[qwerty2k]

Originally posted by Matt Jones:
Well OTF, it was great knowing you all. But, I'm going to install Ubuntu on my desktop PC in a few minutes so I might only be back during lunchtime if it all goes Pete Tong

RIP Matt Jones /o\

welcome to the dark side :cool:

[qwerty2k]

Also, Matt, if you need any help or have any questions i shall do my best

[Jonno-Blood]

Originally posted by Paul Bacon:
Right i have a question. Do PC fans speed up when its getting too hot or do they remain at the same speed? Mine started making a louder noise earlier, and it was boiling in my room

Only if you have "Smart Fan Control" enabled in the BIOS I beleive. Or something like that. Don't hold me to that either.

[Matt Jones]

<3 qwerty2k

It's formatting the disk. I had a play about with the LiveCD environment, I like it and I'm going for it.

Now have to start worrying about:
*Media Center equivalent (with the ability to use my Freeview box through the remote receiver thing as per the standard Windows set up)
*hp psc 2175 drivers, are they available?
*Microsoft LifeCam webcam drivers, are they available?
*Ability to use my Netgear WG311T?

As you can see, this was thought out :p

[Matt Jones]

*is typing from Ubuntu* :cool:

[tamtheman]

Just got a new PC with Vista Home Premium. I have to say, i don't know what everyone is complaining about. So far no bugs at all that are noticeable and every game i have tried to install has worked fine. Also everything else has installed fine as well (printer, broadband etc.)

If you're getting a new pc then imo you should definitely get it

[qwerty2k]

I know youve now gone back to windows matt, but....

netgear router works (any ethernet router works)
hp printer's have really good official support from hp
media center you have linuxmce
lifecam webcam not sure about

[poyplemonkeys]

Defragmenting Hard Drives

I tend not to do this overly often really but everyone keeps telling me it has such a big effect so some questions:

1) How often should I be ideally doing it?

2) How long will it take on an average computer, 1 gig of ram and I don't know the processor speed but it's a few years old. ~105gb of data on the drive.

3) My Mum keeps going on and on about not leaving the computer on overnight because it gets hacked 50 times on average. What are the actual risks because defragging overnight would be the best thing for me to do.

4) I should have as few programmes running as possible to stop the data getting changed while it's being sorted right? Can you defrag in safe mode and is it recommended?

[Paul Bacon]

1) I do it monthly

2) Depends how often you do it. Mine takes 40 mins and i do it monthly

3) It doesnt get hacked 50 times, its just attempts which your firewall is blocking. Its fine to leave it on

4) Probs best not to be doing anything else while defraging. You can, but would sort of defeat the purpose

[poyplemonkeys]

So I'll defrag it overnight in safe mode with ZoneAlarm running.

Volume (C
Volume size = 112 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 102 GB
Free space = 9.84 GB
Percent free space = 8 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 20 %
File fragmentation = 38 %
Free space fragmentation = 2 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 323,851
Average file size = 458 KB
Total fragmented files = 33,054
Total excess fragments = 208,298
Average fragments per file = 1.64

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 1.50 GB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 18,942
Fragmented folders = 1,170
Excess folder fragments = 5,262

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 353 MB
MFT record count = 344,493
Percent MFT in use = 95 %
Total MFT fragments = 18

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That's what the analysis says. What does it actually mean? Oh and what are these immovable files? Why are they immovable?