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Defraging causes skips?
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| shao |
Well i defragmented my hard drive today (running Win2kPro if OS is at all relevant) and afterwards listened to some of my mp3s. I noticed a skip at the beginning of one of them. The thing is, i'm not completely sure that it was there before i defraged... so my question is... can frequently defragmenting your harddrive lead to skips in mp3s/oggs?
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| jonsimmonds |
| no it sholdnt, list ya system specs, imm goign to bed now as i cant fink stright! u cud try defragging in safe mode as a random solution |
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| Tranc3 |
| No, it shouldn't lead to that. For a brief explanation of defragging, look at my post here |
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| cycloptor |
| actually boys. it can. happens to me and dont say its my system. a 2200+ with 512 meg of regestered ram and many other goodies is beyond what is needed to play mp3's. sometimes when i defrag my files skip a little to. but it could also be that i leave my pc running almost all the time. i really dont know what causes it. prolly a combination of things... |
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| shao |
1.2 ghz 256 mb RAM
Sound card kind of sucks... if I happen to start playing a song right when someone logs into AIM (sound plays), for example, the quality will be ty (i just restart the song to fix it). |
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| rjwilmsi |
Running defrag might cause skips in your mp3s but it seems highly unlikely. If you run defrag and then play your mp3s without restarting, windows might still use up extra RAM after it's been closed, hence making your whole system run more slowly . . .
Also, the defrag utility built into windows isn't perfect, so could actually increase fragmentation of single files (even if overall file fragmentation is reduced) and could then slow down reading of an mp3. However, a fragmented file still isn't damaged or modified in any way, it is just stored in two or more places on your hard disc rather than in one place only. |
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| Tranc3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by cycloptor
actually boys. it can. happens to me and dont say its my system. a 2200+ with 512 meg of regestered ram and many other goodies is beyond what is needed to play mp3's. sometimes when i defrag my files skip a little to. but it could also be that i leave my pc running almost all the time. i really dont know what causes it. prolly a combination of things... |
If the defragger did it's job correctly, this will never happen. Seeing as how code does not change and it's never happened to me.....perhaps the software you're using? Yes leaving your box running all the time CAN contribute to it. You don't try to play mp3s when you defrag it do you? Defragmenting is a highly-intensive process in regards to system resources. Because of this, the skipping may actually be due to your hardware, believe it or not (read: mobo). RAM is more faulty than you'd think (doesn't store memory correctly and leads to things like this or crashes of your OS). In addition, your mobo might not be capable of transferring the data at a sufficient rate to your sound card, or your sound card is defective and cannot decode or output the sound fast enough, or your mobo is defective and cannot send data to the slot which your sound card is on, or the connection between the two is faulty, etc etc...
In short, I believe your hardware IS indeed the problem. I remember when I first assembled my box win2k would crash on me ALL THE TIME. I replaced the RAM with another stick (same amount) and my OS never crashes anymore. |
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| icedale |
it has happened to me as well. I got tottaly freaked out. but this was a long time ago.
after a few days everything was alright again. |
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