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Answer» anyone know why win7 insists on DEFRAGING my SD cards and USB flash drives
I thought win7 was supposed to be "Flash Aware"
I find the results in the event viewer any time I leave an SD card or USB drive plugged in overnight
this is an SD card
Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-Defrag Date: 04/07/2012 03:04:16 Event ID: 258 Task Category: None Level: Information Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Cube Description: The disk defragmenter successfully completed defragmentation on TRANSCEND2G (F:)
this is a USB flash drive
Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-Defrag Date: 27/06/2012 03:45:51 Event ID: 257 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Cube Description: The volume KINGSTON4GA (G:) was not defragmented because an error was encountered: The disk was disconnected from the system. (0x89000011)it is a bad idea and many people have commented on this. To avoid it:
1. Right click a drive in Windows Explorer 2. Click on Properties - Tools - Defragment Now - Configure Schedule 3. Click on Select Disks and check that only hard drives are listed, and uncheck new disks 4. Set the scheduled time you want OK; done that,
when I clicked to open the "Configure Schedule" I was greeted with a dialog: "... schedule was configured by another PROGRAM ... click remove settings ..."
the "another program" was PROBABLY the HP "tune up" util. aka system pre-load bloatware which I had already turned off on day one of SETUP good thing I'm not freaked out by dialog boxes clicked the "remove settings" to set it back to normal and finished the rest of the process
all disks were checked for schedule and of course the "add new disks" was also checked
- just another example of the newer version isn't always an improvement too many buried settings to "find" to shut stuff off that shouldn't be on / enabled in the FIRST place C:\ or the Winders install location should be the only "disk" / partition enabled by default
cheers I've been using Windows 7 for 2 years after having used XP for 8 years, and I would never go back. Just stay with it. It is a vastly better operating system.
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