Defrag extremely slow

[vameo]

Hi group, I have just upgraded to win XP Sp2 and find the defrag program
very slow. Prior to upgrading from Win ME, Diskeeper Pro 8 worked very
quickly. I initially, used the XP installed Defrag program which was also
very very slow. I have tried in the safe mode as well as normal with most
systems turned off. When I say slow, I mean hours like over night. I have
searched Google, news groups and Microsoft as well as Executive Software
without success. I am running with FAT 32 if that might be a factor. Any
help would be most appreciated.

 

[Alias]

Hi group, I have just upgraded to win XP Sp2 and find the defrag program
very slow. Prior to upgrading from Win ME, Diskeeper Pro 8 worked very
quickly. I initially, used the XP installed Defrag program which was
also very very slow. I have tried in the safe mode as well as normal with
most systems turned off. When I say slow, I mean hours like over night.
I have searched Google, news groups and Microsoft as well as Executive
Software without success. I am running with FAT 32 if that might be a
factor. Any help would be most appreciated.

How many fragmented files does the XP defrag program say you have when you
analize the drive?

Alias

 

[vameo]

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How many fragmented files does the XP defrag program say you have when you
analize the drive?

Alias

Hi Alias, it says that 1 % of files are fragmented and 10% of tha data in
the fragmented files.

 

[Stan]

Vameo,
Get rid of Diskeeper and test for yourself PerfectDisk v.6, the only
Microsoft certified defragmentation program. Go to http://www.raxco.com/ and
pick up the Try out version free, for 30 days. You won't be dissapointed.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

How much memory? What processor speed? How much free disk space?

The amount of free space is very important when running Disk
Defragmenter. A
minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is desirable if the drive /
partition
contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a second
and third
time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put
files more prone to
fragment in their own partitions.

If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express before
running
Disk Defragmenter is helpful.

Disk Defragmenter provides a "Most fragmented files" list. When a
fragmented file is
larger than the largest pocket of free space available then the files is
not fragmented.
Running Disk Defragmenter a second or third time does move files around
and can
reduce / eliminate the contents of the "Most fragmented files" list. The
more free
space on the drive / partition, the more likely it is that all fragments
will be
eliminated.

Free space cannot be defragmented with the Windows XP Disk Defragmenter.
Neither can your pagefile cannot be defragmented because the file is in
use whilst
Disk Defragmenter is running. You can purchase other Defragmenting
Utilities e.g.
Perfect Disk, which will defragment your pagefile and free space.
Another option is to
place your pagefile in it's own partition. A pagefile partition is best
located as the first
partition on a second hard drive. You should leave a small page file at
the original
location.
http://www.raxco.com/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[davexnet01]

Vameo,
Get rid of Diskeeper and test for yourself PerfectDisk v.6, the only
Microsoft certified defragmentation program. Go to http://www.raxco.com/ and
pick up the Try out version free, for 30 days. You won't be dissapointed.

I've also experienced the slowdown with fat32 and diskeeper and XP.
FAT32 and diskeeper and Win9x works just fine.
I wouldn't be surprised if the behavior of diskeeper in xp on fat32 volumes
was *intentionally* unoptimized to "encourage" users to migrate to NTFS.

Dave