Defraggler! You rock!

[hikergirl]

Since last Spring, I had not been able to install 2 critical MS updates - parts of the .NET Framework. And, if they are not updated, everything else that depends on the .NET Framework updates falls behind in updates. Somewhere along the path of trying to find a solution, someone had mentioned my fragmented items, that would not defragment, would probably be made whole, once I got the .NET Framework elements installed. All that was good to hear - now, how do I implement the process?

Well, yesterday, I decided to run CCleaner (awesome product!!), to keep the hard drive running lean. While on your site, I noticed the Defraggler and thought, hmmmmmmmm?? Maybe that would help get all the ducks in a row?

So, I downloaded/installed the free program.

I ran the program.

Last night, I left the computer on to do automatic updates, not expecting anything different. Got up this morning and... voila! My updates are complete.

Piriform - I love you. Please keep up the great work. We poor folks just cannot pay others to do for us.

[Super Fast]

Perhaps you were running low on contiguous free space?

 

While defragging your drive will consolidate free space + files that are fragmented, I doubt it is responsible for .Net completing.

 

More likely that CCleaner did the trick, as it probably freed enough contiguous space for the operation to succeed.