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OT best defrag utility?

Ryan

OT best defrag utility?

by Ryan » Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:30:00

I like O&O Defrag for Windows.  I think you can find it at www.cnet.com in
their downloads section.

Ryan


Glen Pittma

OT best defrag utility?

by Glen Pittma » Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:30:42

Diskeeper is my choice, but it is not free.  You can download a 30 day trial
though.

http://www.diskeeper.com/execsoft.asp


JoeZ

OT best defrag utility?

by JoeZ » Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:47:39

Diskeeper rocks - well worth every penny IMHO. For sure - the utilities
that come with Winders OS's suck bad - you defintely need 3rd party
stuff for this.

JoeZ


The Black Cat =^..^

OT best defrag utility?

by The Black Cat =^..^ » Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:35:14


>I know it hasn't got much to do with simracing but what is the best
>alterative to the defrag utility that comes with windows?

VOPT -- check it at www.goldenbow.com

It's quick and has many features.  $40 last I checked and I'm still
waiting for the XP version but it's worth every penny.

Jone Tytlandsvi

OT best defrag utility?

by Jone Tytlandsvi » Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:54:36


Not definitely. If you have two partitions and dualboot you will be able to
completely defrag one partition at a time with the defrag that Bill
supplies.

Jone.

JM

OT best defrag utility?

by JM » Wed, 21 Nov 2001 03:44:41


Swings and roundabouts, eh. I found diskeeper to be worthless trash that
coudn't defrag its way out of a paper bag.
Any defragger that can't clean a 6gb data partition with 60% free space
needs a slap.  I've used a few, O&O is a bit better than diskeeper IME.

cheers
John

Mark Aisthorp

OT best defrag utility?

by Mark Aisthorp » Wed, 21 Nov 2001 04:02:39


Actually I've been wondering about this.
I run a 98se/2000sp2 duel boot system, if I boot in to 2000 and defrag my 98
partition would it***up 98 ?, I would presume it would not recognise the
system files that should not be moved and move them anyway.
Anyone know ?

Mark

JJ Srickli

OT best defrag utility?

by JJ Srickli » Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:47:40

O&O Defrag  !
Jone Tytlandsvi

OT best defrag utility?

by Jone Tytlandsvi » Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:53:21

I don't think it will mess up W98. W2k recognizes W98 on install and creates
a boot menu. There is no reason why the defrag util should mess this up. If
it moved all files on C it would move the boot files for W2k also.
I dualboot W2k/W2k so I'm not 110% sure. If you start up defrag in W2k and
choose Analyze, you will probably se that it recognizes the System files
(green).

Jone.

Spadge Fromle

OT best defrag utility?

by Spadge Fromle » Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:54:31

On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:02:39 -0000, "Mark Aisthorpe"


>Actually I've been wondering about this.
>I run a 98se/2000sp2 duel boot system, if I boot in to 2000 and defrag my 98
>partition would it***up 98 ?, I would presume it would not recognise the
>system files that should not be moved and move them anyway.
>Anyone know ?

>Mark

My philosophy on this one was to have the 2k system in NTFS, on the
grounds that win2k is less likely to***up 98 than 98 is to***
up 2k.  This seemed logical at the time.

--
Spadge Fromley
''collect your rubbsih
and in my belly it will go ...''

Mark Aisthorp

OT best defrag utility?

by Mark Aisthorp » Thu, 22 Nov 2001 04:43:42


I tried analysing it today and it didn't show the system files on the 98
partition, guess I better not try it just in case, I'll carry on defragging
98 in 98 but that defrager is just so ***y hypnotic I cant help just
sitting there and watching it :o)

Mark

Tom Hesselma

OT best defrag utility?

by Tom Hesselma » Thu, 22 Nov 2001 07:30:24

On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:02:39 -0000, "Mark Aisthorpe"

*SNIP*
Same here, dual boot Win2k/98se.

Actually I do this from Win2k with Diskeeper, all partitions
automatically at 2:00 AM, but I have all partitions FAT32, no NTFS.
Don't know if it'd work the NTFS/FAT32 way.

--
Tom Hesselman
Greenville, WI

George Jetso

OT best defrag utility?

by George Jetso » Fri, 23 Nov 2001 06:40:07

   I'm not sure about the various flavors, or service packs, but I've
been using the defrag from Windows ME to defrag Windows98 for almost a
year now, with no problems, and it's like 100 times faster.

   GJ


> On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:02:39 -0000, "Mark Aisthorpe"

> *SNIP*

> >Actually I've been wondering about this.
> >I run a 98se/2000sp2 duel boot system, if I boot in to 2000 and
defrag my 98
> >partition would it***up 98 ?, I would presume it would not
recognise the
> >system files that should not be moved and move them anyway.
> >Anyone know ?

> >Mark

> Same here, dual boot Win2k/98se.

> Actually I do this from Win2k with Diskeeper, all partitions
> automatically at 2:00 AM, but I have all partitions FAT32, no NTFS.
> Don't know if it'd work the NTFS/FAT32 way.

> --
> Tom Hesselman
> Greenville, WI

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