fragmentation

Prepare for a massive Wall of Text: Over the last few weeks, this computer has become more and more problematic. Just to get it out of the way, I can, with 99.9% certainty, rule out viruses or malware, as I'm extremely careful and use Malwarebytes, AVG, and Firefox with Noscript. My computer...

In an effort to avoid customer confusion caused by hardware disparities and fragmentation, Microsoft is is apparently asking chipmakers and hardware developers for forthcoming Windows 8 tablets to form one-on-one relationships, wherein chipmakers will supply one and only one tablet maker...

Intel: Android is too fragmented, Windows 8 ARM devices won't be compatible with legacy apps Link Removed

Microsoft's move to put Windows on ARM processors will result in a fragmented set of four environments, none of which will run legacy PC Windows apps, says Intel executives. Link Removed

I have W-7. When I run the analyze portion of the disk defrag program, it says my fragmentation is 7%. But it does not advise whether or not I should defrag. Is there some rule of thumb? Mel

Android’s open-source approach to mobile operating systems had enabled Google (Link Removed) to spread its platform far and wide, at a relatively rapid pace. But the now-established OS faces another challenge in maintaining security for apps and user access. After dozens of Market apps were...

Although there isn't an interface specficially designed for it, you can actually view the progress of a volume shrink operation in Windows 7, and cancel a shrink that is in-progress, using the Disk Defragmenter tool. Volume shrink can take a long time, especially if you have a very full, or...

It's clear that there are people here that have input on this topic, so rather than derail other topics any further, I thought it would be appropriate to start a thread just for this. I'll make the first post in a pro and con format, feel free to coment no matter what side you take. Windows...

Hi all. It seems that there's something going on with defragmenting that I'm not aware of. I use UltimateDefrag 2008 for defragmenting. I was able to use it only once, and then it simply didn't work. The program loads and when I click on Analyze or defrag, it simply says it is analyzing but it...

So i have tried numerous steps but my vista is buggered. I can't use defragment. It starts but then never finishes. It will change my hard drive space lots. Like first its 48gb. Then a hour later its 52gb then half a hour its 51gb. I even tried Tune-Up Utilities 2009. That will take for...

So i started defrag a hour ago. It has been running for ages. And the strange thing is my hard drive space goes up and down. It starts at 52gb. Goes down in 100mb like 51.9gb...51.8 then goes to 53gb then starts going down and repeats the cycle. Why?

So i use tune-up utilities 2009. I went to do one-click matenence. Got to defrag. 50% Fraggmented!! Then it takes ages. Its been 2 hours and only on 19.5%. The worse thing is my space is going. At the start before my defrag i had 53.2gb. Now its gone down to 52gb. It keeps going...