which defrag to use

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On 02 Jan 2007 I stormed the castle called alt.hacker and heard Sycho cry
out in
Here ye! Here ye! Today "shegeek72" <[email protected]> stormed
in alt.hacker on 2 Jan 2007 21:15:06 -0800 and shouted for all to
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No, you have to start the program manually. Only because the options
have to be selected one at a time. I'm not sure about the memory
defrag. I use a program called "TweakRAM". All it does is frees up
memory used by other programs. It's not a bad program.
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*cough*
Why not just use Clearmem from the RK?

"ClearMem is a command-line tool that forces pages out of RAM. ClearMem
attempts to allocate and commit more memory then is physically available,
as well as flushing the file cache. In Windows, working sets are allowed
to grow until memory pressure forces them to decline. Flushing the file
cache is important because some pages in the process working set are part
of the file cache (for example, code loaded from a file)."

I use it frequently when switching back and forth between resource
intensive programs :)
 
On 03 Jan 2007 I stormed the castle called alt.hacker and heard Sycho
cry out in
Here ye! Here ye! Today ThePsyko <[email protected]> stormed
in alt.hacker on 03 Jan 2007 16:09:53 GMT and shouted for all to
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You must be one delete happy hombre, bro! :)
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Actually, I'm not.. lol

I just like to keep my system running as smoothly as possible.. that's
also why I wipe and rebuild at least once a year....
 
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On 03 Jan 2007 I stormed the castle called alt.hacker and heard Sycho
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Actually, I'm not.. lol

I just like to keep my system running as smoothly as possible.. that's
also why I wipe and rebuild at least once a year....
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I tend to do the same periodically just to keep my system running
smoothly. Even if there are only minor problems that crop up from time
to time I tend to back up my HDD about every 6 to 8 months, format,
delete partition, create partition, format again and instal the OS and
all my programs. It's generally about a 6 and a half to 8 hour process
from start to finish. Something I commonly refer to as a "12 pack job"
where all I need to get me through the whole ordeal is a 12 pack of
beer. lol
 
Here ye! Here ye! Today ThePsyko <[email protected]> stormed
in alt.hacker on 03 Jan 2007 16:21:35 GMT and shouted for all to
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On 02 Jan 2007 I stormed the castle called alt.hacker and heard Sycho cry
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*cough*
Why not just use Clearmem from the RK?

"ClearMem is a command-line tool that forces pages out of RAM. ClearMem
attempts to allocate and commit more memory then is physically available,
as well as flushing the file cache. In Windows, working sets are allowed
to grow until memory pressure forces them to decline. Flushing the file
cache is important because some pages in the process working set are part
of the file cache (for example, code loaded from a file)."

I use it frequently when switching back and forth between resource
intensive programs :)
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So you use BearShare too I take it? lmao

Ok, yeah BearShare is a major resource hog, but still, it's not that
bad of a P2P program provided nothing else is running after about an
hour into using BearShare. I miss WinMX. :(
 
On 03 Jan 2007 I stormed the castle called alt.hacker and heard Sycho
cry out in
Here ye! Here ye! Today ThePsyko <[email protected]> stormed
in alt.hacker on 03 Jan 2007 16:21:35 GMT and shouted for all to
hear..


So you use BearShare too I take it? lmao

Ok, yeah BearShare is a major resource hog, but still, it's not that
bad of a P2P program provided nothing else is running after about an
hour into using BearShare. I miss WinMX. :(
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lol.. I don't do P2P :)
 
Hi Michael.

Nice to the see the product manager for Diskeeper here :)

Regards,

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

Want to email me? Delete ntloader.
 
Here ye! Here ye! Today ThePsyko <[email protected]> stormed
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lol.. I don't do P2P :)
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Sure, and I'm the Pope's replacement. bwahahaha!!! ;o)
 
I tend to do the same periodically just to keep my system running
smoothly. Even if there are only minor problems that crop up from time
to time I tend to back up my HDD about every 6 to 8 months, format,
delete partition, create partition, format again and instal the OS and
all my programs. It's generally about a 6 and a half to 8 hour process
from start to finish. Something I commonly refer to as a "12 pack job"
where all I need to get me through the whole ordeal is a 12 pack of
beer. lol
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Sheesh, only 8 hours to rebuild your system. You mustn't use your
computer for many different things. I usually figure it takes me
about 8 hours just to get a representative sample of my regular apps
installed when I am beta testing a new Windows version or service
pack. To do the full load with data files, online updates, and
configuration would be 3 days work at least.

