What happens if I stop defragmentation?
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I'm using Disk Defragmenter to defragment a volume (almost 160 GiB in size). I thought it would stop after 100% defragmentation, but now I see there are multiple "passes" for "consolidation". The temperature of my hard drive has already reached 68 degrees, so I don't really feel comfortable continuing. What would happen if I stopped the operation? Is it trivial to continue or would it make things worse?
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I'm using Disk Defragmenter to defragment a volume (almost 160 GiB in size). I thought it would stop after 100% defragmentation, but now I see there are multiple "passes" for "consolidation". The temperature of my hard drive has already reached 68 degrees, so I don't really feel comfortable continuing. What would happen if I stopped the operation? Is it trivial to continue or would it make things worse?
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I'm using Disk Defragmenter to defragment a volume (almost 160 GiB in size). I thought it would stop after 100% defragmentation, but now I see there are multiple "passes" for "consolidation". The temperature of my hard drive has already reached 68 degrees, so I don't really feel comfortable continuing. What would happen if I stopped the operation? Is it trivial to continue or would it make things worse?
windows defragment
asked Sep 25 '13 at 21:05
someguy
1871518
I'm using Disk Defragmenter to defragment a volume (almost 160 GiB in size). I thought it would stop after 100% defragmentation, but now I see there are multiple "passes" for "consolidation". The temperature of my hard drive has already reached 68 degrees, so I don't really feel comfortable continuing. What would happen if I stopped the operation? Is it trivial to continue or would it make things worse?
windows defragment
windows defragment
asked Sep 25 '13 at 21:05
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asked Sep 25 '13 at 21:05
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asked Sep 25 '13 at 21:05
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You can safely stop Disk Defragmenter, so long as you do it by clicking the Stop button, and not by killing it with Task Manager or otherwise "pulling the plug." Disk Defragmenter will simply complete the block move it is currently performing, and stop the defragmentation.
answered Sep 25 '13 at 21:06
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If I continued later, would it be quicker the next time?
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Yes, it will more or less continue where it left off, although it would still have to perform an analysis first.
– Robert Harvey
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Ah, and the first part of the operation where it says "x% defragmented" is the analysis part? Would've been useful if it could save the information...
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:09
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You can safely stop Disk Defragmenter, so long as you do it by clicking the Stop button, and not by killing it with Task Manager or otherwise "pulling the plug." Disk Defragmenter will simply complete the block move it is currently performing, and stop the defragmentation.
answered Sep 25 '13 at 21:06
Robert Harvey
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If I continued later, would it be quicker the next time?
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Yes, it will more or less continue where it left off, although it would still have to perform an analysis first.
– Robert Harvey
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Ah, and the first part of the operation where it says "x% defragmented" is the analysis part? Would've been useful if it could save the information...
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:09
add a comment |
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7
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You can safely stop Disk Defragmenter, so long as you do it by clicking the Stop button, and not by killing it with Task Manager or otherwise "pulling the plug." Disk Defragmenter will simply complete the block move it is currently performing, and stop the defragmentation.
answered Sep 25 '13 at 21:06
Robert Harvey
1,38821528
If I continued later, would it be quicker the next time?
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Yes, it will more or less continue where it left off, although it would still have to perform an analysis first.
– Robert Harvey
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Ah, and the first part of the operation where it says "x% defragmented" is the analysis part? Would've been useful if it could save the information...
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:09
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
accepted
up vote
7
down vote
accepted
You can safely stop Disk Defragmenter, so long as you do it by clicking the Stop button, and not by killing it with Task Manager or otherwise "pulling the plug." Disk Defragmenter will simply complete the block move it is currently performing, and stop the defragmentation.
answered Sep 25 '13 at 21:06
Robert Harvey
1,38821528
You can safely stop Disk Defragmenter, so long as you do it by clicking the Stop button, and not by killing it with Task Manager or otherwise "pulling the plug." Disk Defragmenter will simply complete the block move it is currently performing, and stop the defragmentation.
answered Sep 25 '13 at 21:06
Robert Harvey
1,38821528
answered Sep 25 '13 at 21:06
Robert Harvey
1,38821528
answered Sep 25 '13 at 21:06
Robert Harvey
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answered Sep 25 '13 at 21:06
Robert Harvey
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If I continued later, would it be quicker the next time?
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Yes, it will more or less continue where it left off, although it would still have to perform an analysis first.
– Robert Harvey
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Ah, and the first part of the operation where it says "x% defragmented" is the analysis part? Would've been useful if it could save the information...
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:09
add a comment |
If I continued later, would it be quicker the next time?
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Yes, it will more or less continue where it left off, although it would still have to perform an analysis first.
– Robert Harvey
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Ah, and the first part of the operation where it says "x% defragmented" is the analysis part? Would've been useful if it could save the information...
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:09
If I continued later, would it be quicker the next time?
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
If I continued later, would it be quicker the next time?
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Yes, it will more or less continue where it left off, although it would still have to perform an analysis first.
– Robert Harvey
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Yes, it will more or less continue where it left off, although it would still have to perform an analysis first.
– Robert Harvey
Sep 25 '13 at 21:07
Ah, and the first part of the operation where it says "x% defragmented" is the analysis part? Would've been useful if it could save the information...
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:09
Ah, and the first part of the operation where it says "x% defragmented" is the analysis part? Would've been useful if it could save the information...
– someguy
Sep 25 '13 at 21:09
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