k, thx for all the info.
ill make sure to use programs that dont spread across memory but use it in a sensible way :P
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k, thx for all the info.
ill make sure to use programs that dont spread across memory but use it in a sensible way :P
Can anyone recommend a good defrag program?
Keith
Check this one out
http://www.executive.com/diskeeper/d...er.asp?ad=go13
Yep, that's a good 'un.
I'm using the registered version of Diskeeper 8 and honestly I cannot tell that it makes any difference to the performance of my machines. I guess I was a sucker for their glitzy advertising spiel.
I ran it on my wife's P4 2.53GHz 80GB WD 8MB cache 7200rpm yesterday. After about 20 minutes of frantic HDD activity it announced defrag was complete. Trouble is the same application said there was 0% fragmentation to begin with. So if the software is so smart then why did it take so damn long? (IARSN's TaskInfo 2002 showed cpu usage was virtually zero to begin).
i used diskeeper on windows 98 and thought it was great, because it was much faster. when i came onto xp i looked at the defrag and thought "wtf, did they give me diskeeper with this pc?"... and ok its not exactly the same, diskeeper has advanced scheduling options, etc, but i found perfect disk www.raxco.com to be pretty good at defragging.
firstly, it moves all files related to bootup to the start of the drive, and then arranges your files by date in 3 categories. the other main thing it has over other defraggers is that it can defragment the page file and hibernate file in a special offline defrag mode. this can make quite a big difference.
Diskeeper defrags the page file, MFT and directory defrag offline (on reboot) as well. My experience with the product has shown this to be a critical step in recovering system performance. XP and 2000 aren't as bad as NT was on install, but there is still a performance gain.
What's wrong with the Windows defrag??? That's what I always use..... :?
Sorry for the dumb question...
It's actually an excelent question.
THe windows defrag does not defrag or consoldate the directory structure, the page file or the MFT. With time, both the page file and the Master File Table (MFT) do fragment and your performance degrades. As your aware, a directory is simply a special file that acts like an index for the files assigned to it. Let the index file become fragmented and file access time goes to hell.
The installed defraagger in Wndows is a stripped down crippled version of Diskeeper, nothing more.
hmmm interesting.... So diskeeper is a good investment then??? Is there a performance increase after using it???