diskeeper - vista

[euroeddie]

I saw that one of you works for Diskeeper - I have diskeeper OEM installed
on my computer and running. I notice that when the system runs slowly, and
when I run Diskeeper, the system speeds up (doh - cuz it defragments the
disk). My questions - does Diskeeper automatically run every so often or do
I need to run it manually to keep the disk defrag-ed? Is there any reason
for using the MS defragger? Why can't Windows be made into a system that
runs like OS X which doesn't constantly need defrag-ing?

thanks!

 

[Jerry]

That depends on how you setup diskeeper on install. There was a box or
should have been that runs diskeeper automatically. If you did not select
the automatic defrag then you have to run it manually or you should be able
to schedule defragging in the options panel. LOL being the suspicious type,
I don't let anything on my computers run automatically.

Good luck

 

[John Barnes]

Vistas defrag works fine and I use my Diskkeeper only for analysing the
drive. Haven't ever had to run it.

 

[Jerry]

Sorry but I agree with euro, the defrag in Vista is terrible. When it run
you have no idea where it is or what it is doing. It gives no choice as to
what to defrag. It take an eternity to defrag. There are many better
defraggers and some are free.

 

[John Barnes]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. For me Vistas defrag runs quietly in
the background and leaves a well defragged system, as shown on my
PerfectDisk8 analysis. I don't care about a GUI and can see the results on
the PerfectDisk analysis.