How Long Does It Take To Defragement A Windows 98 Computer?
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it depends on how much info you have, but on our old computer it was like an hour to an hour and a half, and we had a decent amount of info on there\n\nhope this helped!
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at least 3 hours\n\n1.5 hours is horrible.. dont even expect to TRY to run windows vista with that lousy battery guzzling laptop
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Several Ways....\n\nInexpensive ways:\n\n1. Defragment your hard disc.\n2. If using windows, then run a windows registry cleaner.\n3. If using windows, then do not load unnecessary applications automatically when computer starts \n\nExpensive ways:\n\n1. Increase RAM (memory)\n2. Increase Hard Disc capacity (if it is running too low)\n3. Get a faster Processor (CPU)\n4. If you use graphics intensive applications, then get a graphics accelerator.
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Be patient and do the following steps, it will definitely speed up your system:\n\n1. Run Disk clean-up. Then delete unused files. (start>program>accessories>sys... tools> disk clean-up)\n2. Check for disk errors. (right click on a disk-drive>properties>tools >error checking, then restart)\n3. Run disk defragmenter.\n4. Delete cookies. (you can do it from your browser options: tools>internet options)\n5. Delete cache or temporary files. (you can do it from your browser options) or, click on 'start", 'run', type 'temp' then click ok. Whatever shows up, just delete.\n6. Delete all history files. (you can do it from your browser options, or, CTRL + H, then delete)\n7. Empty recycle bin.\n8. Delete unused icons & short-cuts from anywhere including desktop.\n9. Uninstall any software or game that you use only once or twice in a week.\n10. Delete temporary internet files. (you can do it from your browser options: tools>internet options)\n11. Delete all recent files. (click on start, click run, then type "recent", delete all the files which show up)\n12. Run a full virus scan. If any threat found, eliminate that completely.\n13. Run a software which can remove any spyware or adware.\nLike: Ad Aware, Windows defender etc.\n14. Click Start > Run and type "msconfig" at the prompt. Click the Startup tab and look at all that junk that loads when you launch your PC. Turn off anything else that looks useless, but be careful not to disable Windows system components.\n\nIf you did these all at the same time, restart your computer. All these to be done once in a week if possible, depending on the frequency of use of your PC.\n\n* Updating: (Needed only when updates are available)\n15. Update your Windows by installing latest updates.\n16. Update your audio & video drivers.\n17. Update softwares, browsers, games that you use.
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Download, install and run CCleaner, http://www.ccleaner.com/ (run both the Cleaner and Issues cleaner and scanners).\n\nDefrag your hard drive by going to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter and run it.\n\nInstall a utility called TuneXP, http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php once you have that installed you will be able to do all sorts of optimizations to your system, including faster shutdown, start up and better memory allocation tweaks, read the documentation provided in the program on what exactly you can do to your system.\n\nYou should also consider checking for viruses and spyware by getting the following:\n\nMS AntiSpyware Beta, http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx\nAdaware SE Personal, http://www.lavasoft.com/\nSpybot S&D, http://www.safer-networking.org/\nSpywareBlaster, http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/\n\nAnd AVG Free Anti-Virus, http://free.grisoft.com/\n\nIf you are an intermediate to advanced user you can follow instructions to get your PC booting and running faster than it ever did part I is here, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/12/5/1434755.html and part II is here, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2006/1/12/1658713.html\n\nBut here is a tutorial that a novice user could follow, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/12/3/1433325.html\n\nBy the way, all the programs I have linked to are provided free of charge.
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chunk the pc in the garbage
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Alot of things could be wrong.  I usually spend an hour or more running virus/spyware scans on computers, installing updates, optimizing boot programs, running boot and file system defrags, etc when people are having this problem.  If you don't know someone that can do this for you, then you should take it to Best buy or a local repair shop... assuming it's out of warrenty.  \nIf it's in warrenty... call Dell.\n\n(And for the fellow who thought it would be funny to say Windoze is slow... my computer which is getting on 3 years old with XP sp2 boots from cold poweroff in 16 seconds.  It could be faster but I allow for a 5 second OS delay just incase i want to boot a diff OS.  Slow is all a matter of how you manage your startup programs.)
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if u r using xp, then it should take automatically but if u r using windows 98, u'll have to collect software from Internet. have u not got the software with the pendrive?
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It all depends on how much software you have on the computer, filling up the harddrive so much will slow any computer down
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Imagine your PC's hard drive is much like a 33 rpm record on a turn-table. Instead of grooves that create music, the PC drive contains invisible chunks of information, read by a "needle" that actually is like a wand, that rests just above the disc (about a human hair's width). This disc, spinning at hundreds of RPM's a minute, is working that wand back and forth, finding those chunks of information and putting them in order.\n\nNow, defragging is the task of organizing those chunks into neat tracks and sectors on the hard drive, making it less an effort for the "wand" or read/write head to find the information on the PC hard drive.  Defragging should be done every 2 weeks or so, to help speed the PC up.