The last time I did a format and clean install of my main operating
system was sometime in 1993 with MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for
Workgroups 3.11. Since then the system has been carried forward
through multiple upgrades of the operating system (95 > 95OSR2 > 98 >
98SE - ME - XP but not Vista yet) and multiple replacements of every
hardware component except perhaps the power cord.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
Here ye! Here ye! Today Ron Martell <[email protected]> stormed in
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Sheesh, only 8 hours to rebuild your system. You mustn't use your
computer for many different things. I usually figure it takes me
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No, not really. I don't do much gaming at all unless I'm really bored.
But I do have a fairly good sized collection of MP3s and music videos
that I keep adding to. But mostly I use it for projects/experiments,
updating my web sites (which I host locally) and fiddling about on my
IRC server (which I also host locally).
about 8 hours just to get a representative sample of my regular apps
installed when I am beta testing a new Windows version or service
pack. To do the full load with data files, online updates, and
configuration would be 3 days work at least.
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That would be a 24 pack job to me. :)
The last time I did a format and clean install of my main operating
system was sometime in 1993 with MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for
Workgroups 3.11. Since then the system has been carried forward
through multiple upgrades of the operating system (95 > 95OSR2 > 98 >
98SE - ME - XP but not Vista yet) and multiple replacements of every
hardware component except perhaps the power cord.
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I think the only hardware change I've ever made to this eTower 400 i2
was when I replaced an old SB AWE 64 with a Phillips Rhythmic Edge
sound card. Now the only problem there is that I can no longer play
any of the games I used to; Like Doom, Duke Nukem 3D and the like. No
sound even with installing the DOS drivers and that's on a Wintendo 98
Second Edition box. :(

Software changes, very minimal. Obviously with this old of a machine I
can't upgrade to anything higher than 98 SE. The hardware isn't
supported, plus I like the OS I have anyway. So I don't ever plan on
upgrading any time soon.
 
Ron said:
Sheesh, only 8 hours to rebuild your system. You mustn't use your
computer for many different things. I usually figure it takes me
about 8 hours just to get a representative sample of my regular apps
installed when I am beta testing a new Windows version or service
pack. To do the full load with data files, online updates, and
configuration would be 3 days work at least.
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Three days is about right for me too. I've done this only when I've changed
computers, and that three days is pretty close to what it's taken me.

The last time I did a format and clean install of my main operating
system was sometime in 1993 with MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for
Workgroups 3.11. Since then the system has been carried forward
through multiple upgrades of the operating system (95 > 95OSR2 > 98 >
98SE - ME - XP but not Vista yet) and multiple replacements of every
hardware component except perhaps the power cord.
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I've never done it at all, except when I've replaced the entire computer. My
current machine is about a year and a half old. It started out with Windows
XP Pro, and is now running Windows Vista Ultimate (installed as an upgrade
to XP).

The thought that Windows needs to be reinstalled periodically " to keep the
system running smoothly" is completely wrong, in my view. Anybody who
exercises even a reasonable amount of care with his system should never need
to do this.
 
On 04 Jan 2007 I stormed the castle called alt.hacker and heard Ron
Martell cry out in
Sheesh, only 8 hours to rebuild your system. You mustn't use your
computer for many different things. I usually figure it takes me
about 8 hours just to get a representative sample of my regular apps
installed when I am beta testing a new Windows version or service
pack. To do the full load with data files, online updates, and
configuration would be 3 days work at least.
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Heh.. depending on which system I'm rebuilding, it could be as short as 2
hours for me (not including the online updates since my last
rebuild/image). The OS, Office 2k, TextPad, Xnews and Firefox and I'm
ready to go on my most simple rebuild.. If I'm rebuilding one of my test
boxes or one of my servers, that will obviously take a bit longer
 
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