Defragmentation

[Nguyen]

Are there a software for faster defragmentation on window
XP pro? It takes me 2 days to defrag my computer. I think
it weird because i only use half of my 20GB and i have
256 MB of Ram.
Thanks

[Ken Blake]

"Nguyen" > wrote in message
...

> Are there a software for faster defragmentation on window
> XP pro? It takes me 2 days to defrag my computer. I think
> it weird because i only use half of my 20GB and i have
> 256 MB of Ram.


Two days is extrememly long. I don't know what's wrong with your
system to make it take this long, but something is.

I use and like the freeware version of Diskeeper.
http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp

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Ken Blake
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[Khemyst]

Search on "Defrag" perhaps also with "XP" I seem to remember something
about newer versions being faster, but it might have been with Win ME....

-Also- is it continually "restarting" because something is running in the
background?
-Are you runing defrag in safe mode?
-have you turned off all unecessary background apps while defragging?
-Have you deleted all your temp files, cookies, etc before defragging?
-Is your swap file full of holes?
(If you have more than one drive or more than one partition- move it to a
different drive/partition and defrag....)



"Nguyen" > wrote in message
...
> Are there a software for faster defragmentation on window
> XP pro? It takes me 2 days to defrag my computer. I think
> it weird because i only use half of my 20GB and i have
> 256 MB of Ram.
> Thanks

[robin@despammed.com]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:34:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> wrote:


>I use and like the freeware version of Diskeeper.
>http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp


Is there a free version of that software? I went to the site and could
find no mention of it.

Rob H.

[Donald Link]

There is not a legal freeware version or even shareware. At time you can
get a demo with a time limit. Well worth the money.



> wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:34:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> > wrote:
>
>
> >I use and like the freeware version of Diskeeper.
> >http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp
>
>
> Is there a free version of that software? I went to the site and could
> find no mention of it.
>
> Rob H.

[Ken Blake]

"Donald Link" > wrote in message
...

> There is not a legal freeware version or even shareware. At
time you can
> get a demo with a time limit. Well worth the money.


If that's the case, then it's changed recently. There was a
freeware version.

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Ken Blake
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> > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:34:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >
> > >I use and like the freeware version of Diskeeper.
> > >http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp
> >
> >
> > Is there a free version of that software? I went to the site
and could
> > find no mention of it.
> >
> > Rob H.
>
>

[Jim Macklin]

http://www.executive.com/downloads/menu.asp


"Ken Blake" > wrote in
message ...
| "Donald Link" > wrote in message
| ...
|
| > There is not a legal freeware version or even shareware.
At
| time you can
| > get a demo with a time limit. Well worth the money.
|
|
| If that's the case, then it's changed recently. There was
a
| freeware version.
|
| --
| Ken Blake
| Please reply to the newsgroup
|
|
|
| > > wrote in message
| > ...
| > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:34:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
| > > > wrote:
| > >
| > >
| > > >I use and like the freeware version of Diskeeper.
| > > >http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp
| > >
| > >
| > > Is there a free version of that software? I went to
the site
| and could
| > > find no mention of it.
| > >
| > > Rob H.
| >
| >
|
|

[johnf]

Yes, but it's still only a 30-day trial.
FWIW, the XP defrag is a bare-bones prog written for them by Executive, but
nowhere near as efficient.

I'm running V7.0.422.0 in 'Set it and Forget it' mode - if I run it manually
to check whether that mode is working , it usually finishes in about 30secs.
Wouldn't be without it, as it runs while you're working without having any
slowdown effect. It is also programmable to defrag any other drives,
non-running OS's or partitions you may have. You get what you pay for in
this case.

johnf

> http://www.executive.com/downloads/menu.asp
>
>
> "Ken Blake" > wrote in
> message ...
>> "Donald Link" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> There is not a legal freeware version or even shareware. At time
>>> you can get a demo with a time limit. Well worth the money.
>>
>>
>> If that's the case, then it's changed recently. There was a
>> freeware version.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:34:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I use and like the freeware version of Diskeeper.
>>>>> http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there a free version of that software? I went to the site and
>>>> could find no mention of it.
>>>>
>>>> Rob H.

[Ken Blake]

In , johnf wrote:

> Yes, but it's still only a 30-day trial.


The version I run is called "Diskeeper Lite," and is freeware,
not a trial version. Although looking at their web site now, it
would appear that they no longer offer this--just a trial
version.

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Ken Blake
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>> "Ken Blake" > wrote in
>> message ...
>>> "Donald Link" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> There is not a legal freeware version or even shareware. At
time
>>>> you can get a demo with a time limit. Well worth the money.
>>>
>>>
>>> If that's the case, then it's changed recently. There was a
>>> freeware version.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:34:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I use and like the freeware version of Diskeeper.
>>>>>> http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a free version of that software? I went to the
site and
>>>>> could find no mention of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob H.

[johnf]

Yes, that's the old freeware one, which you have to run manually - no bells
& whistles.
For anyone interested, I found one link whee it's still available (all
others redirect to the Executive web-site) -
http://www.webattack.com/get/dkeeperlite.shtml

johnf

> In , johnf wrote:
>
>> Yes, but it's still only a 30-day trial.
>
>
> The version I run is called "Diskeeper Lite," and is freeware,
> not a trial version. Although looking at their web site now, it
> would appear that they no longer offer this--just a trial
> version.
>
> --
> Ken Blake
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
>
>>> "Ken Blake" > wrote in
>>> message ...
>>>> "Donald Link" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> There is not a legal freeware version or even shareware. At time
>>>>> you can get a demo with a time limit. Well worth the money.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If that's the case, then it's changed recently. There was a
>>>> freeware version.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ken Blake
>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:34:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use and like the freeware version of Diskeeper.
>>>>>>> http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a free version of that software? I went to the site and
>>>>>> could find no mention of it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rob H.

[Vaughn McMillan - Executive Software]

Yep, Ken . . . the marketing folks took Diskeeper Lite off the site.
With Diskeeper Home Edition selling for only about $25 to $30, I guess
they figured the Lite (free) version wasn't necessary.

I hope this helps -

Vaughn McMillan
Executive Software

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 08:22:09 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> wrote:

>In , johnf wrote:
>
>> Yes, but it's still only a 30-day trial.
>
>
>The version I run is called "Diskeeper Lite," and is freeware,
>not a trial version. Although looking at their web site now, it
>would appear that they no longer offer this--just a trial
>version.

[Ken Blake]

"Vaughn McMillan - Executive Software"
> wrote in message
...

> Yep, Ken . . . the marketing folks took Diskeeper Lite off the
site.
> With Diskeeper Home Edition selling for only about $25 to $30,
I guess
> they figured the Lite (free) version wasn't necessary.


Thanks for the clarification. They must have done it when I
wasn't looking. ;-)

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Ken Blake
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> On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 08:22:09 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> > wrote:
>
> >In , johnf wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, but it's still only a 30-day trial.
> >
> >
> >The version I run is called "Diskeeper Lite," and is freeware,
> >not a trial version. Although looking at their web site now,
it
> >would appear that they no longer offer this--just a trial
> >version.
>