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THE Definitive Defragmenter??
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:30 pm
by caveman
anyone???
Tried the Windows one, seemed OK, then stumbled accross Executives Diskeeper which said it was better, now I`ve come accross PerfectDisk and that say`s it`s better again but none of these seem to be able to shift a huge chunk of fragmented stuff from near the end of my D: drive (IBM 180GB with 25.6GB free) oh, and diskeeper counteracts what perfectdisk does and vice versa
I defragged my C: drive (Maxtor 30GB with 20.7GB free) with diskeeper and it went quick and was done, I did the same with perfectdisk and that showed me all kinds of fragmentation straight after the first pass with diskeeper.
So, I give up!! unless someone can suggest a good relatively quick defragger that works??
Thanx
Al
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:46 pm
by ScottE
Disk keeper is the "Pro Version" on what comes on WindowsXP.
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:08 pm
by Cypher
I prefer Perfect Disk. Right click the in the PD GUI and tick aggressive free space consolidation and tick all options in off-line defrag minus on every boot. You can't go wrong with that.
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:26 pm
by Brent
I use Nortons disk defragmenter.
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:41 pm
by mccoffee
I'm using diskeeper pro right now i can't tell the diffrence between that an perfect disk to tell the turth
either one is better then windows default
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:21 pm
by Brk
I luv teh PerfectDisk!
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:08 pm
by Unholy
Norton Utilities Speed Disk for me.
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 2:01 am
by Prey521
PD is my choice....it's layout.ini manager owns!!!!!!!! (Manages files required for boot)
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 2:08 am
by Joe
Disk Keeper for me.. ive never really tried other ones.. anything out there faster?
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 8:50 am
by The Dude
I use Diskeeper 8 Pro. I like the smart scheduling, set it and forget it feature. I have it set to defrag my drives at night when I'm not using the PC. If I do pull a late nighter it will stop and wait for the PC to be idle again.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:04 pm
by Bandit159
Vopt is another good one.30 day free trial-
I like some of the extra options too.It puts the swap file at the outer edge of disc if ya like.It is fast also,but of course,the faster your system the faster it can work.
http://www.vopt.com/VoptXP.htm 
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:08 pm
by Brk
Bandit159 wrote:Vopt is another good one.30 day free trial-
I like some of the extra options too.It puts the swap file at the outer edge of disc if ya like.It is fast also,but of course,the faster your system the faster it can work.
http://www.vopt.com/VoptXP.htm
It'd be faster if the swapfile was on the INNER edge of the disk.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:13 pm
by Bandit159
I stand corrected,thx.
The program knows what its doin,lol-
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:37 pm
by fixationdarknes
Is PD compatible with Win98 SE?
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:50 pm
by CableDude
fixationdarknes wrote:Is PD compatible with Win98 SE?
Yeah, I think so.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:59 pm
by fixationdarknes
How much does PD cost?
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:07 pm
by opmharley
dont get PD get diskeeper. they have a free one and a pro one. I got the pro one if you know what i mean. diskeeper has my vote.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:11 pm
by fixationdarknes
opmharley wrote:dont get PD get diskeeper. they have a free one and a pro one. I got the pro one if you know what i mean. diskeeper has my vote.
Actually, I don't really know what you mean. And where can I get the free version?
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:23 pm
by opmharley
lets just say there are certains places to go to get stuff
if you still dont understand me let me know. also google works pretty good to find things. its made by executive software.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:06 am
by Kyle
Unholy wrote:Norton Utilities Speed Disk for me.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:45 am
by The Dude
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:27 pm
by Cypher
opmharley wrote:dont get PD get diskeeper. they have a free one and a pro one. I got the pro one if you know what i mean. diskeeper has my vote.
I have the Pro version of both and I prefer PD hands down. It's aggressive free space consolidation alone puts it beyond the competition.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:33 pm
by fixationdarknes
Cypher_138 wrote:I have the Pro version of both and I prefer PD hands down. It's aggressive free space consolidation alone puts it beyond the competition.
Is PD free or do you have to buy it?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:19 pm
by Brk
This should be moved to Software
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:00 pm
by caveman
Well I was gonna put it in SW but it was also to do with hardware so I just bit the bullet.
You can get
PDv6 free for 30 days here Also, if you`re into that sorta stuff, you could probably find a way round the 30 day trial thing
like buy it
Enjoy