Defraggers

[sonic]

Just wondering if buying something like perfectdisk, O&O etc... is worth it I mean the xp buit in defragger seems pretty good it just seems like most Supertweakers use something like ^ those. Am I missing out is it worth spending the money. :-?

[ozzy72]

I'd say not. The XP defragger whilst not perfect does a reasonable job.

[trojan rabbit]

I personally don't thinks defraging helps that much, at least not speed-wise....

also Ozzy, since your looking at this thread, will I have to change my Sig?? I think it's more than 30K.

thanks

[ozzy72]

It shows as less than 30kb Trojan so no worries

[ATI_7500]

O&O is very good.

[dcunning30]

Defragging helps with file access.  I should help with program load times and accessing large data files while programs run.  Though I haven't payed any attention to it, I would imagine a defragged HD helps with flight simulator as it accesses scenery files while inflight.

[rootbeer]

Someone please refresh my memory as to how to defrag. It's been a long while since I last did it...

[ATI_7500]

Right click on hard drive -> Properties -> Tab "Extras" -> Button "Defrag now"

Easy, eh?

[rootbeer]

And where exactly do I find the hard drive upon which I am supposed to click?

[ATI_7500]

And where exactly do I find the hard drive upon which I am supposed to click?

...

[Nick N]

And where exactly do I find the hard drive upon which I am supposed to click?

START - MY COMPUTER

A window will open and you will see a list of drives show up. The CD drives, floppy and hard disk should be on that list or be displayed as icons depending on how the system is set up.

Right click the C drive and select PROPERTIES

When the properties box appears, select the TOOL tab. The second option will be DEFRAGMENT NOW click it and don

[alrot]

Make sure all programs and Windows are closed before you run the defrag too.

:-? OMG :-/

[Nick N]

Make sure all programs and Windows are closed before you run the defrag too.

:-? OMG :-/

Someone has been naughty to their system

[alrot]

An AS* H**e told me once you can play Games, and do your work while is in defrag with XP SP2(you know those who likes to play the experts,but I was worth than him by believing that )

I'll keep that in mind next time I'll need to defrag my Hdds

Thanks Nick

[Nick N]

An AS* H**e told me once you can play Games, and do your work while is in defrag with XP SP2(you know those who likes to play the experts,but I was worth than him by believing that )

I'll keep that in mind next time I'll need to defrag my Hdds

Thanks Nick

I am going to tell you something Alrot... I have yet to come across a so called 'expert', including some real a$$h0les from Microsoft who posts or lists 10-15 tweaks and suggestions that are good to do. What I find is 2 or 3 are awesome suggestions but the rest are complete nonsense and makes the 2-3 suggestions they post, worthless.

That is why you will see people say "I tried that and it does nothing. It makes things worse on my system"

Another reason you see people post something does not work is because THEY think they know better when they read something and either skip items in a GOOD list -OR - they try to go past that list and use a bunch of JUNK they read somewhere else on top of the GOOD list, which makes the good suggestions NOT WORK.

What works Alrot is a complete combination of the RIGHT tweaks and suggestions, not one or two and usually not past what is posted in a good list. They must all be done in the right order and set up in the right way for them to have a positive outcome.

There are tweaks that I did not list in my suggestions that can be done to further enhance things, BUT, they are very system dependant. In example, a good tweak is to turn off the Last Access Time Stamp system in Windows through the registry. (NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate =1 ) That tweak will lower disk access and CPU cycles BUT if you need that system enabled because you are using a defrag program such as Diskkeeper and Perfect Disk Pro which USES the last access time stamp to defrag a hard drive, you just TOTALLY killed the benefit Diskeeper or Perfect Disk defrag software may give you and that tweak can also affect the Windows defragger too which both use a LAST ACCESS algorithm to optimize a disk.