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    Difference between Disk defrag and registry defrag

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by petezjunior, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. petezjunior

    petezjunior Notebook Guru

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    Should I install both? What's the difference?
     
    petezjunior, Aug 18, 2008
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Disc defrag defrags your hard drive, so removes random spacings and such between files. Registry defrag defrags the registry, which, to the best of my knowledge, is a database used by Windows to store details about programs and itself. Defragging the registry may show overall performance and reduce boot up times, but it's riskier than disc defrag.
     
    fred2028, Aug 18, 2008
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    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    As it says Disc defrag defrags the hard disc and registry defrag defrags the registry...registry defrag isnt needed but i have auslogics registry defrag and run it once in awile. u should definitely have a disc defrag and run that weekly
     
    McGrady, Aug 18, 2008
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