Disk Defrag

[hampy]

I remember reading a thread where it was stated that WinXP's own defrag system does not do a complete job.
Can anyone give me a link to software that will do a complete defrag.
Thanks
hampy

 

[JonnyT]

You could go to www.suprnova.org and download diskeeper for evaluation

JonnyT

 

[wheezergeezer]

Don't lose any sleep ..........the win XP defreg is sufficent, its a bit like being low on petrol in the desert and having to worry about putting filling up on an unknown brand, or do I run out ! if your hard disk is
90% full then defrag every week, if not probaly once a month is sufficent............

 

[neil]

Today my Pc seems to run on treacle even though I have ADSL ???

 

[options]

Me too Neil m8, had charts freeze 4 times, everythings is so slow and I am really p****d off with it all.

 

[oatman]

This took me a while to track down .........it's no longer freely available. But here is Diskeeperlite
http://research.une.edu.au/home/V_2_1/software/DKLITE/
free :cheesy:

 

[oatman]

I defrag twice a day

 

[oatman]

Here's a page defrag as well
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
free :cheesy:

 

[wheezergeezer]

slow running /connections, its probaly the servers you are connecting to ie, trade 2 win website,or your ISP,has been slow at this time, nothing you can do about it, it will clear, its all part of the high tech business, great when it goes well, but bo**cks when it doesn't, and you can't do a damn thing about it except wait !

Regards........

 

[madasafish]

My advice is:
1 set up your disk to have at least 3 partitions
1 for Windows (up to 7MB
2 for RT programs and data
3. for all else.

That way Windows does not spread your RT data all over the disk and you can defrag 1+2 quickly cos 3 is unlikely to take much defragging.

Mine is set upo like that and 3 requires defragging once/month the other 2 twice per week. and I also have Windows use Page files in 2 and 3 with a FIXED range so it does not keep expanding and conttracting them and messing up the disk even more. XP will not defrag Page files but I started with them set to zero, defragged the entire disk and then set them up again.

The other advantage of separate partition is that if you do get a virus or an aberrant program it is unlikely to infect 2 and 3..

 

[oatman]

Mine's slow this afternoon as well.

 

[Trader333]

Even though I used to defrag my hard drive on a regular basis I had a number of reliability problems. Anyway I got diskeeper and I have had no problems since and I like the fact you can set it to automatically defrag in the background.


Paul

 

[hampy]

Thanks to all for the reply's to my various Techie Corner threads.
I am now fully anti virused, firewalled, spybotted, and defragged
cheers
hampy

 

[oatman]

Well done, just make sure you keep them up to date.

 

[Mayfly]

Thought you'd might like to know that I've been having some problems with disk fragmentation and that I just tried this:
http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oodefrag/pro.html

Seems to me to have worked a treat and it's really sorted my disks out.

HTH

Cheers

Mayfly

 

[oatman]

I've used that O&O as well it's excellent but I think you have to pay. Diskeeper Lite is also highly recommended and is free. Have you tried it? You can find it here:
http://www.grassheap.com/software.php?ID=4103
Also there's a page defrag which works at boot:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
(free) :cheesy: