Norton 360 defragmentation

On XP Norton will defrag the most used parts of the system partition, but not the whole disk, so sometimes it would be necessary to run it, but not as often as without Norton I have two hard drives. Does this mean that Disk Optimization only every touches the hard drive where my windows is installed? Also, i guess Windows defrag shouldnt interfere with whatsoever? I don't need to turn off when running the default defragger? They have no issues.

When one is running, the other can not be runned, as they use the same Windows service. Back to top. Gravel Regular Contributor 5. I have the same question 0. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. DaveM Independent Advisor. Norton's must be reading the type of that drive incorrectly and so, you should turn off that part of Norton's that will defrag the SSD. How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Igor Leyko Independent Advisor. Dave is not entirely correct unfortunately. I see this defragmenting monthly thou I have SSD. This defragmenting is doing automatically so I do not worry about. In reply to Igor Leyko's post on December 20, In reply to DaveM's post on December 20, Hi Paula, Windows itself does not need defragging, TRIM is turned on by default and there is nothing more you need to do.

In reply to paulaE. In reply to DaveM's post on December 21, The other answer was too complicated for me. Feb 28, 39 0 18, 0. If any of you want I will post a video showing what happens at the end for both of them. Oct 2, 0 19, Yep, looks pretty good. Run a chkdsk to verify that your hard drive isn't physically damaged. Dark Lord of Tech Retired Moderator. Aug 18, 3, 9 27, If this helps please vote best answer!

Yes, dust could. But that's not a super common occurrence. What is giving you that message? It should schedule the chkdsk for the next time you restart. I'll check it out in a couple hours when I get home. I'm at work right now, and youtube is blocked. Ah, I see the problem. That's why it's running in read only mode. Restart back into windows. Open the command prompt.

After that scan is done, try running the defrag program again. Ok, the chkdsk should've repaired the physical damage on the hard drive, and the sfc scan should've fixed the system file damage. Now try running the defrag. You must log in or register to reply here. Good Combination? Best Anti-Virus great protection with minimal resources used norton vs avast i can't get the fib virus off my samsung galaxy s3 and everything is not working i downloaded norton internet security and it Need cheapest, easiest way to image on 40 laptops How can i test if my Norton Works with MalwareBytes PRO?!

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