Disk Defragmenters

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:08 am

Well come two weeks from now, when I have a week off, I am going to be reinstalling Windows, it is quiote bogged down. I have been using Diskeeper 10, but have been less then pleased. I think it is causing more system slowness then helping, perhaps if I just did defrags when I specified and not on a schedule like when screensaver is on it would be better. However, I am wondering what you guys use as a defragmenter.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:27 am

built in.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:51 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:built in.

edit: remember when they said defragging XP was not necessary? Lol, "they" should have seen my drives a few times. :icon32:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:53 am

i don't recall anyone saying defragging was not necessary.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:22 am

Defragging seems barely necessary for myself. Maybe once every 6 months as a novelty but for the most part if you've got a drive for files and another drive for boot/programs, and your swap is a fixed size.... I don't think it's a big issue

My dad defrags every week and is practically obsessed with it. I think it's massively overrated for the tiny boost it can provide.

Doing it regularly probably does more harm than good.

Post by **busetibi** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:27 am

windows live onecare.
performance plus.
tune up.
it defrags my hdd's once a week.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:31 am

I guess my dad's no yardstick. He still uses Roxio's GoBack software even though it fucks up more than it could ever possibly fix.

Post by **Tormentius** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:00 pm

I use the built-in app and its scheduled to run every couple of weeks. IMO if there is considerable additions or deletions to the drive it makes a noticeable difference.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:43 pm

Tormentius wrote:I use the built-in app and its scheduled to run every couple of weeks. IMO if there is considerable additions or deletions to the drive it makes a noticeable difference.

On mine there are considerable additions and deletions. I need to run it fairly regularly.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:44 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i don't recall anyone saying defragging was not necessary.

It was mainly when XP first came out.

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:10 pm

I use Raxco's PerfectDisk

http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:42 pm

once a quarter maybe. maybe.

Post by **Cooldown** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:16 am

Executive Software Diskeeper - http://www.diskeeper.com/

Post by **Kills On Site** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:46 am

I'm begining to think that Diskeeper is taking more system resourses then it is helping by defraging. I'll prolly stick to the old Windows defrag.

Post by **Oeloe** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:05 pm

dzjepp wrote:I use Raxco's PerfectDisk

http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/

Perfectdisk 7. :icon14: One of the best defraggers that can defrag the MFT and the registry too and things like that.

The shareware version extracts the setup files somewhere so that when the trial period expires, you can easily install it again without uninstalling first. :icon25: The program feels pretty lightweight to me.

Post by **§ìgñå** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:09 pm

dzjepp wrote:I use Raxco's PerfectDisk

http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/

:icon14: :icon14:

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:02 pm

Cooldown wrote:Executive Software Diskeeper - http://www.diskeeper.com/

i use this for my servers and media center... Damn good stuff..

and before any of you ask, i dont defrag my main box