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Title: Hard disk & unite
Post by: poonet on August 10, 2005, 04:54:01 PM

I´m going to unite (is this correct word "unite" ?) my computer´s hard disks but I´m not sure do I have to take off Avast! backround protect or leave it on ?

Title: Re: Hard disk & unite
Post by: Eddy on August 10, 2005, 04:57:25 PM

If you mean you are going to setup a raid with the drives, you need to start from scratch.
eg: reinstall EVERYTHING

Title: Re: Hard disk & unite
Post by: poonet on August 10, 2005, 05:39:20 PM

Quote from: Eddy on August 10, 2005, 04:57:25 PM

If you mean you are going to setup a raid with the drives, you need to start from scratch.
eg: reinstall EVERYTHING

No no :( I put it this way, is there some process in my computer why I should /need temporarily shut Avast ?

Title: Re: Hard disk & unite
Post by: Eddy on August 10, 2005, 05:41:13 PM

What exactly is it you want to do with the drives and how do you want to do it?

Title: Re: Hard disk & unite
Post by: poonet on August 10, 2005, 05:46:01 PM

Quote from: Eddy on August 10, 2005, 05:41:13 PM

What exactly is it you want to do with the drives and how do you want to do it?

I don´t know how to spell it  :( I know it in Finnish but not in English :(
Is this  Defragmentation  correct term ?

Title: Re: Hard disk & unite
Post by: YLAP on August 10, 2005, 06:51:08 PM

Oh, seems you are talking about defragmentation. Doing it you can leave avast running. I'm using Diskeeper8 Pro and I don't know any defragmentation program, which had any problems with avast providers.  ;)

I hope I understood you correctly.  :-\

Title: Re: Hard disk & unite
Post by: szc on August 10, 2005, 06:54:55 PM

Defragmentation of the disk drives/partitions was never on avast!'s way... you can do it hundreds of times if you want, and everything will still be ok. It just reorganizes data on your partitions, so access to those information can be much faster... it doesn't erase or delete anything...

Just make sure nothing "huge" runs in the background while you are doing defragmentation, because it can significantly slow down the defragmentation process.

No need to worry  ;)

Title: Re: Hard disk & unite
Post by: poonet on August 11, 2005, 12:09:21 PM

Quote from: =YLAP= on August 10, 2005, 06:51:08 PM

Oh, seems you are talking about defragmentation. Doing it you can leave avast running. I'm using Diskeeper8 Pro and I don't know any defragmentation program, which had any problems with avast providers.  ;)

I hope I understood you correctly.  :-\

Yes yes yes :) I really talked about defragmentation process in my computer so many thanks to you YLAP and sZc for helps ! I´ll leave Avast on and do the defragmentation :)