machine type = i have no idea os = win xp pro On 3/19/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:39 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: hardware question. > > > > peeps. this is from my dad's boss, any ideas that i can throw > > his way? im hardware dumb. > > My thoughts (they're just guesses since we don't know what kind of computers > or OS or nuthin') > > The USB issue may be "by design", especially in older or home-built systems. > > Many cases come with front USB ports but not all motherboards (especially > older ones) come with headers - the ports are there but not connected. Also > many front USB connections (especially those in memory card readers and > such) are actually passed through from the back of the case (a cable runs > through the case, out the back and plugs into a port) - sometimes these are > unplugged without knowing what they are. > > None of this should happen in "store-bought" systems (Gateway, Dell, Compaq, > etc). Rear ports are generally always "connected" (being either native to > the motherboard or an add-in card). > > Lastly remember that not all OSs actually HAVE USB support. ;^) Earlier > versions of Windows (Windows NT, Windows 95, etc) just can't grok USB. > You'd be surprised how many USB "problems" are simply the fact that people > haven't upgraded in 10 years. ;^) > > If the system is recent enough and all the hardware is good then you might > look in device manager to ensure that the USB ports don't have a recognized > problem. Depending the device you might also check how much power is > required (for example not all ports can power a portable hard drive - you > might need an external hub with its own power supply). > > As for defragmentation this is really dependant on the system and OS. For > Windows not all files CAN be defragmented while the system is running (and > many won't be done if you use the computer while it's running defrag). > > You can schedule a boot-mode defragment to get some of the files that > normally can't be touched. > > Also if the drive is especially full defrag won't be able to do much - it > needs some space to work. > > Lastly he only says "21% fragmented" not whether that's 21% of the number of > of files or 21% of the total drive space in fragmented files. On a small > drive with large files (movies, etc) 21% fragmentation of total space isn't > so bad: large files take up most of the drive and are almost always > fragmented. > > 21% of files (assuming this is a system drive) should be defragged - this is > just because any OS will have thousand upon thousands of tiny files. 21% of > total files (on a system drive) isn't great (it's not awful either tho'). > > > Jim Davis > > >
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