What's the defragger you use?

[Rottie]

I am using Norton SpeedDisk and did work for me ok not so fast like old version. I have 2002 version.

 

[Hadsus]

Yeah, I thought we had this discussion a couple of months ago......and that XP performs optimization on your HD automatically when your HD is not in use.

 

[RVN]

I use O&O Pro for my data and storage partitions and the built-in defragger for my OS and applications on the primary partition.

 

[Nanotech]

Originally posted by: Amused
Windows. It does just fine.

Not to mention its one less software app installed on your machine which probably makes a bigger difference than the fragmentation anyway.

I've used Norton Speeddisk in the past and do not recommend it.

<---- Application Developer / SysAdmin

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Diskeeper 8.

 

[BFG10K]

I use the one that comes with Windows XP's administrative tools.

i just format once every 2 months

That's just ridiculous.

 

[htne]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned my favorite, Perfect Disk.

 

[Ludacris]

I use Perfect Disk 6 as well. I think it's the best of the best. Before that I use to schedule the built in XP Defrag to run once a week.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Kai920

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Diskeeper 8.

Same.

 

[corkyg]

I like being the Lone Ranger. I tried 'em all - including Diskeeper 8. I settled on PerfectDisk by Raxco (Canada) - it has (for me) a much better visual representation than Diskeeper (same as XP's native one - Speed Disk used to be good, but not with NTFS. I never "defrag" - I always optimize fully, and I do it almost daily. It works for me - I have been doing that in Windows in 95, 98, 98SE, ME and now XP Pro - and I have NEVER had to reformat and start over.

 

[lucky9]

I have used SpeedDisk in the past. I'll use Windows in the future....A Ghost Image is available with a clean install of all applications/Drivers. Data is backed up on CD's using multiple/redundant levels of depth. I've never lost a byte of data, only time (occasionally), is ever lost.

 

[sparkyclarky]

Diskeeper

 

[zodder]

Windows. They all do the same damn thing anyway.

 

[Homerboy]

Executive Disk Keeper... only way to fly.

 

[Mem]

Diskeeper 8 Pro .

 

[Hadsus]

So much for the idea that you don't need to defrag under XP......really began to notice a slowdown in stuff loading up recently and checked Norton Speedisk today.....which said I had 55% fragmentation. Four hours later (whew!) after defrag I booted up and whoa! Nite and day difference.

 

[Insomniak]

I actually have Cacheman set to defrag while idle, so when I'm at class during the day my system defrags on its own. Nifty love. I rarely have to actually take effort to defrag, but when I do do it manually, I use the default Windows app. Works fine.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Don't need one

 

[Mem]

I have my Diskeeper 8 Pro set to defrag on screensaver mode,so I really never need to do a defrag manually.

 

[diggerbucket]

O & O Defrag, because it's the first one I tried and I liked it. It runs automatically every so often and it's quick when it does, means I can just forget about it unlike using the windows one where I kept forgetting for months at a time. I'm sure diskeeper 8 is just as good tho.

 

[Bucksnort]

XP Defragger while in safemode and pagefile set to none.

 

That's interesting. I use the Windows defrag while in safe mode too. We must be the only ones on the planet that do so! What's the advantage of setting the pagefile to zero during defrag?

 

[Mem]

O & O Defrag, because it's the first one I tried and I liked it. It runs automatically every so often and it's quick when it does, means I can just forget about it unlike using the windows one where I kept forgetting for months at a time. I'm sure diskeeper 8 is just as good tho.

O&O is not bad ,I was using it for awhile until I tried Diskeeper 8 Pro,and have never gone back since,it`s worth downloading the free trial version to see if you prefer it over O&O defrag program.

 

[RaNDoMMAI]

Originally posted by: Bucksnort
XP Defragger while in safemode and pagefile set to none.

Why do u do it in safe mode?

How do u run it in safe mode?

btw, i use the one that came with windows. friend let me use diskkeeper to try it out and i didnt notice anything expect it was running in the background and it did slow my games down.

~RaNDoM

 

[ninjazed]

I'm running Diskeeper 7.
It's fast and rulez over the standard Windows defragger.
Can anyone tell me what improvements they made in version 8?