu :?

[spikey_richie]

Yes, that's because some of the files can't be moved because they're either too large to fit into a gap, or are in use (swap file, driver files etc...)