Even with the fastest cpu's on the market Defraggler will run only one out of how many cpu cores you have at 100% usage.
If Piriform were to spread the load over at least two CPU cores (Preferably 4) It would half the time it takes to defrag!
I hope Piriform takes this idea into consideration!
Thanks for posting the suggestion. Usually Defraggler is not that heavy on resources. Perhaps a few extra measures would be of use - such as chkdsk and scannow. Extra anti-malware scannings also sounds advisable. There are several fine ones online with the ability to remove findings.
After it gets about 5 minutes into the defrag its gets super heavy on one CPU. And I do have antivirus. It happens more often with larger files but with small files it stays at 15%.
Having an antivirus program does not rule out the possibility of malware, unfortunately. Those day are gone. If they ever existed. You'll need to run 3 or 4 different programs in order to make sure. Apart form the main security programs we all have extra scanners (non-realtime) installed with the ability to remove findings. And we visit online scanners frequently.
According to reliable reports 60 percent of all computers are infected. A recent report mentioned on CNet confirmed this: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10363373-...torsPicksArea.0
Apart from an anti-virus program you'll also need an anti-spyware program and a firewall. The one that came with your PC - the build-in Microsoft one - is just not good enough.
Also: how often do you run chkdsk and scannow? Files do get damaged from ordinary use. Often times problems like the one you have can be solved by running these procedures.
A visit to Microsoft's free scanner listed in my signature would probably also be of benefit.
Finally: keeping drivers updated by checking the list on the manufacturer's site have solved many a problem.
After it gets about 5 minutes into the defrag its gets super heavy on one CPU. And I do have antivirus. It happens more often with larger files but with small files it stays at 15%.
You may want to check that your drive isn't going bad. A computer should not spike like that unless you have the following happening:
- Other programs running (OS or other programs updating in the background)
- Damaged files (increase # of tries to copy/move them)
- Damaged area of hard disk (Either defective, or starting to go bad. Difficulty reading & writing to this section of the drive)
- Malware or viruses (Causes various payloads of destruction. Some slow computers to a crawl)
- Damaged OS files (Over time, or numerous updates, OS files may become damaged, or sometimes updates cause problems with certain PC configs)
- Too many startup items, browser helper objects (All of them loaded at once can cause the PC to seek to use Virtual Ram, or the harddisk, which is the slower part of the PC)
- Overheating (Many users may overheat their laptop by starving the fans on the bottom for air. Be sure you allow room for them to run!)
Check that your PC is not in one of the above categories.
Would the error checking feature in Defraggler tell me if I had corrupted files?
Even with the fastest cpu's on the market Defraggler will run only one out of how many cpu cores you have at 100% usage.
If Piriform were to spread the load over at least two CPU cores (Preferably 4) It would half the time it takes to defrag!
I hope Piriform takes this idea into consideration!
Are you sure that even one core is at 100%?
When I defrag, the disk is the bottleneck.
And if you had two cores concurrently doing two streams/lists/portions of a defrag job - you're head would be thrashing.
It'd be like leapfrog .
Rick
Yay Defraggler is now quad core and 64 bit supporting! Thank you Piriform!