Defragging and Load Times

[Catman]

Last night I uninstalled the game, defragged my hard drive (three times -- thank you XP), reinstalled the game, defragged, installed the patch, defragged, and started a new game.

The load time between levels dropped dramatically, from a "should I go out and rotate the tires on my car" wait to a "wow, it's already loaded" wait.

[MaxxQ]

Good to hear. I just defragged a couple nights ago, but haven't had the chance to fire up the game again...gonna have to try it out tomorrow night.

Although, I have to admit, the load times when I was playing before defragging were not much more than 15 seconds, if that. Not as fast as DX, but not so long that it was annoying.

[Pooeypants]

Originally posted by Catman
Last night I uninstalled the game, defragged my hard drive (three times -- thank you XP), reinstalled the game, defragged, installed the patch, defragged, and started a new game.

The load time between levels dropped dramatically, from a "should I go out and rotate the tires on my car" wait to a "wow, it's already loaded" wait.

err, you're not recommending we defrag 5 times before we play DX are you.

Kidding aside, it should be common knowledge amongst gamers that defragging regularly is a must.

[Catman]

Actually, I'd recommend getting a better defragger than the one which comes with XP.

[TiTaNiUmT]

I for one DeFrag Alot..Some would say a Real lot...If i see any red after i anylize, i DeFrag..doing it often also reduces the time it takes for completion...and running Disk Clean first, and deleting unneeded clutter also speed the process...It was mentioned that a better DeFrag should be used...Any Suggestions???