1. I understand the native defrag is sensitive to incidental events, such
as a screen saver starting up. Also, if something interrupts it, Windows
defrag must start over. These factors do not necessarily reflect systemic
problems.
2. Some problems arise because the disk has insufficient free space. Lack
of much free space does not necessarily constitute a systemic problem,
unless it is insufficient for some purpose, defragging being one of the
purposes often implicated. If the native defragger fails, downloading the
free one may be a better solution than to keep trying or to buy a larger
hard drive, if you can't afford more space.
I understand (but I could be wrong) that Diskkeeper 8 requires less disk
space than the native defragger, although the best one in this respect
might be Raxco's Perfect Disk (free to try but not free).
srdiamond
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 04:43:35 -0400, Rocket J. Squirrel
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "...but when you read about the problems some users have getting the
> native
> one to complete, a free download makes more sense than continued
> struggle."
>
> Sorry, but I don't agree. Defragmenting is a very basic function of the
> operating system. If a computer has a problem that prevents defragmenting
> from working properly, the thing to do is to resolve the problem, not to
> ignore it by installing third party software.
>
> Rocky
>
> "srdiamond" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news
pr6mumsnafwdaay@computer...
>> I don't suppose one defragger produces much better results than any
>> other.
>> The difference is in the kinds of problems that arise and how fast it
>> gets
>> the job done. For someone who is satisfied there's no reason to change,
>> but when you read about the problems some users have getting the native
>> one to complete, a free download makes more sense than continued
>> struggle.
>>
>> srdiamond
>>