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OT?: Best Disk Defrag Software
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I have Diskeeper and Norton Systemworks 2003 on my PC. I am using XP Pro. If I defrag with Diskeeper (which will tell me drive is done) and then use Norton Speedisk, Norton will run for a long while before it says the drive is defragmented. If I run Norton first and then use Diskeeper, Diskeeper will only run a short while and then say the drive is done. Which one do you guys think does a more thorough job because mine are both trial versions and I have to pay for one sooner or later. Does Norton do a better job or just take a lot longer than Diskeeper to do the same thing? Mike |
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I like Perfect Disk 6.0...seems to be more thorough and it's what a lot of
the MS MVP's have been recommending . You can get a 30 day trial at: http://www.raxco.com/ They claim that it does in one pass what Diskeeper takes to do over a period of time. I've had excellent results with it and purchased a copy. HTH, Bob "bigmike" wrote in message . net... Hi, I have Diskeeper and Norton Systemworks 2003 on my PC. I am using XP Pro. If I defrag with Diskeeper (which will tell me drive is done) and then use Norton Speedisk, Norton will run for a long while before it says the drive is defragmented. If I run Norton first and then use Diskeeper, Diskeeper will only run a short while and then say the drive is done. Which one do you guys think does a more thorough job because mine are both trial versions and I have to pay for one sooner or later. Does Norton do a better job or just take a lot longer than Diskeeper to do the same thing? Mike |
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"bigmike" wrote in message . net... Hi, I have Diskeeper and Norton Systemworks 2003 on my PC. I am using XP Pro. If I defrag with Diskeeper (which will tell me drive is done) and then use Norton Speedisk, Norton will run for a long while before it says the drive is defragmented. If I run Norton first and then use Diskeeper, Diskeeper will only run a short while and then say the drive is done. Which one do you guys think does a more thorough job because mine are both trial versions and I have to pay for one sooner or later. Does Norton do a better job or just take a lot longer than Diskeeper to do the same thing? Mike Diskeeper is a keeper! |
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"Patch" wrote in message newsYBPb.28903$zP6.15541@okepread02... "bigmike" wrote in message . net... Hi, I have Diskeeper and Norton Systemworks 2003 on my PC. I am using XP Pro. If I defrag with Diskeeper (which will tell me drive is done) and then use Norton Speedisk, Norton will run for a long while before it says the drive is defragmented. If I run Norton first and then use Diskeeper, Diskeeper will only run a short while and then say the drive is done. Which one do you guys think does a more thorough job because mine are both trial versions and I have to pay for one sooner or later. Does Norton do a better job or just take a lot longer than Diskeeper to do the same thing? Mike Diskeeper is a keeper! PerfectDisk, as it optimizes swap file position (putting it in the middle of the disk) unlike Diskeeper that only defrags it and throws it in the first available space it sees. |
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PerfectDisk, as it optimizes swap file position (putting it in the middle
of the disk) unlike Diskeeper that only defrags it and throws it in the first available space it sees. Optimal is putting it at the START of the disc, where the disc is fastest. |
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I used SystemMechanic 4. It was on trial, but i think It did a very good
job. It has 2 modes, 1 fast, and 1 optimal. Optimal one puts data on start of disk, if i remember. "bigmike" wrote in message . net... Hi, I have Diskeeper and Norton Systemworks 2003 on my PC. I am using XP Pro. If I defrag with Diskeeper (which will tell me drive is done) and then use Norton Speedisk, Norton will run for a long while before it says the drive is defragmented. If I run Norton first and then use Diskeeper, Diskeeper will only run a short while and then say the drive is done. Which one do you guys think does a more thorough job because mine are both trial versions and I have to pay for one sooner or later. Does Norton do a better job or just take a lot longer than Diskeeper to do the same thing? Mike |
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Patch wrote:
"bigmike" wrote in message . net... Hi, I have Diskeeper and Norton Systemworks 2003 on my PC. I am using XP Pro. If I defrag with Diskeeper (which will tell me drive is done) and then use Norton Speedisk, Norton will run for a long while before it says the drive is defragmented. If I run Norton first and then use Diskeeper, Diskeeper will only run a short while and then say the drive is done. Which one do you guys think does a more thorough job because mine are both trial versions and I have to pay for one sooner or later. Does Norton do a better job or just take a lot longer than Diskeeper to do the same thing? Mike Diskeeper is a keeper! Gotta agree there. I've tried both Diskeeper and Speedisk extensively and noticed no discernable difference in performance after using either. In fact Speedisk actually destroyed a couple of my older HDDs (8-10GB), I used it frequently and it thrashes the **** out of the disk, causing waaaay more wear'n'tear than the disk would see during normal use. After a while I ended up with bad sectors all over the place, something which didn't happen with identical HDDs I didn't use Speedisk with. JME. I no longer install Norton Systemworks '03 on my machines. -- ~misfit~ |
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