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    defragmentation memory loss

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Doodles, Dec 5, 2007.

  1. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    Hey,
    so i googled this and i couldnt find an answer. does any1 know why wen i defragment my computer... i lose about a full gig of memory from my HD? shouldnt you gain memory? i defrag through cmd, "defrag c: -w -v"
     
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  2. GrandAdmiral

    GrandAdmiral Notebook Evangelist

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    You shouldnt lose or gain anything from defragmentation except a bit of extra performance. It is recommended to have at least 15% of free space minimum (I think) but it shouldnt consume HD. What is the -w command switch for? Its not listed in the help text.

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  3. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    the -w just means to defrag C:... for ex -a would just give me a report...
    but everytime i defrag.. ilose about a gig... its rele weird!!.. i am losing HD memory. or at least thats wat it says in my computer wen i click on it and look at C:, which is the only drive have... so why am i lost HD space??
     
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  4. simarr

    simarr Newbie

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    This happened to me. If you're using Vista, turn off the back up and restore. ;) I think every time you defrag, Vista create a back up.
     
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  5. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    that actually makes perfect sense, backup incase defrag goes wrong...
     
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  6. simarr

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    I guess turn off Backup and Restore and see what happen :D

    O by the way, when you turn it off, you should gain memory back
     
    simarr, Dec 5, 2007
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  7. Ingvarr

    Ingvarr Notebook Deity

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    Better just properly set the Shadow Copy storage size.
     
    Ingvarr, Dec 6, 2007
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