What is the best defragmenter?

[Eric Gisin]

Gone into stealth troll mode, Rodney?

No one actually gives a flying read **** what
some stupid prat like you chooses to read, fool.

And even someone as stupid as you should be able to
grasp that killfiles dont actually need to be announced to work.

Wota terminal moron.

 

[Rod Speed]

Gone into stealth troll mode, Rodney?

Even someone as stupid as you should have
been able to work out why that was done, Gisin.

 

[David Chien]

Perfectdisk.

 

[Chris Pound]

Dont believe it. You've actually seen it crash for other reasons.

Have fun explaining why none of mine have ever crashed
due to fragmentation when I never defrag at all.

Maybe you don't do a hell of a lot with your PC except hang out in
this news group. I've never seen a PC crash due to fragmentation
either but I install and delete games with multi GB of data on them
all the time so I do defragment on occassion because it is better to
keep the data tightly together so the heads don't have to seek so much
all the time.

 

[Chris Pound]

You may be correct about the dependence on specific apps, but
one of the 2 big PC mags published an article on defragging
utilities 12 to 14 months ago, and their conclusion regarding
Windows XP was that they could see no speed difference between
the fragged and de-fragged OS. Their conclusion was that for
WinXP, defragging isn't needed. Of course, they didn't test *your*
system, and it could be that WinXP defrags in the background.
I notice that after about 10 or 15 minutes of inactivity, my hard drive
starts chattering quietly. Maybe it's defragging?

*TimDaniels*

If you care to look it up in the MS Knowledge base you will see that
MS themselves recommends occasional defragmentation of the HDD's on
XP.

 

[Michael Cecil]

Perfectdisk.

PerfectDisk v6.

V7 is a god-awful ugly piece of software that will melt your eyes from
their sockets. I think Raxco hired the guy responsible for the blink html
tag to redesign the gui of v7. AFAIK, the engine underneath is the same
as v6.


I like O&O Defrag too. It has some features that PD lacks.

 

[Rod Speed]

Maybe you don't do a hell of a lot with your
PC except hang out in this news group.

Or maybe not. I bet my systems get used a hell of a lot more than yours do.

I've never seen a PC crash due to fragmentation either but I install
and delete games with multi GB of data on them all the time so I
do defragment on occassion because it is better to keep the data
tightly together so the heads don't have to seek so much all the time.

Its a nice theory. I bet you wouldnt be able to pick the defragged
config without being allowed to use a ute that displays the
fragmentation in a proper randomised double blind trial.

 

[Rod Speed]

If you care to look it up in the MS Knowledge base you will see that MS
themselves recommends occasional defragmentation of the HDD's on XP.

Who cares ? If you cant pick the difference, its a waste of time.

Someone just repeated what they had been told and didnt actually try it.

 

[Chris Pound]

Someone just repeated what they had been told and didnt actually try it.

Well, gamers say they can tell the difference in some games and many
game developers readme files recommend defragging too. We are not
talking seconds of difference here but rather micro seconds which can
show up as stuttering in disk heavy active games. I'll keep doing the
occasional defrag no matter what you say.

 

[Rod Speed]

Well, gamers say they can tell the difference in some games

Bet they cant in a proper randomised double blind trial.

and many game developers readme files recommend defragging too.

Someone just repeated what they had been told and didnt actually try it.

We are not talking seconds of difference here but rather micro
seconds which can show up as stuttering in disk heavy active games.
Bullshit.

I'll keep doing the occasional defrag no matter what you say.

You're always welcome to stand on your head and whistle Dixey until
the cows come home or someone puts a bullet in you if you like too.

 

[chrisv]

Gone into stealth troll mode, Rodney?

You knew it was coming... 8)

P.S. You misspelled "Ronnie". 8)