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1) To have ur windows boot faster, u should give windows partition( C Drive) based on the version specs like\nWin98,WinMe,Win2000....-------> not more than 5GB\nWinXP Pro,Win2003 Server------> upto 10GB Max.\n\n2) Also if u have win98 & winXP installed in ur comp, set the BOOT DELAY=0 in the BOOT.INI file in C:&#92; drive ( U need to enable SHOW HIDDEN FILES & uncheck HIDE PROTECTED Op SYS FILES to view boot.ini file).Win98 does not support BOOT DELAY.\n\n3)Load Good Antivirus Programs- I recommend Norton.Itz a bit slower than the rest but is very effective in protecting ur system\n\n4) Load Adware removal softwares- I recommend Ad-Aware Personal Edition.\n\n5)Also U can try TUNEUP UTILITIES 2006 available at www.tune-up.com\n\n6)Also, other than certain critical programs which MUST BE INSTALLED in C:&#92;Program Files&#92;....., install all the rest in some other drive than C:&#92;.\n\n7)Do not overdump ur C:&#92; Drive.Remember itz for Windows to rock-n-roll.Do not overcrowd it.\n\n      HAPPY COMPUTING
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clean up first then do a defrag.  But don't defrag to much or you can actually do the what your trying to fix by damaging and slowing down your computer.  If you do a lot of deleting and installing do it about once every 3 to 4 months but nothing more then that.
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2 - 5 seconds ain't really that bad.  Some people complain when it takes 10 seconds to start up.  But if you're really that upset, do a disc cleanup (start -> all programs -> accessories -> sytem tools -> disc cleanup.)  After you do that, do a defrag (same steps as before but when you click on system tools -> defragment.)\n\nIf you've never done the disc cleanup or defrag before, they could take a LONG time.  First time I did a defrag it took over two hours.\n\nThese two things are free.  You didn't say how much RAM you have but if you can add more, that will also help speed things up.  If drive C has only 15GB I'm guessing you might be running 256MB RAM.  See if you can upgrade to 512 or even 1024MB (1 gigabyte) if your computer can handle it.
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As you move or create files, windows uses different areas of the hard drive to store the saved data, I.E. if you have a 20 meg file, it will stuff it into an area that may have 5 megs of disk space and then store whats left over in another spot that has 2 megs, etc until the file is completely stored. The problem with this is as time goes on, your files end up being scattered in pieces all over your drive. Defragging takes all of these files and puts them back together again which means less hard drive activity to find files! It saves mechancal wear and tear on your drive and also speeds up access time! The best way to do a defrag is to uninstall any software you dont want, dump any files you have created that you no longer want, run a scandisk and then defrag. A defrag may appear to start over many times, this isnt the case! It may take anywhere from 2 hours to 12 hours depending on how much ram you have, how fast your processor is, and how much data you have.
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Defrag your hard drive partitions (All of them)\n\nYou can do this by going in:\nStart > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter.\n\n(This may take an awfully long time!)\n\nIt makes your PC run faster.
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Depends what configuration you have... If you're running on a lower performance computer and you have a lot of apps installed, it will take a while untill the list is filled (it could last a few minutes)...(On my old Duron 700Mhz with 256ram  i had oracle 9i installed and working:D, .NET 2001 and other programming stuff and it took me 5 minutes as I remember until that list was "filled"...).
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Step by step instructions for defrag.\n\nFor Windows XP\n\nBegin by first clicking on the Start Button.\n\nThen move your mouse over the All Programs icon to display all Start Menu folders.\n\nIf your Start Menu is set to the Classic View, move your mouse over the Programs folder instead.\n\nNow, move your mouse onto the Accessories menu folder until it expands.\n\nThen move your mouse onto the System Tools menu folder until it expands.\n\nNow Click on the Disk Defragmenter icon to launch the program.\n\nThen use your mouse to highlight the drive that you want to Defragment?\n\nThen click on the Defragment button located on the lower left hand center of the screen.\n\nWindows XP will analyze your drive first and then display a visual estimate of the final results.\n\nAnd Windows XP will continually show you a progress indicator bar depicting its progress.\n\nWhen Windows is finished it will ask you if you would like to quit the Defrag Program.\n\nSelect YES to quit the Disk Defragmenter Program and then reboot your computer.\n\nYou may wan to scan your PC for spyware,adware,trojans.\nAll of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.\n\nI-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5\n\nSpybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nhttp://superantispyware.com/\nSUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!\nEasily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!\nMake sure after you download any of these, that you update them.