THE Definitive Defragmenter??

caveman · Post by **caveman** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:30 pm

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

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:46 pm

Disk keeper is the "Pro Version" on what comes on WindowsXP.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:08 pm

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.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:26 pm

I use Nortons disk defragmenter.

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:41 pm

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

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:21 pm

I luv teh PerfectDisk!

Unholy · Post by **Unholy** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:08 pm

Norton Utilities Speed Disk for me.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 2:01 am

PD is my choice....it's layout.ini manager owns!!!!!!!! (Manages files required for boot)

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 2:08 am

Disk Keeper for me.. ive never really tried other ones.. anything out there faster?

The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 8:50 am

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.

Bandit159 · Post by **Bandit159** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:04 pm

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

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:08 pm

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.

Bandit159 · Post by **Bandit159** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:13 pm

I stand corrected,thx.

The program knows what its doin,lol-

fixationdarknes · Post by **fixationdarknes** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:37 pm

Is PD compatible with Win98 SE?

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:50 pm

fixationdarknes wrote:Is PD compatible with Win98 SE?

Yeah, I think so.

fixationdarknes · Post by **fixationdarknes** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:59 pm

How much does PD cost?

opmharley · Post by **opmharley** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:07 pm

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.

fixationdarknes · Post by **fixationdarknes** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:11 pm

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?

opmharley · Post by **opmharley** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:23 pm

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.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:06 am

Unholy wrote:Norton Utilities Speed Disk for me.

The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:45 am

Diskeeper Light free download page.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:27 pm

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.

fixationdarknes · Post by **fixationdarknes** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:33 pm

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?

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:19 pm

This should be moved to Software

caveman · Post by **caveman** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:00 pm

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