And my evil computer saga continues…
About a month ago, I decided to convert the HD on my new computer to NTFS. I did a lot of research and noted this thread, which brought up one issue I was particularly concerned about:
Well, since I didn’t set up the system myself, I asked the guy who DID set it up, and asked him if this was something I should do. His response (in nearly exact words): “No, don’t worry about it! Everything’s taken care of. Just click that shortcut that says ‘Convert to NTFS’, say ‘Y’ twice, and wait until it’s done!” Well…he lied. [Hardly a surprise. He lied about the cost, how long it would take, how I needed to replace the power supply before using my computer for anything other than a doorstop…oh wait, this isn’t the Pit. Back on topic…]
To make a long story short, I’ve got “rampant fragmentation” and it’s pissing me off. So my questions are:
(1) Is there any EASY way to fix this? It’s simple enough to ghost this partition onto a brand new hard drive, but I have no idea if that will work (and it’s the only thing I can think of, aside from reinstalling from scratch.)
(2) What will happen if I just “live with it”? I’m used to running defrag on a regular basis, and so far I haven’t noticed too many problems, except for burning CDs & DVDs which intermittently turn up bad (which can be anything, I’m still trying to narrow down what’s causing that.) I can live with “degraded performance”, as long as it’s limited to just the computer running slower, and there’s no big risk for major crashes / data loss / etc.
BTW I’m not talking to Mr. Jackass Computer Man anymore…I finally told him to go fuck himself and it was pure salvation for my sanity…