Oops, my 'hard drive' is red ...

[Mara]

I'm afraid something odd seems to have happened following my running a 'defrag' program.

 

Because a friend was helping me through the steps, I ran the normal 'Windows Defrag' and took a snapshot of it, so we could compare how well the new program would defrag, even immediately following the normal Windows one.

 

http://i33.tinypic.com/21kks5x.jpg

 

And then downloaded JK Defrag (Version 3.34) from author's site ...

Ran Malwarebytes on it ... Ran Avast on it ...

Installed the program (please see snapshot below)...

http://i35.tinypic.com/2u45udx.jpg

Clicked on the program .exe...

And it seemed to run fine.

 

But when returning to the normal 'Windows Defrag' and clicking on 'Analyse' ... please see below photo.

http://i34.tinypic.com/2vsrdcz.jpg

 

1. Ran normal 'Windows Defrag' - it still looks the same.

2. Used 'System Restore' to previous day - it still looks the same (but I've learned another valuable lesson ... 'System Restore can't fix everything' - gentle sigh.

3. Ran normal 'Windows Defrag' 3 more times today - and always with the same results - nothing has changed, looks just like above snapshot.

 

My friends use the above JK Defrag program and swear by it so I'm truly befuddled as to what went wrong. (What did I do wrong, if anything, I wonder, when running it) ... And now I can't figure out how on earth to get rid of all the red and the fragmented files showing.

 

Would someone please be kind enough to assist.

[Dalo Harkin]

All those JK DRIVES seem VERY suspect, I am sure they are all just files of whats been moved around etc but still I wouild remove that program.

 

As for Defrag programs (deep breath)

Right, defrag programs are only really meant to be used if the HDD is over 40% fragged (this is my own opinion not in a book or anything :D)

you will NEVER get rid of all the fragged files - it's just impossible and with Windows defrag 'utility' which is cr*p, you can actually cause more harm than good.

You will not notice an increased amount of loading times when a disk is fragged unless they are big files - GAMES etc.

 

I personally use O&O defrag, but again this is my personal choice.

[RandyL]

Did the Windows defrag actually complete? Or is it that you just don't see a change?

[Guest Wolfeymole]

If it were me Mara I'd uninstall that JK Defrag completely and just use the inbuilt windows one.

[Mara]

Yes, the JK Defrag program actually completed and it was only when zipping back to the 'Analyze' part of normal Windows Defrag that I noticed the huge oops! (The program is completely gone now but it was that mass of red now showing that had me worried the poor hard drive was about to go poof any moment now - eep!).

 

It's marvelous how things change when it comes to what to do or not do with our computers anymore - can remember being told when I first bought this magic box that defrag was "vital a mimimum of once a month".

 

Will just wait and hope that gradually the red mass lessens - especially now that I know, from reading all the help on this thread and the info on DSTM's thread re defrag, that trying to use Windows Defrag right to fix the woe isn't going to be helpful.

 

Thanks again - really do appreciate all the wonderful help and kindness here!

[Mara]

The red mess is gone!

 

A very special thank you to everyone who has helped with my computer woes and to DALO and DSTM for suggesting the 'O&O Defrag' program!

 

If one looks at the above red mess and then the below 'snapshots' ... well, magic happened - huge happy smile!

 

This was taken just before started the above program (and pretty much confirmed the red mess was really was, well, a red mess.

http://i37.tinypic.com/2ikb0n7.jpg

 

And when the program finished, the below is what the program said - wow, only 2 fragmented files left!

http://i36.tinypic.com/69jqzs.jpg

 

And just to confirm things, I went to Windows Defrag and clicked on 'Analyze' - and got the below:

http://i33.tinypic.com/2vimueq.jpg

 

Again, thank you to everyone for your great kindness and help!

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Which just goes to show that some programs are better than others, have you thrown JK Defrag in the bin now Mara?

[maynardvdm]

Good to see things are back to normal :)

[DSTM]

Which just goes to show that some programs are better than others, have you thrown JK Defrag in the bin now Mara?

Don't start comparing Paid Sofware to Free Software.as there is no comparison.:)

EDIT.Have a look at my HHD Screen shot in Defragging Software. Whats wrong with that.????

Regardless, on Dalo's advice, I have ditched JK Defrag.

FREE PC HELP, is the BEST Tech Site on the Planet. IMO.

Edited August 22, 2008 by DSTM

[Dalo Harkin]

Mara and Doug,

 

Glad it's all sorted :)

 

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