Defragging D?

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Aigurs

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My OS is Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit, SP1. I purchased my desktop approximately a year and a half a go and the default Defragmenter was set to once a week for both C: and D: and I have left it that way ever since.

However (and I am not too computer savvy, unfortunately), I have read that since D: in my Vista OS is merely a locked Recovery, it should never be defragged. Is this true, and for all the time I have been defragging it weekly, could this have hurt System recovery should I ever need to use it?

Any advice would be appreciated and apologies for poor English.
 

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System One

As far as I can see there shouldn't be a problem with defrag, I know everything works out ok in XP, so my guess would be that Vista should be the same.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    RemnanteK
    CPU
    Q9300 3.0Ghz @ 1.175v Stable
    Motherboard
    EVGA 780i
    Memory
    4x1GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-8500 (5-5-5-15 :1067)
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 8800GT 1Gb Akimbo
    Sound Card
    Onboard 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL 2005FPW
    Screen Resolution
    1650x1080
    Hard Drives
    2x 750Gb Seagate SATA 1x 1Tb Seagate SATA 1x 250Gb Seagate SATA
    PSU
    ABS Tagan BZ 700W
    Case
    Cooler Master Cosmos 1000
    Cooling
    Zalman 9700 // CORSAIR CMXAF1 Fans
    Mouse
    MS Explorer 3.0
    Keyboard
    MS Ergo 4000
    Internet Speed
    12MB
Hi Aigurs and welcome to Vista Forums :party:

There should be no problems with leaving the Defragmenter set at its defaults. However, if the D: drive in your system is the recovery partition, you should ensure that you do not use it to store your own files. Also, even if the partition isn't completely used, you must not shrink it as that space is used as temporary storage for file manipulation by the recovery software.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0) Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2 Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0 WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB) WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25 Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Aigurs said:
My OS is Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit, SP1.
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G'Day Aigurs,

To answer your question first.
I'm in a similar situation and set-up to yourself [check My System Specs], and likewise, automatically run Defragmentation of C: and D: drives on a weekly basis. I have had the need a couple of times to do a System Restore, and have noticed no ill effects of the defragmentation, so there shouldn't be any problems. I also run Auslogics defragmentation from time to time.

It is a very useful and easy run defragmentation tool listed here;

Vista Forums>Software>Free Software List for Vista, or here;

http://www.vistax64.com/software/115872-free-software-list-vista.html

and is available free for download from Auslogics, here;

Auslogics - Download Auslogics Disk Defrag

Welcome!
Welcome to Vista Forums Aigurs :D , and all the best for 2009 from Aussie Mate!! You will find a great bunch of people here, always willing to help you if you get into any strife, and who are ready to answer any questions about Vista and all of its workings and interactions etc., that you may have. I had no problems understanding your English at all. And if you don't understand an answer that is given, just post again asking for a simpler explanation.

Your 'My Systems Specs'
It will also help the helper " :geek: !!", if you just take a couple of minutes to read the Post info in the link at the bottom of my page, and then go to your User CP to put as much detail into your 'My System Specs', as you possibly can. It sure saves typing it out over and over again when you need assistance, and will often mean a quicker reply from the 'helpers'......" :geek: :sleepy: :cry: :geek: :cool: !!!!"....Weird bunch that they are.

Your 'Little Helper' - Vista Forums SysInfo Tool.
You can access your system information quite easily, by downloading an extremely useful tool from Vista Forums>Tutorials>Software. With this tool, you'll be able to find most of the information for your ' My System Specs' input. Access the tool here, and just follow the simple instructions for downloading;

VistaForums SysInfo Tool

I downloaded mine to the Desktop, where it sits, ready for use in any situation. However, thanks must go to Shao 128 and dmex for giving us the use of this great little number.

All Vista Forums Information.....FAQs.
The best method to find information about anything in this Vista Forum, is to just click on FAQ in the bar at the top of each page. You'll find this to be one of the best Forum resources, and the amount of detail in FAQs is well presented and easily read.

Any Problems in setting up? Just ask.
Enjoy your stay Mate. :D Cheers. sassofalco
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire Notebook 5633WLMi.[5630 Series]
    CPU
    Intel Centrino Duo Processor - Intel Core 2 CPU.
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 [3.07GB maximum real available]
    Graphics card(s)
    nVidia GeForce Go 7300, 128MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio, Ver. 6.0.1.5717, 2.08MB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer Aspire Notebook - 15.4"; Acer LCD Monitor X223Wsd - 22".
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800x60Hertz [max.]
    Hard Drives
    Notebook - Samsung HM320JI 320GB HD installed 07 August 2009. External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD [Drive G:\ - Windows Defender Backup Files only]. Two x LaCie 320GB Mobi
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks - Model M/N: M-RCD125
    Internet Speed
    Down 20000kb/sec / Up 1000kb/sec [Bigpond-Aus]
    Other Info
    Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo MFC. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner. Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router. Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. UAC - On;Activated. Browsers; [1] FireFox v3.6[2] IE8. Honorary R.S.M. to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers.
Thank you all very very much. It is an ease of my mind. I had (in the meantime, for a week) turned off Defragger for D but will now turn it back on for the weekly defragmentation.

Much thanks to all of you!
 

My Computer

System One

No worries Mate. Happy to help.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire Notebook 5633WLMi.[5630 Series]
    CPU
    Intel Centrino Duo Processor - Intel Core 2 CPU.
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 [3.07GB maximum real available]
    Graphics card(s)
    nVidia GeForce Go 7300, 128MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio, Ver. 6.0.1.5717, 2.08MB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer Aspire Notebook - 15.4"; Acer LCD Monitor X223Wsd - 22".
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800x60Hertz [max.]
    Hard Drives
    Notebook - Samsung HM320JI 320GB HD installed 07 August 2009. External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD [Drive G:\ - Windows Defender Backup Files only]. Two x LaCie 320GB Mobi
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks - Model M/N: M-RCD125
    Internet Speed
    Down 20000kb/sec / Up 1000kb/sec [Bigpond-Aus]
    Other Info
    Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo MFC. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner. Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router. Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. UAC - On;Activated. Browsers; [1] FireFox v3.6[2] IE8. Honorary R.S.M. to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers.
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