The Definitive "BEST DEFRAG" thread

[MxxCon]

i'm so sick of these threads poping up every single week. so here's the one and only thread you should need untill the end of your life. moderator can modify poll entries to update.

BEST DEFRAG

[Ulpian]

For Win9X/ME FAT32 - Norton

For WinXP/NTFS - Diskeeper used once (defrag MFT, make MFT larger) and then OO only. I also switch defrag services to not run automagically, and start on demand.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

I always been a fan of diskkeeper but now that ive tried PerfectDisk

I like PerfectDisk!

[golazo]

built in windows one :)

[Boogiman]

built in windows one :)

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LOL :D

Ya, That one rulezz [/sarcasm]

[THE BAT]

Diskeeper

[NeoXY]

Diskeeper for me...:happy:

[emo]

i voted null. lol the thread starter is banned anyway.

[goatsniffer]

perfect disk.

The smart placement defrag is awesome, and the offline defrag is the tops :p

It might be a little slow, but I can't tell because I defrag while I sleep.

Offline defrag does the pagefile and all that stuff that you cant do while in windows.

I can alos defrag all my network computers from my main one with perfect disk.

The only problem is the price.

[ring0]

now that o&o has simplified their offline/boot options, i think it has firmly locked itself in the #1 spot for me.

i've used them all. perfectdisk, diskeeper, voptxp, o&o, norton, even the one that comes with sysmechanic... and in the end, o&o always wins.

the only one that comes close is perfectdisk. it's fast, easy to use and thorough... but not quite thorough enough. running the newest o&o after a pdisk defrag still found fragmented files (and yes, o&o was installed before the defrag - i'm not stupid) all over the place.

diskeeper is about as thorough as barry bonds is steroid-free. sure, i guess it's enough to suit some people, but anyone who really cares is going to go for something more.

i think everyone who's voted for diskeeper should really try the new o&o v8 trial, just once, and see the difference for yourself.

[Help]

hmmm. I think someone needs to do a review on all defrag programs. (RAID 1 and test)

[kabix]

is this just me or my diskeeper version doesnt finish the job. I have to press defrag couple time for it to defrag my harddrive completely. maybe there is a option i am missing ???

[cupsarap]

I prefer Diskeeper. Second choice though is Perfect Disk.

[Slimy]

hmmm. I think someone needs to do a review on all defrag programs. (RAID 1 and test)

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i've only done perfectdisk+diskeeper+o&o+speedisk in the thread in my sig - hope that helps

[McLaren_F1]

perfectdisk :D

[Tomjan]

Hi , I use perfectdisk , But why is perfectdisk second choice? There is a comparison chart on raxco`s site: http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2...rmance_Test.pdf

[XP_2600]

O&O Defrag, did a good job, in comparison with diskkeeper its alot better for me, its defragged a prtition alot faster and more effcient than diskkeeper for me, and i did check using Diskkeeper and its show that there is no fragmintation even if i was doing defrag using diskkeeper then i anaylize and its find its still need to defrag, im not sure if O&O is better then Perfect disk or not but i think it is

[insanekiwi]

so far i tried the windows one, o&o and diskeeper. and i love the last one. easy handling, good settings. more than enough for me.

[magicfly]

diskeeper for sure!! :cool:

[mr_demilord]

diskeeper for sure!!  :cool:

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:yes:

[B0GiE]

In my view you should not need to defrag your C drive. You should only have a the operating system on that partition and all appz and games on other partitions. Do a disk clean up regularly and there should be no problems. My system is running this way and my C drive is only at 3% fragmentation after 4 months usage.

Its also worth defragging your boot files with tune xp

www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4194

after initial installation of operating system.

:sleep:

Edited November 6, 2005 by B0GiE

[gaurav]

purrfectdisk

[HardSide]

Gonna try out O&O later...see how it is.

[Napalm Frog]

Hi , I use perfectdisk , But why is perfectdisk second choice?  There is a comparison chart on raxco`s site: http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2...rmance_Test.pdf

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Wow, I knew that when I switched from Diskeeper to Perfcet Disk that there was something that was better. Just couldn't put my finger on it.

[Tomjan]

hi, can someone plz explain to me why u all voted for diskeeper ?????

[lhnz]

I used to use Diskeeper, but I switched to PerfectDisk as it was faster and just seemed like a nicer program.