Diskeeper or PerfectDisk

[Martyn]

I have tried both Diskeeper and PerfectDisk and I must say they both took over 24 hours to defragmentate my 130gb partition and I never really noticed much of a speed difference.

Now however I have formatted my computer and I am looking to try either Diskeeper of PerfectDisk again. So which one do you think I should go for?

Feedback would be appreciated.

P.S. This is an independant thread from the "best defrager" as I only want feedback on the above mentioned two products. So dont be giving me stick about how this question is asked at least 10 times a week.

Thanks

Martyn

Edited February 13, 2005 by Martyn

[Pallab]

I wont recomend Diskeeper.

I am a great Perfect Disk fan.If you like trying softwares then you can try o&o also.

[Martyn]

I wont recomend Diskeeper.

I am a great Perfect Disk fan.If you like trying softwares then you can try o&o also.

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PD still rules in my opinion :laugh:

[Raven]

I tried both Perfectdisk and Diskeeper and found Diskeeper to be better. It works for me and that's all that counts (for my system). Anyone posting horror stories of hours and hours of defrag time with either program doesn't understand the defrag process. You can't compare one drive results to another. It all depends on the number of files, size of the files, amount of free space, and the amount of fragmentation of the individual files. I can very easily setup a hard drive that either program will take hours to defrag. The key is how long it takes to defrag AFTER the initial defrag. Of course, your usage has an impact on that also.

I've never had a problem with files reported as corrupted or Windows having problems after a defrag. It's possible the defrag process uncovered problems in the system and people are just blaming the defrag program since it was the last program used. You have to take these accounts with a grain of salt..... :happy:

[Lan88]

I have also tried both Diskeeper and PerfectDisk. Diskeeper was a fine tool, but first time with it I ran an offline defrag to clean up folders and the page-file. Afterwards, Windows began to complain about corrupt files, but this problem strangely just 'disappeared' later that day. I also didn't like the fact that Diskeeper completely took over Windows XP's Defragmenter.

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corrupt files? never had that problem before... ever.

my friend just ran perfectdisk yesterday. complained to me about how slow the fragmentation was before his harddrive collappsed. :blink:

[Martyn]

Thought I would bump this considering so many people are posting the same thing :)

Maybe a mod should merge some of these threads?

[Slimy]

IMHO this poll, and all the other ones should be closed. A new one should be started that also includes other 3rd party disk defragmenters, and pinned.

[soldier1st]

mst.it seems to do the best job,diskeeper 10 didn't feel like much,same with perfect disk but with mst i do feel a difference.

[Lance Might]

Did you guys buy the programs or download it off some websites? Btw I prefer diskeeper(Tried the trial)

[EcPercy]

I was thinking... the drive could be taking longer to defrag if you have a fat32 partition. If it is fat32 and you are on 2000 or xp and don't need the drive for a linux or windows 98/me system then convert it to NTFS. If the partition is fat32 then it will take a lot longer to defrag and this is normal.

I prefer PerfectDisk.

Edited January 24, 2006 by EcPercy

[Martyn]

I was thinking... the drive could be taking longer to defrag if you have a fat32 partition. If it is fat32 and you are on 2000 or xp and don't need the drive for a linux or windows 98/me system then convert it to NTFS. If the partition is fat32 then it will take a lot longer to defrag and this is normal.

I prefer PerfectDisk.

Thats true. On a FAT32 partition PD took like 6 hours to defrag, but on a NTFS partition it only took an hour or so (160Gb hardrive by the way).