Other Defragmenters Safe?

[Rapier]

This probably nothing new to you G&Gs
(guys and gals)
but are there defragmenters that are safe with XP that are not as slow and ineffective?


Mike



From Symantec


After running Speed Disk under Windows XP, the drive is still fragmented

Situation:
You are running Speed Disk under Windows XP. Speed Disk may seem to run slower than the 2001 version, and after completion, the drive still shows significant fragmentation.

Solution:
Speed Disk for Windows XP does not use the native Speed Disk driver. Instead it uses the Microsoft MoveFile API. This results in less functionality and less thoroughness for Speed Disk, though moves are now handled in a "Microsoft-approved" manner.

As a result of the migration away from the Norton Speed Disk driver, higher amounts of fragmentation may remain on the drive after Speed Disk completes. Speed Disk for Windows XP does not touch system files, system folders, or Master File Table (MFT). In addition, some of the fragmented files are unmovable, such as the _Restore files and the Pagefile. Therefore, higher fragmentation rates may be reported, especially for the System Volume Information folder. However, fragmentation will still be much lower than it was before running Speed Disk, and file placement will be optimized.

Once you have established a baseline fragmentation level that the operating system is not going to allow you to get beyond, you can adjust the alarm level in the System Doctor sensor so that it is not red all the time.

[audiyoda]

I run O&O's Defrag on my studio system (WinXP Pro) -- runs like a charm.

www.oo-software.com

-Craig

[Statica]

If you really must use a software to do it Executive Software's Diskeeper (the crippled version is included since WIn2K onwards), is by far the most featured.

[audiyoda]

Originally posted by Statica ....Executive Software's Diskeeper (the crippled version is included since WIn2K onwards), is by far the most featured.

Don't know about that Statica -- have you checked O&O's? Pretty feature packed IMO. Steep learning curve to get it done right, but powerful nonetheless.

-Craig

[tireman]

Originally posted by audiyoda Don't know about that Statica -- have you checked O&O's? Pretty feature packed IMO. Steep learning curve to get it done right, but powerful nonetheless. -Craig

I have to agree with both, at work we use Diskeeper 7.0 for the entire network and it works like a champ. O & O is on both my machines at home and it also works very well.

[oosik]

Originally posted by Statica If you really must use a software to do it Executive Software's Diskeeper (the crippled version is included since WIn2K onwards), is by far the most featured.

i had issues with this software where it wouldn't stop defragging when I told it too and would essentially lock up XP...got rid of it.

[Tuf]

I run Diskeeper on my network with no issues. Never tried O & O Defrag, In fact never heard of it.

[Statica]

Do a help > about to the defragmenter microsoft provides with Win2k or winXP .. it is a crippled version of Diskeeper. I've had issues with O & O, I dont know if its O&O related or the setup itself to be very honest; Diskeeper is a must have IMO for a server setup, the boot time defrag is one of the best features I've seen for these MS operating systems.

[glc]

I've been using Diskeeper Pro in the "frag guard" and "set it and forget it" modes with NT and 2K for years and it has never let me down. I've used SpeedDisk on NT and wasn't too happy with it.