Using Contig in CMD command w/ Vista

kazi_saki

kazi_saki

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

Somewhere between GW and GW2

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13 May 2008 at 07:32 - 1
I tried using the contig in the cmd window to defrag the Gw.dat file but it keeps saying access is denied.

The whole "Contig v1.54 - Makes files contiguous..." thing pops up but after that it says "access is denied"

is it really worth defragging the Gw.dat file or can I just ignore it?

I rubberband sometimes and lag gets bad sometimes.

bbh4r4l

bbh4r4l

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

West Lafayette IN

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13 May 2008 at 13:39 - 2
You have to run CMD as Administrator. Just go to the start menu and type cmd in the search panel and right click the icon and that will work. I had the the same thing happen to me.

Sindy

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Join Date: Apr 2007

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13 May 2008 at 14:44 - 3
Some people claim defragging solved all their lag issues. Others haven't noticed much of a difference. I'm in the latter group.

Lag happens.

For me it wasn't worth it, but if you can get it to work with a little more effort, it might be for you. Let us know!

bbh4r4l

bbh4r4l

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Join Date: Nov 2007

West Lafayette IN

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13 May 2008 at 15:12 - 4
When I did it I only had 1 frag so it was pointless for guild wars but it worked for other games I play

zamial

zamial

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Usa

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13 May 2008 at 15:34 - 5
why not use the vista disk defragment by right clicking on the drive? It works for me.

Tarun

Tarun

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13 May 2008 at 16:19 - 6
AusLogics Disk Defrag works well too. The makers of CCleaner have Defraggler but it does not work well at all, it often takes 4-8 passes or more to fully defrag.