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Defrag Tools
Sorta strange that no one has mentioned PowerDefragger Version: 3.0, Very
simple, fast and best of all, free file/folder/drive defragmentation tool. Core engine is powered by Sysinternals/Microsoft Contig (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...bb897428.aspx). Download: http://cid-94a12102e5094675.skydrive...fragmenter.zip Try it...you might like it. ColTom2 "......" wrote in message ... Hi, Which is the best defrag tool (free/paid)? Whats the advantage of using a third-party defrag tool over Windows built-in tool? regards Leo |
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Never mind! Defrag Tools
Twayne said this on 3/26/2009 7:27 PM:
Big_Al wrote: Twayne said this on 3/26/2009 2:51 PM: Never mind: Apparently you're talking about the screen display of fragmentation is represented on the disk. Yes, those are pretty inaccurate. I do recall a time you could tell what file each legend on the screen represented, but that went the way of the dinosaur when drives got so large. Cheers, Twayne Mike Hall - MVP wrote: "......" wrote in message ... Hi, Which is the best defrag tool (free/paid)? Whats the advantage of using a third-party defrag tool over Windows built-in tool? regards Leo __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3965 (20090326) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com If you want to pay, get Diskeeper 2009. You already have a free one. It is called Windows Defragmenter and works well enough. I haven't tried PerfectDisk, but even Diskeeper sets the defrag graphic to OFF by default in order to speed up the process overall. There is no benefit to a defrag graphic. All it ever shows is that the computer is doing something. Accurate it most definitely isn't.. Actually the O&O defrag tool lets you click on any of the boxes in its graphical display and it will list the files in that cluster. I find it quite nice. O&O? What's its branded name? I might like to look at that but can't find anything similar to O&O. Thanks, Twayne http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/S...-Edition.shtml This is version 11, and I have a much older copy. But I'm sure this is it. That's Oh and Oh, not zero & zero by the way. |
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Never mind! Defrag Tools
Twayne said this on 3/26/2009 7:27 PM:
Big_Al wrote: Twayne said this on 3/26/2009 2:51 PM: Never mind: Apparently you're talking about the screen display of fragmentation is represented on the disk. Yes, those are pretty inaccurate. I do recall a time you could tell what file each legend on the screen represented, but that went the way of the dinosaur when drives got so large. Cheers, Twayne Mike Hall - MVP wrote: "......" wrote in message ... Hi, Which is the best defrag tool (free/paid)? Whats the advantage of using a third-party defrag tool over Windows built-in tool? regards Leo __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3965 (20090326) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com If you want to pay, get Diskeeper 2009. You already have a free one. It is called Windows Defragmenter and works well enough. I haven't tried PerfectDisk, but even Diskeeper sets the defrag graphic to OFF by default in order to speed up the process overall. There is no benefit to a defrag graphic. All it ever shows is that the computer is doing something. Accurate it most definitely isn't.. Actually the O&O defrag tool lets you click on any of the boxes in its graphical display and it will list the files in that cluster. I find it quite nice. O&O? What's its branded name? I might like to look at that but can't find anything similar to O&O. Thanks, Twayne http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/S...-Edition.shtml This is version 11, and I have a much older copy. But I'm sure this is it. That's Oh and Oh, not zero & zero by the way. |
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Defrag Tools
The correct name of the application is Power Defragmenter and not Power
Defragger. Sorry my error. ColTom2 "ColTom2" wrote in message ... Sorta strange that no one has mentioned PowerDefragger Version: 3.0, Very simple, fast and best of all, free file/folder/drive defragmentation tool. Core engine is powered by Sysinternals/Microsoft Contig (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...bb897428.aspx). Download: http://cid-94a12102e5094675.skydrive...fragmenter.zip Try it...you might like it. ColTom2 "......" wrote in message ... Hi, Which is the best defrag tool (free/paid)? Whats the advantage of using a third-party defrag tool over Windows built-in tool? regards Leo |
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Defrag Tools
The correct name of the application is Power Defragmenter and not Power
Defragger. Sorry my error. ColTom2 "ColTom2" wrote in message ... Sorta strange that no one has mentioned PowerDefragger Version: 3.0, Very simple, fast and best of all, free file/folder/drive defragmentation tool. Core engine is powered by Sysinternals/Microsoft Contig (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...bb897428.aspx). Download: http://cid-94a12102e5094675.skydrive...fragmenter.zip Try it...you might like it. ColTom2 "......" wrote in message ... Hi, Which is the best defrag tool (free/paid)? Whats the advantage of using a third-party defrag tool over Windows built-in tool? regards Leo |
