How often do you optimize?

defrag works for me... and no I don't contribute to solicitors...

#1 by da_zman20 - 4/29/2003 8:57:30 PM
defrag works for me... and no I don't contribute to solicitors...




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... just messing with you DJ is that program working out good for you???? is it better than defrag??? I was just curious about it... is it worth the money???

if you really think it's worth it i'll try it out

Is it a superior optimizer? I would say so.


The defragger built into any OS does not touch the page file or system files does it? ESO will and has a boot time defragger and set and forget.


Try it out if you want and if you're curious.

oh cool checking it out now

I use ESO and Norton's. ESO is nice for defragging the page file and MFT but it does only a fair job of defragging. Nortons optimizes the files according to how often they are used. Unfortunately it is ssssssssslllllloooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww. I also use a little program called PageDefrager. It defrags the registry, which neither Norton's nor ESO does. I'm such a geek.

BTW I defrag whenever my disk gets above 5% fragmented or once a week, whichever comes first. Also BTW ESO wrote the Windows defragger. That's why ESO ends up in the Console when you install it. If you want a real headache, just try uninstalling ESO.

I know it puts your boot files first, but the most used is news to me.

I use ASO (Advanced System Optimizer) for defragging my registry.


I've used Raxco's PerfectDisk which claims it is better then ESO and it messed me up. Ever used it?

3 times a day, after every meal...

When things get too "messy" I just clone from my backup hard drive.

ehm, nearly never....

I run my defrag once a week. On my laptop I use the normal windows defrag, but at home, because of the kiddos, I use the Diskeeper 7, which works very fine. It has the automation facility ( Set it and Forget It ), and when operating on manual mode, is faster than defrag.

However it seems to me that is only useful for very "busy" computers.

Like Grey, I do it once a week, automated with Norton's Speed Disk. Seems to get the job done fine.

Right now, I'm using Windows Defragger...until I find a good one. Wasted money on the Norton's system (I forget the title had the whole shpeel) and all it did is cause major problems. So Windows Defrag until better comes a long.

I use VCOM's (formerly Ontrack's) SystemSuite, every 2 to 3 weeks. Jet Defrag has Registry, and Boot defrag options. I've been very pleased with all the maintenance tools in SS.

I've tried Diskeeper twice now, once on my old computer, and this morning on my new one............... I've yet to see it do anything. I always get an error message that it's already running, or was installed improperly.
jcg, no problem un-installing it. Could be coz I use Unclean, and not the default add/remove programs........

XP's Defrag, once a month to save killing HD life span

Once a month... how nice. I have to do it once a week. My computer prefers it that way.

Have DK now and about every 2 wks or so. Used to use norton and swore by it due to its speed but with the last few versions, about the time ME came out, they cut stuff from the suite like a reg cleaning as I recall and it was to the point that the last version I used was as slow if not slower than the built in one of the OS.

DK isnt fast but very very thurogh(sp jafo?) so I like it.

I should do it once a week but puts too much stress on HD so i just leave it be

I have never defragged... :-/

I was always told it freed up space at the cost of speed... is this false?

Personally, in my experience it get's sluggish if I don't do it.

Free up space = better perfomance all round

well the idea is that fragmenting will slow you down after a while as the computer has to go all over the disk to get the bits that make up whatever file it needs. Defraging puts the files into one continuous peice so computer doesnt need to seachthus speeding things up.

What I usually do is intense defrag with DK then use MS Bootvis to optimize boot time as what that does is it see's just how the computer calles the diffrent files at start up and fragments them in order of how the puter askes for boot files at the begining of the disc to speed up boot time

I boot about 4 times a week so not really needed....apart from microsoft and their need to reboot blah blah