Which defragmenter under Win XP Pro+SP2 ?

[Nino]

Which defragmenter should I use under XP ?

Must working under SP2

thx

Nino

 

[Guest]

The best defragment is that built into xp, go to:
start > run > "dfrg.msc"

 

[Wesley Vogel]

There are two. defrag.msc and defrag.exe.

defrag.msc
How to Defragment Your Disk Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314848

defrag.exe
Description of the New Command Line Defrag.exe Included with Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283080

 

[Ken Blake]

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The best defragment is that built into xp, go to:
start > run > "dfrg.msc"

Although Windows defragmenter is OK, it's certainly not the best.
Several of the third-party choices are faster and more thorough.
I like Perfect Disk myself.

 

[Lester Stiefel]

Which defragmenter should I use under XP ?

Must working under SP2

thx

Nino

I currently run a Third Paty Tool called "perfect Disk" by raxco at
http://www.raxco.com/
Try it and you'll never look back!!

 

[SlowJet]

I agree. It's Free. And you only need to run it once in a blue moon or when
cows come home.
But bit twittling hoobies need something to do on a rainy day. So get 4 or 5
of them and make spreadssheet comparasions. You can lean how to use the
Excel add-on functions.

SJ

 

[Kristi]

Which defragmenter should I use under XP ?

Must working under SP2

thx

Nino

Raxco's PerfectDisk6. Best by far. Free 30 day trial. Try it and you'll be
spoiled! hth
Kristi

 

[Gene Hora]

Can't argue with PerfectDisk6 because never used it, but after many years of
using Norton's Speed Disk, I finally went over to Diskeeper and didn't look
back. It's also worth a look through the trial period.

www.diskeeper.com

 

[Alex Nichol]

The best defragment is that built into xp, go to:
start > run > "dfrg.msc"

It has two big disadvantages: it requires at least 15% of the disk space
to be free in order to run at all, and it does nothing to consolidate
free space, so you are likely then to have newly created files
immediately fragmented

 

[Don Burnette]

I also run Diskkeeper, and am very pleased with it.