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Jose wrote:
On Mar 26, 7:37 am, "......" wrote: Thanks everyone. I am not having any problem with my system but I like defragging my disk every month. I have been using auslogic for the job but now I want to uninstall all unnecessary software form my system to boost its speed. So I was wondering whether windows built-in defrag can do the job for me. regards Leo ...oh yeah, after running whatever gets run to defragment, that after picture sure looks good - not so much red stuff as in the before picture, so this tells me that the defragment really did the job and. I told you! Look how fast it is now! (they say). But after a short while... Wait - my computer is slow again or even worse and I only recovered .01% free space. Therefore I must need a better defragment tool. Why would you expect defragging to give you more disk space? Where would that space come from? You don't seem to understand the concept of defragging. The process doesn't magically give you more room on your hard drive. |
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Jose wrote:
On Mar 26, 7:37 am, "......" wrote: Thanks everyone. I am not having any problem with my system but I like defragging my disk every month. I have been using auslogic for the job but now I want to uninstall all unnecessary software form my system to boost its speed. So I was wondering whether windows built-in defrag can do the job for me. regards Leo ...oh yeah, after running whatever gets run to defragment, that after picture sure looks good - not so much red stuff as in the before picture, so this tells me that the defragment really did the job and. I told you! Look how fast it is now! (they say). But after a short while... Wait - my computer is slow again or even worse and I only recovered .01% free space. Therefore I must need a better defragment tool. Why would you expect defragging to give you more disk space? Where would that space come from? You don't seem to understand the concept of defragging. The process doesn't magically give you more room on your hard drive. |
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If you want to pay, get Diskeeper 2009. You already have a free one.
It is called Windows Defragmenter and works well enough. I haven't tried PerfectDisk, but even Diskeeper sets the defrag graphic to OFF by default in order to speed up the process overall. There is no benefit to a defrag graphic. All it ever shows is that the computer is doing something. Accurate it most definitely isn't.. Thnx BBB |
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Never mind! Defrag Tools
O & O defrag is the best on the market. You can defrag in stealth, space,
name, and file type or file name. I use 11 profesional. Nothing compares to it. If you want free then Diskeeper is the best choice. -- Computer/Software Tech. Charles Richmond http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ "Big_Al" wrote: Twayne said this on 3/26/2009 7:27 PM: Big_Al wrote: Twayne said this on 3/26/2009 2:51 PM: Never mind: Apparently you're talking about the screen display of fragmentation is represented on the disk. Yes, those are pretty inaccurate. I do recall a time you could tell what file each legend on the screen represented, but that went the way of the dinosaur when drives got so large. Cheers, Twayne Mike Hall - MVP wrote: "......" wrote in message ... Hi, Which is the best defrag tool (free/paid)? Whats the advantage of using a third-party defrag tool over Windows built-in tool? regards Leo __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3965 (20090326) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com If you want to pay, get Diskeeper 2009. You already have a free one. It is called Windows Defragmenter and works well enough. I haven't tried PerfectDisk, but even Diskeeper sets the defrag graphic to OFF by default in order to speed up the process overall. There is no benefit to a defrag graphic. All it ever shows is that the computer is doing something. Accurate it most definitely isn't.. Actually the O&O defrag tool lets you click on any of the boxes in its graphical display and it will list the files in that cluster. I find it quite nice. O&O? What's its branded name? I might like to look at that but can't find anything similar to O&O. Thanks, Twayne http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/S...-Edition.shtml This is version 11, and I have a much older copy. But I'm sure this is it. That's Oh and Oh, not zero & zero by the way. |
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Never mind! Defrag Tools
O & O defrag is the best on the market. You can defrag in stealth, space,
