QUESTION ON DISK DEFRAGMENTING
Does my computer have to be turned on when I do the "Disk Defragmenting" Program? It is scheduled to do the feature on a certain time each month, however, I do not always have the computer turned on at that time.
Chosen solution
In order to do a disk defragmentation, your computer needs to be turned on an awake (Not on Stand-by).
If you have the scheduled task set to a time when the computer is not on, it will not turn on your computer to do it either.
Some computers have a program that you can use to set a date and time that your computer will turn on automatically. In most cases, this setting can be set from a menu before the Windows operating system is loaded.
NOTE: Not all computers are built with this feature.
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Installed Plug-ins
- Shockwave Flash 11.8 r800
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.7
Application
- Firefox 23.0.1
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0
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Extensions
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- Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0 ({20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}) (Inactive)
Javascript
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Graphics
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Modified Preferences
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- browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
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- privacy.cpd.cache: False
- privacy.cpd.formdata: False
- privacy.cpd.sessions: False
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Misc
- User JS: No
- Accessibility: No
Helpful Reply
That isn't related to Firefox support, but yes the PC has to be turned on to run scheduled tasks.
Chosen Solution
In order to do a disk defragmentation, your computer needs to be turned on an awake (Not on Stand-by).
If you have the scheduled task set to a time when the computer is not on, it will not turn on your computer to do it either.
Some computers have a program that you can use to set a date and time that your computer will turn on automatically. In most cases, this setting can be set from a menu before the Windows operating system is loaded.
NOTE: Not all computers are built with this feature.