defrag addons to prevent crashes?

xromania™ · 06-05-09, 05:59 PM

I heard some about a addon who can defrag all adons for a faster loading character, what addon is this? Btw is a blizzard issue and many have it - the computer frozen sometimes while loading a character, usually the highest character?
This is big issue and i have it sometimes, to crash your entire computer because a game, and we pay for this game lol. Sry my english

Petrah · 06-05-09, 06:05 PM

I've not read anything about that. The best way to defrag is to either use what came with Windows (which I don't personally use) or use Defraggler.

If you are having a serious issue with the game, you need to post over in the official tech support forums. They can better assist you with that than we can.

xromania™ · 06-05-09, 07:33 PM

oh and the name of this addon i heard is something like "zoom" but after a search i found a Zoom but isnt about defrag
I see Deffragler isnt free

Starinnia · 06-05-09, 07:57 PM

Defraggler is too free.

To quote the download page:

Although this software is free please donate to help support the software and site costs.

xromania™ · 06-06-09, 05:27 AM

oh thanks, anyway i gues isnt better than the windows defrag so i dont want to install more stuff, he have the option to defrag what files u want but i dont get this, isnt so important

Bluspacecow · 06-06-09, 07:58 AM

I've not hear of an addon like that either.

Not only that I'm not sure how relevant having a defragmented Hard Drive has on how fast addons load or not.

Defragmenting is a process where you place all the blocks that makes up a file together in a continous way ie one after the other.

Why do I think this is not really relevant to loading addons ?

Well because for it to make a significant difference your hard drive would have to be really really fragmented.

And it would effect your entire HD not just your addons.

keLston · 06-06-09, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by xromania™

oh and the name of this addon i heard is something like "zoom" but after a search i found a Zoom but isnt about defrag
I see Deffragler isnt free

The addon you are referring to is Zoom!!!, which is available at http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...ails/zoom.aspx (not sure on the rules here about linking to rival sites though).

It doesn't defrag your addons, it causes all addon garbage collection during loading to occur all at once instead of as the addons request them. I don't know if it is working with the new patches but I run it anyway.

Petrah · 06-06-09, 05:47 PM

Even if Zoom was updated and it worked, it will not help the OPs issue. If he/she is suffering from "can't read" errors, it would seem something is corrupting his files (hence the use of chkdsk). Nine times out of ten this is due to either faulty RAM or severely damaged sectors on the hard drive. Both of which can cause file corruption.

Ross · 06-11-09, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Silenia

If he/she is suffering from "can't read" errors, it would seem something is corrupting his files (hence the use of chkdsk). Nine times out of ten this is due to either faulty RAM or severely damaged sectors on the hard drive. Both of which can cause file corruption.

Maybe kinda off topic .. But I beg to differ with this quote.. the "Can't read" or "Can't write" that you get in WoW Nine out of ten times its NOT related to your computer (well to the extent that you can fix it). This is just the devs saying so cause they can't figure out what is causing it on their side. I got this error sometimes and researched it a lot and most the times people reinstall WoW, CHKDSK , defrag , Format hell some even buy new computer parts (RAM , mobo , cpu , etc..) and they still get this error. I would have to think its a Windows --> WoW Conflict error or some way WoW tries to write something causes it.

xromania™ · 06-07-09, 08:57 AM

Thanks guys, anyway i wont use zoom, i see nobody have good words about it. Now i cant find chdisk report in event log (from administrativ tools, right?). Lol i need to learn to use computer? they need to learn to be smart and to make a program like chdisk with a report at end, not hidden with 100 other things in event log

Im wonder if i really can have some file errors (not bad sectors, my hard is ok and is kinda new and well used) and if chdisk can correct them and if this appear in the stupid report.
Also because computer freeze while loading a char (or teleporting or something like that too) and need a forced restart, can appear some file errors or windows problems?