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Old 11-18-2005, 10:49 AM   #1
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Diskeeper

A friend of mine has been using Diskeeper software on his p.c. to automatically defrag his drive drive. It is much faster than the Windows xp defrag but it does
this every day I think.

Is a daily defrag a bad thing? I have heard that it was but am not sure and would like a qualified opinion before I get it.

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Old 11-18-2005, 11:07 AM   #2
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A daily defrag isn't going to hurt anything. But it's probably overkill.
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Old 11-19-2005, 11:36 AM   #3
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I use Diskeeper in the set it and forget it mode. It defrags when it wants to.
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Old 11-22-2005, 10:52 AM   #4
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Diskeeper is the same program as Windows defrag =CRAP.
I've been using O&O Defrag for a long time. It really defrags and tidies files.
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Diskeeper is the same program as Windows defrag =CRAP.
I've been using O&O Defrag for a long time. It really defrags and tidies files.
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Diskeeper isn't the same as the Windows defrag. The Windows defrag is a stripped-down version of Diskeeper; they are not the same. I have found that Diskeeper works quite well enough.
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