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 Posted: Sat, 12th Nov 2005 00:56 Post subject: XP Defrag, YOU SUCK!! |
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Got a 60 GB with 1/2 of the space free but XP refuses to defrag. The drive is 1/2 full of 4+ GB .ISO images and nothing else so I suppose that may be the problem. Anyone using a defrag other then MS's?
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sTo0z
[Moderator] Babysitter
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Nov 2005 01:49 Post subject: |
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Yah I have a similiar situation, pretty retarded. :\
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mag2005
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Nov 2005 01:53 Post subject: |
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I don't even defrag my PC. Just move the unwated stuff to DVD or trash em.
If you hate it, ignore it.
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Nov 2005 03:11 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Nov 2005 06:01 Post subject: |
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j.herrer, thanks for the pic. Reliable? Does it have any problems in XP SP2 or services it installs. Require 15% of the drive space free in order to defrag? Also how does it deal with defrag on the system volume?
I would move to Diskeeper but don't like 2 facts:
1. Executive Software were the ones that wrote MS's scandisk!
2. Aside from a clunky interface I don't like the services it loads to use it.
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SycoShaman
VIP Master Jedi
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Nov 2005 07:57 Post subject: |
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I use Norton Speed Disk, works fine and its quick
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Nov 2005 16:32 Post subject: |
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I want to defrag but the last time I did on my old PC it messed up alot of my C:/ .. Shortcuts not working, Search on start menu freezing explorer.exe and stuff.. is it worth defragging my drives that have no OS, just pure data files?
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Nov 2005 17:38 Post subject: |
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Thanks herrer, think I will give it a shot this weekend.
baardhimself, were you using XP scandisk or some other tool? Aside from that, you don't need to be obsessive about defrag but you should try do it every 30+ days or so, if your drives are fragmented.
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Nov 2005 07:27 Post subject: |
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i used basic Win XP defrag tool, been wary to use it again. I might check out that freeware one.
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nerrd
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Nov 2005 12:33 Post subject: |
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I would recomend Raxco PerfectDisk. I have been using it for quite a while and it does a much better job than the XP defrag.
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Nov 2005 16:30 Post subject: |
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Like Rite mentioned, you need to run scandisk to correct any possible errors before defragging.
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Nov 2005 19:58 Post subject: |
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just used the one nerrd suggested, 3:40hrs for a defrag of C:/ for like 90gig. Worked well.
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Nov 2005 23:17 Post subject: |
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| baardhimself wrote: | | just used the one nerrd suggested, 3:40hrs for a defrag of C:/ for like 90gig. Worked well. |
Christ, how badly fragmented was it? Did you run a scandisk after to see if anything got hosed?
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| Posted: Wed, 16th Nov 2005 17:24 Post subject: |
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Christ that is a long time. But this thread reminds me, I am due for another defrag. Thanks for the helpful info.
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Nov 2005 12:43 Post subject: |
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Try running chkdsk /f at the command prompt on the drive with issues. On reboot the file system is checked and corrected. Defrag should now work ok.
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Nov 2005 13:51 Post subject: |
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I use O&O defrag, works like a charm
You can select which form of defrag you want:
- optimized for access
- optimized for space
- blablabla
Alot of options included
| Injurious wrote: | | And then Mabel tripped over a rock and landed in a well and was trapped there with Timmy. Sadly I shot Lassie so no one is saving that bitch! |
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Nov 2005 14:55 Post subject: |
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| ApeX PredatoR wrote: | I use O&O defrag, works like a charm
You can select which form of defrag you want:
- optimized for access
- optimized for space
- blablabla
Alot of options included |
Looks like a nice piece of software...
Really suprised more people are not using Diskeeper, I explained why I don't but I thought this was one of the more popular apps.
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Nov 2005 15:40 Post subject: |
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diskeeper is nice, but not THAT good.
http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oodefrag/index.html
That's the link, I have both the server and worksation version and both work great!
| Injurious wrote: | | And then Mabel tripped over a rock and landed in a well and was trapped there with Timmy. Sadly I shot Lassie so no one is saving that bitch! |
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[sYn]
[Moderator] Elitist
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Nov 2005 15:47 Post subject: |
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I use the same, has a nice "defrag on boot" option which for an added 30 secconds or so of boot time keeps your HDD's fully defragged!
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Nov 2005 15:49 Post subject: |
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Yeah I like that option too...I just go and get something to drink in those 30 secs 
| Injurious wrote: | | And then Mabel tripped over a rock and landed in a well and was trapped there with Timmy. Sadly I shot Lassie so no one is saving that bitch! |
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Nov 2005 17:23 Post subject: |
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Got it....Going to check it out later tonight.
Thanks for the link ApeX PredatoR.
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| Posted: Thu, 1st Dec 2005 04:07 Post subject: |
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I personally use PerfectDisk. It's slow, yeah, but it's effective. I just set it to schedule at 2:00AM every morning, and I never have to worry about it.
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| Posted: Thu, 1st Dec 2005 04:50 Post subject: |
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Just got O&O Defrag Professional Edition v8.0.1398. Using Team Z.W.T. keygen to try this out. It started and bitched about the OO Agent not able to connect (blocked it with the firewall). Instead of just getting off my back it loaded but would not display any drives. Dropped the firewall tried again and everything is good, even with the firewall back up. Hope that doesn't come back to bite me.
O&O Defrag is really nice. First thing I did was defrag a volume that XP would not touch. Used Stealth Mode and it worked great. Load XP's defrag to just check and see if it still saw fragmentation but it did not after O&O did it's thing. Lot's of options, going to have to play with this one.
Thanks for all the advice everyone!
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| Posted: Thu, 1st Dec 2005 13:15 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I use O&O defrag, works like a charm
You can select which form of defrag you want:
- optimized for access
- optimized for space
- blablabla
Alot of options included |
yep, wanted to post it but its already there =)
the best defragmentation program out there!
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arw
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Dec 2005 21:39 Post subject: |
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| ApeX PredatoR wrote: | I use O&O defrag, works like a charm
You can select which form of defrag you want:
- optimized for access
- optimized for space
- blablabla
Alot of options included |
Yep O&O is the best defragging app iv'e used to date..Been useing it for a while now set to defrag once a month..IMO its 100 times better than Winxp defrag..
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