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Hard drive about to fail ; Should I defrag it?
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<blockquote data-quote="OokamiCreed" data-source="post: 481664" data-attributes="member: 36266"><p>Defragging does cause wear down of an HDD over time. Backing up is a more worthwhile action then afterward you could do as you please (run checks/repair tools - defragging the drive at this point (if it is really failing) would only kill it off faster).</p><p></p><p>In this case (since Auslogics is reliable in diagnostic of HDD) it would most likely not be the same problem I was having long ago. This problem was a failing power supply however this should only result in a slow boot, not slow processing of data afterwards. Also in this case, Auslogics and other tools should not report disk failures/errors/warnings.</p><p></p><p>Consider (while backing up) to turn off any file scanning software (aka file guard, etc) to reduce disk usage (during data move). Typically I do this while defragging or doing large moves to reduce disk strain to speed up the process. No need to disable HIPS/behavioral blocking, web filtering, firewall, etc. If the drive is in too bad of condition, backup sensitive data, then give a try at OS backup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OokamiCreed, post: 481664, member: 36266"] Defragging does cause wear down of an HDD over time. Backing up is a more worthwhile action then afterward you could do as you please (run checks/repair tools - defragging the drive at this point (if it is really failing) would only kill it off faster). In this case (since Auslogics is reliable in diagnostic of HDD) it would most likely not be the same problem I was having long ago. This problem was a failing power supply however this should only result in a slow boot, not slow processing of data afterwards. Also in this case, Auslogics and other tools should not report disk failures/errors/warnings. Consider (while backing up) to turn off any file scanning software (aka file guard, etc) to reduce disk usage (during data move). Typically I do this while defragging or doing large moves to reduce disk strain to speed up the process. No need to disable HIPS/behavioral blocking, web filtering, firewall, etc. If the drive is in too bad of condition, backup sensitive data, then give a try at OS backup. [/QUOTE]
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