Hi there,
Before the defrag, Windows shows analysis. typically, hd's only need to be
defragged per year or 6 months at worst.
if you can access the files at all, I would back them up to local desktop
temporarily.
also consider error checking the drive via properties menu.
Cornell
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From: "ted chittenden" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 12:17 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Defragging / Compressing an External Hard Drive
> Hi to all.
>
> I didn't respond to this inquiry because I didn't know anything about
> compressing a hard drive except that it (supposedly) makes it more
> difficult for JAWS to access information in the drive once it's
> compressed.
>
> But in terms of defragmentation, you most certainly *can* defrag your
> regular and your external (assuming it's plugged into your computer) hard
> drives from Windows 7. In the traditional Desktop mode, you click on "My
> Computer" and then (assuming you have set up your files as list views) you
> can down arrow to whatever drive is listed, press the properties or right
> mouse key, press shift+tab once, arrow to the right once, then tab through
> the entries until you reach "Defragment Disk". Press "Enter" there and
> then "Enter" again on the "Defragment" button.
>
> And I'm absolutely sure that "My Computer" can also be reached from the
> search box noted by Albert in his email as well.
> --
> Ted Chittenden
>
> Every story has at least two sides if not more.
> ---- Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> According to _windows 7 for Dummies_, you can not defrag a solid state
> drive, like a flash drive. I don't know if this includes external hard
> drives.
>
> If you go into the defrag screen by typing "defrag" in the search box or
> by using the control panel, you can tab to a combo box that lists your
> drives. My guess is that, if you can defrag a hard drive, you would do
> it by choosing it in that combo box.
>
> about your problem, though, it sounds like something got synced
> somewhere. I find itunes confusing. It sometimes tells me I have
> recordings I've removed from the computer, and it doesn't always see
> other recordings I do have even when I import them. Maybe an iTunes guru
> can explain. My own impulse would be to erase things from the hard drive
> or reformat it.
>
> On 10/8/2013 4:46 PM, Sherry Wells wrote:
>> I have an external hard drive (F) I use with ITunes. For at least a
>> year, all I’ve done is use ITunes to download podcasts. I move the
>> podcasts to my Stream once downloaded so these are not kep on the F
>> drive. I know I did not accidentally copy instead of move because
>> these podcasts no longer show up when I open ITunes. Now suddenly my
>> F drive is full and I get errors saying I cannot download any more
>> podcasts. Do I need to compress this drive? Defrag it? Both? If so,
>> how do I find how to do this in Windows 7. I tried right clicking on
>> the drive but of course it couldn’t be that easy. Any advice would be
>> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>> Regards,
>> Sherry Wells
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