I just benchmarked my harddrive and its almost twice as slow as when I benchmarked a harddrive thats only 5% full. So is my drive damaged or something or is it normal for full harddrives to be slow. BTW I use SiSoft Sandra 2004 for the benchmark test
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My is also slow, so I can just say there is no damage, but what do I know hheh
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defragging should help some.php/mysql guru. hosting, coding, all that jazz.Comment
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Defragging and checking for dupe .dll's will sometimes do the trick.
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Well technically it should be faster, as your data is now being written onto the outer edge of the drive itself. Since the whole disc is spinning at the same speed, the magnet will read way more data in the same amount of time on the outer edge
Of course this goes way beyond most people's disk-access problems, so yes, you're probably fragged to hell.Comment
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format c:
then benchmarkComment
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that's a radical solution LOL..your data is all over thr place..defrag it and it should go fasterOriginally posted by 4Pics
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Exactly, and like he said, do a defrag, a full fragmented Hard Drive would be hell.Originally posted by fuzebox
Well technically it should be faster, as your data is now being written onto the outer edge of the drive itself. Since the whole disc is spinning at the same speed, the magnet will read way more data in the same amount of time on the outer edge
Of course this goes way beyond most people's disk-access problems, so yes, you're probably fragged to hell.Comment
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format c: should do the trickComment
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Disk Defragmenter will help.
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yup !! always a good thing to runsig for sale.
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Try doing a weekly defrag, should help a lot.Comment
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a defrag and scandisk a week keeps my PC running pretty good.CLICK HERE FOR SOME EXTREME PAYCHECKS 178.247.277Comment
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defrag and remove nonessential programs that rob your RAM
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Try getting rid of stuff you don't need...use Norton or Windows Washer...
Or better yet get a newer/bigger/faster HD
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Originally posted by fuzebox
Well technically it should be faster, as your data is now being written onto the outer edge of the drive itself. Since the whole disc is spinning at the same speed, the magnet will read way more data in the same amount of time on the outer edge
Of course this goes way beyond most people's disk-access problems, so yes, you're probably fragged to hell. spot on, definately try a defrag. if its running really slow make sure there arent other devices on the ide chain that are slowing it down, ive seen that happen before
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It depends man.
if this is the same hard drive that you have your copy of windows running and and installed on then the more full it gets the less and less room it has for its swap file which really really slows the system down.
And yea, you need to defrag the mother, it is just like getting more and more junk in your room, the more shit you have the harder it is to find what you are looking for"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
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hehe, for some reason I thought the thread was about Harley Davidson's gas tanks being full.I do stuff - aIm CS_Jay_DComment
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I thought it would be about hard drives, I'm a geekOriginally posted by CS-Jay
hehe, for some reason I thought the thread was about Harley Davidson's gas tanks being full.
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Yeah, I wonder why windows doesn't have that feature in built, I use it all the time.A hard smack on top of the box works well
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Wouldn't it be logical to write to the outer edge first and then move inwards? I don't see ANY advantage to writing to the inner (slow) edge first.Originally posted by fuzebox
Well technically it should be faster, as your data is now being written onto the outer edge of the drive itself. Since the whole disc is spinning at the same speed, the magnet will read way more data in the same amount of time on the outer edge
I think you see a decrease in perfomance because the data is written to the inner edge (slow) as opposed to the outer edge (fast) when you tested a while ago. (plus of course, fragmenation plays some role in this too) I could be wrong though... :-/Custom Software Development, email: woj#at#wojfun#.#com to discuss details or skype: wojl2000 or gchat: wojfun or telegram: wojl2000
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Like everyone said, do a defrag... If that dosn't help burn or del some stuff to clear up some space.Comment
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plug the PC into your dryer wall socket..
the fucker will be smoking fast...
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of course it runs slower ;) i just recently did a degrag and it is going a bit faster now.Comment
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Na bro... check this program out
its called fdisk... run from a dos prompt.
just kidding man, yes defrag... but you could go by a7200 rpm drive... those are quick... ofcorse not like my 10000 rpm scsi'sMaxxxMovies.comComment
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