defragging the hdd

[brett74]

Okay I've defragged my brother's hdd lastnight and just now and I analyzed it again and it still says that I need to defrag it should I back up his data or defrag it again

[quaxo]

Backing up anything important should have happened BEFORE making any changes to the drive (like defragmentation).

[brett74]

okay I have another question the hdd seems to labor alot when load programs or even surfing the net. my brother only has  128mb of ram in his computer

[quaxo]

Ok, think I better ask for this...

Need the full specs of the system, including the Windows version and all hardware (especially drives, sizes of the drives, and partitions)

[brett74]

dell 2300 1.8gig cpu 40gig hdd and 128mb of ram

[quaxo]

Need the full specs of the system, including the Windows version and all hardware (especially drives, sizes of the drives, and partitions)

[brett74]

it's windows xp sp 2 2002

[brett74]

sorry win xp home sp2 2002

[quaxo]

Ok, after backing up anything important, give it another shot.

[Broni]

128MB of RAM for XP is ridiculous number. He needs more RAM, 512MB, or preferably, 1GB.
How much of that 40GB hard drive is free space?

[brett74]

I know. the hdd has 21 gigs left or 56% left

[Broni]

He still has insufficient RAM problem.

As for defrag, try what I use: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

[brett74]

that's what I thought too he was asking why the hdd was working so hard and I told him that he needed memory. I also cleaned up internet files got rid of spyware and cookies and like I said I defragged his hdd 3 times still pretty much the same result fragments everywhere.

[Broni]

As for defrag, try what I use: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

[patio]

With the price of RAM where it is right now there's no excuse not to throw another 512M stick in there...both the machine and your Brother will be much happier...