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| Konji |
 Apr 19 2006, 11:44 AM
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This is just to prove to you all that having a lot of space on C: really helps your performance.
After all my downloading exploits I had ended up with around 50 MB left on my hard drive. I attempted to play Oblivion, but was running on all low settings, reduced draw distance and no grass and it was still slightly choppy. This is on a high end PC. Now I have 13.8GB free after a mad deleting spree and it runs max perfectly.  So there you go, a lesson for you all to clean your disk drives if you're having trouble. --------------------   |
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| Olav |
Apr 19 2006, 12:24 PM
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Wow, 50 MB free is not very much! Strange you even got the PC started up with that...
I bet Windows in general runs much quicker now as well?-------------------- Do not take me for a conjurer of cheap tricks!
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| Konji |
Apr 19 2006, 12:45 PM
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Yep, everything works fine now. It's only a 60GB hard drive of course.
I was getting endless warning messages every time I did anything, so it was time to act. -------------------- |
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| D3TOX |
Apr 20 2006, 05:42 PM
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True I have a 250GB HD and it runs pretty well.
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| Konji |
Apr 20 2006, 06:03 PM
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I don't get why my hardrice is so bad and the rest of it so good. Annoying.
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| ThePerson98 |
Apr 20 2006, 09:53 PM
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 Finder  Joined: 11-February 06 |
Got 2x200 GB hardrive, one is my backup, other is main.
Main one usually ends up partitioned a lot. I have my backup with a giant partition, as that one remains untouched. My main one will get up to 7 partitions, my main one is Windows 2000 on a 120 GB partition, I plan to get windows XP on a 20 GB. And linux on a 20 GB. Yay for partitions  50 MB is crazily low! Keep at MINIMUM 1 GB free This post has been edited by ThePerson98: Apr 20 2006, 09:53 PM -------------------- |
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| MasterSaji |
Apr 22 2006, 12:48 AM
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 Evoker Joined: 30-March 06 From: Depth of humanity's hatred for me... |
Defrag, defrag, deFrag, de'frag, and DEFRAG for optimum performance!
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| Konji |
Apr 22 2006, 12:50 AM
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It wouldn't let me defrag cos my memory was too low at one point.
And now when I try it just stops at analyzing 1%.... help! This post has been edited by Konradude: Apr 22 2006, 12:52 AM -------------------- |
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| Ibis |
Apr 22 2006, 10:42 AM
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 Mouth Joined: 30-March 06 From: Florida Moon-filled Sleepless Nights |
Thanks for the reminder. I think tomorrow I will defrag.
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| Olav |
Apr 23 2006, 03:12 PM
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Yeah, my old hard disk was at the point where it wouldn't defrag. It just stopped after a while (several hours). Left it on while I was at work one day, but still at the same % when I came home.
I defrag my new hard drive at least once a week. Even then there are hundreds of fragged files, sometimes with 1000s of segments, even though the disk is about 1/3 full (160 GB Raptor X). -------------------- Do not take me for a conjurer of cheap tricks!
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| MasterSaji |
Apr 23 2006, 08:24 PM
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Evoker Joined: 30-March 06 From: Depth of humanity's hatred for me... |
Close everthing down before you defrag, and chances be, that if you can't defrag your hd, you can't play oblivion very well......
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