Run twice Defrag, etc...

>> And, should these types of utilities be run more than once to fully optimize?

If u have time u can,,,,, mostly Defrag takes a lot of time, so people think One time is enough !!  ;-)

Fermion:

> And, should these types of utilities be run more than once to fully optimize?

I suggest you run them once a day.  To extend Sheharyaar's anology, if you spend just a little bit of time each day cleaning your room, it never really becomes a huge job.  If you let the mess build up over time, then it does become a big job (too big to do all at once, you'll have to do it several times).

Here's what I do:
    1) Create a batch file in your System32 directory, called "RunDefrag.bat".
    2) Add one line for each drive letter you have, like this:
            @defrag.exe C: -f
            @defrag.exe D: -f
                (If you only have one drive, then just use one line...)
    3) Use the scheduled tasks or the AT command to have it run once a day.  If you don't turn your computer off at night, then have it run when you're not using your computer, like 3am.

Then you never have to think about defragging, but your system is nice and clean (and your "mom" is always happy).


Hope That Helps,
Dex*

SheharyaarSaahil , I think you have missunderstood Fermion question.
When he says 'I found that running Defrag twice produced a better result' I think he/she means the PCs performance is better, not the performance of the Defrag utility. I mean of course the defrag will be guicker the 2nd time because the fragmented edata on the HDD is defragmented!

If this is the case the my answer to Fermion is: no the PC wont be faster the 2nd time you defrag because the fragmented data parts are in the best place on the HDD, the 2nd time you fragment the HDD is a wait of time because the tool will do exactly what it did the first time, it put data fragments in exactly the same place (unless dta has changed (if you have added anything)).

SheharyaarSaahil, you also said ' fourth time it has nothing to do, coz All is Set and Arranged !!'
I dissagree with this, it should say the SECOND time it has nothing to do, coz All is Set and Arranged !!
The toold does the same thing all the time as long as the data on the PC has not been mooved of changed in anyway.

One time is enough.

Do you really want me to defrag my full 200gig HDD 3 times? and what about my other full 180gig HDD?

when I say full i mean nearly full.

H

To avoid running by yourself disk defrag install  a program like Diskeeper - http://www.executive.com/diskeeper/diskeeper.asp
That program loads on startup and keep your machine optimazied

Huseyin1, Fermion is right ..... if he is claiming that if we run Defrag twice, the performance of PC increases,,,,, have u ever tried running it twice or thrice,,,, i was used to to run it, when i had a small drive, 1.6GB !!

and this is true that everytime it does the SAME thing,,,,, but u can see a gradual increase in performance,,,, and if u defrage daily,,,, the performance will get more better,,,, by performace i mean, the time it takes to open a file or folder, or moving and deleting files etc etc !!

I think it was just a lack of understanding between me and u,,,, i meant to say that if u will clean ur clean ur tabel twice, it will look more better, and second time it will take less time,,,, so as if u will run defarg, ur system performace will increase and it will take less time than before :)

and abt fourth time,,,,, i meant to say if u run it on the same time,,, i didn't mean to say that if u run defrag fourth time after 10 hours so that it will have much more data to rearrange :)