Of course, you'll do as you please and certainly no offense but does your son hold a degree in computer science, build computers and have 20+ years experience as a network admin / programmer?
I deal in quantifiable data that I can certainly back up with stats. Tell you what, benchmark your computer before a defrag and after. I can even tell you how to test if needed. The only time you will see even a marginal difference is when you have a completely fragmented harddrive. Even then, we are talking something like a 1-3% speed increase. Believe it or not, it is old-school thinking. A modern SATA harddrive MORE than compensates for the fragmentation.
On a similar note, NEVER defrag a USB / thumbdrive. I've seen that one before as well. Dumb idea. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Necroticist from Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:10:49 PM)
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Necroticist wrote: |
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..U continually amaze me....not listening tho..son says different..sorry...
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guidogodoy wrote: |
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Unless you have a new fish, the word is TILAPIA.
Now, then, about all you with a virus scare. I have an easy fix...get a Mac or reformat a Windows box to Linux. I don't even have an antivirus on this Powerbook. Not needed. Oh yeah, and get rid of Internet Explorer for Foxfire, for that matter. IE died years ago.
Ona similar note, and something that may shake some beliefs to the core, it is almost unanimous amonst the tech-nerds that you don't have to defrag a harddrive. Even the most fragmented of drives, once defragmented, only show a slight improvement (if any at all) in speedtests. Furthermore, those who have your machines set to have it automatically done ever week are probably doing more damage than good. A harddrive is an electromagnetic device that has a shelf-life. They all crash, it is only a matter of "when." The more you use it (say in a needless defrag), the shorter the lifespan. Set it to defrag once a month if you are one who cannot simply "let go." To really see a speed increase, do a clean install of Windows from time to time. With partitioned drives, it isn't as time consuming as you would think.
MORNIN' all (er...a minute away from afternoon).
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Necroticist wrote: |
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Talapia? new word to me..where from?
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Bev wrote: |
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Got any talapia recipes?
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Necroticist wrote: |
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| Wife has me chained to the kitchen for two days...lol...must admit, my cooking is better.. |
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