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Old 02-07-2005, 05:39 AM
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Default Computer needs a defrag.

Whats the best program to use to defrag your computer. I don't really like the built in one with windows.
I know there is quite a few computer gurus out there. Hopefully a few of you can help me out.
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Old 02-07-2005, 05:42 AM
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I've always used norton speed-disk without any problems. The built in windows one always gave my computer problems in the past.

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Old 02-07-2005, 01:31 PM
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Diskeeper by Executive Software is an excellent product. You can run the program in the background and it's a lot faster than the one built into windows.
http://www.execsoft.co.uk/html/home/dk_downloads.htm
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Old 02-07-2005, 05:08 PM
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I think what Invigor is implying is that defragging rarely has any noticeable effect on a computer's performance. A format is really the best way to solve recurrent problems.
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Try Diskkeeper....


Bob -> Isnt that the way Invigor replies to most posts
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Diskeeper by Executive Software is an excellent product. You can run the program in the background and it's a lot faster than the one built into windows.
http://www.execsoft.co.uk/html/home/dk_downloads.htm
This is the one that i use all the time . Its great it you have a full hard drive.



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Old 02-08-2005, 04:16 AM
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I think what Invigor is implying is that defragging rarely has any noticeable effect on a computer's performance. A format is really the best way to solve recurrent problems.
I agree with Teevee on this one totally. Windows dragger works good and when you have problems it is time to clean out the junk by reformatting and reinstalling.

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Thanks for the input everyone!

I tried "O&O Defrag" and man that took a rootin' tootin' long time...
(About 35 hours or so... )
On the plus side it seemed to do a pretty good job considering it hadn't been done in a year or two. I think I will check out that DiskKeeper though.
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