How To Defrag Steam GCF's

[Bloodnok]

This video on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccmoToUgEpo) will show you how to reduce your game load times down to the 15 - 30 second range.

[cragllo]

That is a very long-winded way of doing it, Steam has a built-in defrag utility (If I remember correctly one or both of the VALVe co-founders prettey much developed the defrag utility in Windows too, so they know what their doing.)

Right click a game -> Properties -> Local Files -> Defragment cache files

[ZeroG]

I've noticed lately my load times have increased dramatically.

[Bloodnok]

That is a very long-winded way of doing it, Steam has a built-in defrag utility (If I remember correctly one or both of the VALVe co-founders prettey much developed the defrag utility in Windows too, so they know what their doing.)

Right click a game -> Properties -> Local Files -> Defragment cache files

yes but if you got 142 games on steam (like me), that takes too long, this work around does the whole lot at once

[Skull]

(If I remember correctly one or both of the VALVe co-founders prettey much developed the defrag utility in Windows too, so they know what their doing.)

Thats why there are products such as O&O Defrag which tend to do much better than the built in windows defrag tool?

[Amesy]

Defraggle, it's made the people that make CCleaner. at it works quicker and does a better job than the windows defrag.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_defraggler/

[PseudoPhreak]

set this to run before i left for work, will see if there is a difference when i get back tonight.

[gemini]

Hmmmmmmm

I know, il go to a website that ive never heard of, download a .zip with several .exe and .dll files and put those extracted files in my steam folder.

And the maker of that video says "dont ask what it is or what it does" or words to that effect.

I dont think so. They could contain any number of things. From annoying adware, to something much more serious. Say a keylogger. Or something that will upload your clientregistry.blob file to a remote website or some hacks which will trigger a VAC ban.

I think il pass on that one thanks. (http://punxter.com/pics/L/HRKK.jpg)<-------- Click Me

[Scottish-Husky]

Hmmmmmmm

I know, il go to a website that ive never heard of, download a .zip with several .exe and .dll files and put those extracted files in my steam folder.

And the maker of that video says "dont ask what it is or what it does" or words to that effect.

I dont think so. They could contain any number of things. From annoying adware, to something much more serious. Say a keylogger. Or something that will upload your clientregistry.blob file to a remote website or some hacks which will trigger a VAC ban.

I think il pass on that one thanks. (http://punxter.com/pics/L/HRKK.jpg)<-------- Click Me

I did it, worked well, clean :p

[Skull]

Actually, i did some background research on this app before running it, and it turned up legit, on the valve developer wiki: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/HLLib

[Castiana]

I think il pass on that one thanks. (http://punxter.com/pics/L/HRKK.jpg)<-------- Click Me

That worked for me.