Does defragmenting cause lag?

[EliteRazgriz666]

I noticed after defragmenting BF2 has been lagging quite a bit which is quite annoying. Can anyone shed any light on this problem?:)

[Jones[31stMEU]]

Re: Does defragmenting cause lag?

do pigs fly?

[inf4my]

Re: Does defragmenting cause lag?

What do you mean by lag? Are you talking about your ping/connection, or your FPS as in your screen is stuttering around.

Either way, defragging should not have any adverse affect on your performance.

[Talus]

Re: Does defragmenting cause lag?

Moved to support.

Defragmenting should actually HELP your system performance. I defrag after every BF2 patch or driver upgrade/shadow optimization.

It will NOT cause lag.

[Dethred]

Re: Does defragmenting cause lag?

My old Windows 2000 machine would get worse after each Defrag. My dad's office computer has gotten to the point of not being usable immediately after his last defragment. So yeah, I have seen it happen, not with XP as the operating system, but who knows.

[Talus]

Re: Does defragmenting cause lag?

Maybe it needs a good registry clean or even a re-format.

things get clogged up after a while..and even defragging can't fix that.

[FLIPINOM4D]

Re: Does defragmenting cause lag?

Moved to support.

Defragmenting should actually HELP your system performance. I defrag after every BF2 patch or driver upgrade/shadow optimization.

It will NOT cause lag.

true unless if ur doing it while playing BF2 at the same time then yes it will cause problems, but who would do that honestly

[Trevortt]

Re: Does defragmenting cause lag?

when u defrag ur PC its recommended not to use the PC, if u start using ur PC whilst its trying to sort the files so the system can locate them easier its guna obviously lag, as its most likely using 100%CPU usage.

[FLIPINOM4D]

Re: Does defragmenting cause lag?

yeh when ur defragging just leave it until its done, its using alot of CPU so just let it do its thing