Quick Defrag for vanguard

[BloodyTeeth]

The following programs will allow you to defrag just your vanguard folder and it will be done in about 5-10 minutes.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sk/Contig.mspx

http://freeweb.siol.net/razor256/dow...gmenterGUI.zip

Both are FREE, also please note that you need to put contig.exe in the powerdefrag folder

[BloodyTeeth]

Guess no one cares, this really helps performance though.

[Nil]

Originally Posted by BloodyTeeth

Guess no one cares, this really helps performance though.

Well, it's not that I don't care. I just regularly defrag the whole thing (so it's all peachy), and don't really have a need for this.

[Ysharros]

People might be hitting the links and just not saying anything. Ungrateful curs that we are!

[Nosyd-V]

I defrag my PC quite often and did so when I installed the game. Would using these programmes make any difference from what I have already done?

[Ysharros]

For the more challenged among us (I include myself in this number):

-- download Contig from BT's link, extract it to wherever you please;
-- download the GUI and extract it to the same folder you just put Contig in;
-- use the PowerDefragGUI to defrag what you want - it's pretty easy to follow.

All the second link does is provide a graphical user interface for Contig, and thanks a ton for that. I speak command line but I'd rather not have to.

I just used it to defrag my Sony folder and it took less than 10 minutes. I also saw several files flash by, in the Meshes directory (so I wasn't too surprised) that were in 100+ fragments. That *has* to slow things down, and this is after a defrag just before launch, so 3 weeks ago? A 10 minute defrag every few days beats the 2-hour jobbie I forget to do more than once every few months.

There - that's gratitude!

[Nosyd-V]

Right, well I'll give it a go as soon as I'm home from work. Every little helps in getting this game to run smooth.

Cheers

[Nosyd-V]

Well, I ran it but don't know if I did it right. I had a dos screen running for a few minutes, which looked like it was defraging. I didn't get a report or anything after, so I don't know if it actually did anything.

[Vlawde]

2 hours for a defrag? My longest is around 20 minutes, and that's if I download LOTS of patches and other programs etc.

I don't see the need to just defrag one folder, just defrag the whole comp on a weekly basis (if you've patched or downloaded anything)

[Ysharros]

{Edit for precaffeine}

Never mind. Tomato, tomato.