…and I see somebody else asked the question and NOBODY in five pages of answers told him the answer. The responders told him to take out Microsoft stuff instead. Really…I just want to turn it off for a minute and see if my defrag will complete the process and stop restarting every time it gets to 75%. Who knows how to turn it off so I don’t have to delete it and reinstall again later.
Either go to the GUI and shutdown the shields ( or tray icon> right click > choose time period) or you need to go into msconfig and prevent avast loading, reboot,run defrag and when finished reset avast in msconfig to run at start up.
Make sure you turn odd self defense first. It has to be said that none of this should be needed, defrag runs with avast, I have never seen any system where this was an issue.
hey i would suggest you use this program instead.
http://download.cnet.com/Auslogics-Disk-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10567503.html
your trying to defrag with then build’t in windows tool or?
the windows defrag tool i think is a bit slow so.
and you should not have to turn off avast for this task either. any other security programs like a third part fire wall that could intefer with the defragger?
how much ram you got?
I think alot would depend on the operating system the OP is running, the default windows defragging tool is fine in win7 but admittedly can be a little slow, best third party Defraggers imo would be Defraggler or Puran.
I also recommend that if you download any program try to get it via the vendors site first or safer third party download sites such as FileHippo, File Forums - cnet is not to be trusted with there downloads as there known to include other crapware in there installers.
Agreed that no antivirus should have to be turned off to complete a defrag, RRPounder a link to the other topic you mentioned and what microsoft stuff was instucted to take out would be useful ???
One other suggestion is to take a look at the Puran defragger (freeware). One option it offers is a boot-time defrag, before much of anything has loaded, so there’s no need to disable anything first. And as a bonus, for the same reason, it can also defrag the registry and page file at the same time if they need it.
As far I know the defrag process occurs at low level of the disk and the antivirus does not affect it.
Maybe he’s looking to include avast’s own files in the defrag process. Back before I discovered Puran and was using the built-in XP defragger, I’d shut down all avast providers (disconnecting from my router first, of course) and disable self-protection to help ensure the defrag was as complete as possible.