Compress old files?

Syxx_Killer · 08-13-05, 04:06 PM

I've been wondering this for a while. Every week I run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter. Disk Cleanup has compressed quite a few older files now. Could having compressed files that are associated with SH3 affect it in any way? I'm just wondering if that could be the cause of some of my weird game crashes.

Damo1977 · 08-13-05, 05:45 PM

I have been doing the same thing once or twice aweek but have had no problems here. (Touch wood)

Damo1977 · 08-14-05, 02:48 AM

since I posted that..........I was sailing from Wilhemshaven to Lorient due to base being shifted and guess what.........
"SHip spotted Captain"
Black Screen
Do you want to send error report to Microsoft?

First CTD in a long time

and I didn't save at all

so I wasted an hr

and an auxillary cruiser and a C3.

and was a day from Lorient

gdogghenrikson · 08-14-05, 04:01 AM

Why would you run disk defrag and cleanup once a week?

I only do It once a month

Damo1977 · 08-14-05, 04:05 AM

I was told to by my comp builder..........and plus my comp gets alot of use...... but maybe what I was told it wrong!!!

Syxx_Killer · 08-14-05, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Why would you run disk defrag and cleanup once a week?

I only do It once a month

I do it to keep things "tidy." The longer you wait to run disk defrag, especially if you moved a lot of files, the longer it takes. Right now, if I don't move a lot of files, it only takes a couple minutes.

toron27 · 08-14-05, 01:47 PM

Running a defrag is a good idea if you install or uninstall alot of files. A highly fragmented drive will slow down its performance. Diskeeper Lite if still available is a free defrag program that I feel is a bit better than than the default one that comes with XP. I defrag about 2 or 3 times a month and have yet to have a problem with any of my drives.[/quote]

08-13-05, 04:06 PM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Compress old files? I've been wondering this for a while. Every week I run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter. Disk Cleanup has compressed quite a few older files now. Could having compressed files that are associated with SH3 affect it in any way? I'm just wondering if that could be the cause of some of my weird game crashes.

08-13-05, 05:45 PM	#2
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have been doing the same thing once or twice aweek but have had no problems here. (Touch wood) __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-14-05, 02:48 AM	#3
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	since I posted that..........I was sailing from Wilhemshaven to Lorient due to base being shifted and guess what......... "SHip spotted Captain" Black Screen Do you want to send error report to Microsoft? First CTD in a long time and I didn't save at all so I wasted an hr and an auxillary cruiser and a C3. and was a day from Lorient __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-14-05, 04:01 AM	#4
gdogghenrikson Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 978 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Why would you run disk defrag and cleanup once a week? I only do It once a month __________________ And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.

08-14-05, 04:05 AM	#5
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was told to by my comp builder..........and plus my comp gets alot of use...... but maybe what I was told it wrong!!! __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-14-05, 01:47 PM	#7
toron27 Nub Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Running a defrag is a good idea if you install or uninstall alot of files. A highly fragmented drive will slow down its performance. Diskeeper Lite if still available is a free defrag program that I feel is a bit better than than the default one that comes with XP. I defrag about 2 or 3 times a month and have yet to have a problem with any of my drives.[/quote]