name, and file type or file name. I use 11 profesional. Nothing compares to it. If you want free then Diskeeper is the best choice. -- Computer/Software Tech. Charles Richmond http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ "Big_Al" wrote: Twayne said this on 3/26/2009 7:27 PM: Big_Al wrote: Twayne said this on 3/26/2009 2:51 PM: Never mind: Apparently you're talking about the screen display of fragmentation is represented on the disk. Yes, those are pretty inaccurate. I do recall a time you could tell what file each legend on the screen represented, but that went the way of the dinosaur when drives got so large. Cheers, Twayne Mike Hall - MVP wrote: "......" wrote in message ... Hi, Which is the best defrag tool (free/paid)? Whats the advantage of using a third-party defrag tool over Windows built-in tool? regards Leo __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3965 (20090326) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com If you want to pay, get Diskeeper 2009. You already have a free one. It is called Windows Defragmenter and works well enough. I haven't tried PerfectDisk, but even Diskeeper sets the defrag graphic to OFF by default in order to speed up the process overall. There is no benefit to a defrag graphic. All it ever shows is that the computer is doing something. Accurate it most definitely isn't.. Actually the O&O defrag tool lets you click on any of the boxes in its graphical display and it will list the files in that cluster. I find it quite nice. O&O? What's its branded name? I might like to look at that but can't find anything similar to O&O. Thanks, Twayne http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/S...-Edition.shtml This is version 11, and I have a much older copy. But I'm sure this is it. That's Oh and Oh, not zero & zero by the way. |
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Never mind! Defrag Tools
THE C. [MS MVP] wrote:
O & O defrag is the best on the market. You can defrag in stealth, space, name, and file type or file name. I use 11 profesional. Nothing compares to it. If you want free then Diskeeper is the best choice. snip Nonsense! Plenty of other defrag tools compare to it. In the same way as you compare to a real MS MVP. That's not to say that the comparison is necessarily favourable, mind... |
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Never mind! Defrag Tools
THE C. [MS MVP] wrote:
O & O defrag is the best on the market. You can defrag in stealth, space, name, and file type or file name. I use 11 profesional. Nothing compares to it. If you want free then Diskeeper is the best choice. snip Nonsense! Plenty of other defrag tools compare to it. In the same way as you compare to a real MS MVP. That's not to say that the comparison is necessarily favourable, mind... |
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Never mind! Defrag Tools
In article , THEC.
@MSN.COM says... O & O defrag is the best on the market. You can defrag in stealth, space, name, and file type or file name. I use 11 profesional. Nothing compares to it. If you want free then Diskeeper is the best choice. I'll stick with JKDefrag and not have to pay for a third-party tool that does things that are unneeded. A batch file that launches the defrag on a weekly basis, that can pack large files and leave gaps to improve performance is all that you need. -- - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" (remove 999 for proper email address) |
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Never mind! Defrag Tools
In article , THEC.
@MSN.COM says... O & O defrag is the best on the market. You can defrag in stealth, space, name, and file type or file name. I use 11 profesional. Nothing compares to it. If you want free then Diskeeper is the best choice. I'll stick with JKDefrag and not have to pay for a third-party tool that does things that are unneeded. A batch file that launches the defrag on a weekly basis, that can pack large files and leave gaps to improve performance is all that you need. -- - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" (remove 999 for proper email address) |
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On Mar 26, 6:09*pm, "Olórin"
wrote: ...... wrote: Thanks everyone. I am not having any problem with my system but I like defragging my disk every month. I have been using auslogic for the job but now I want to uninstall all unnecessary software form my system to boost its speed. So I was wondering whether windows built-in defrag can do the job for me. regards Leo "I want to uninstall all unnecessary software form my system to boost its speed" - that's not going to help, unless: 1) the software is set to run at Windows' start-up and consumes resources or 2) you're REALLY down to close-to-zero free space and getting warnings from Windows about that Or, circuitously, if you're low on free space and XP's defragmenter can't start/complete properly, then removing enough unnecessary software might free up enough space to let it run and thereby improve performance - but I don't think that's really what you're after. There are far more worthwhile things to look into to improve speed - check through this group for previous posts with guidance on that. Nothing like 1 or 2 but I do a lot of numerical computing using MATLAB. So I want my PC to be at its best. Last time I installed webshots and system slowed down a little. Office 2007 also slowed down the system. So I try to minimize the use of fancy software. |
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