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Old 06-14-2003, 11:09 AM   #1
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XP defraging

I was wondering when defraging in win XP whitch program is better Norton Speed Disk or the biult in defragger that comes with XP
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Old 06-14-2003, 12:06 PM   #2
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I tend to use nortons but I found the best to be Voptxp which gives you a 30 day free trial then it costs about 40.00 if I'm not mistaken
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Old 06-14-2003, 12:21 PM   #3
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i use the one with xp, but i suppose it is quicker with norton.(even though things like that clog up your pc)
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It seems like the built in defragger don't finish totaly it still leaves gaps in the blue area
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Old 06-14-2003, 12:40 PM   #5
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its ok as long as there is no red marks

red is fragmemted files not the blue
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its ok as long as there is no red marks

red is fragmemted files not the blue

this is after it's all gone

Sometimes it will leave a sliver or two after it's all done of the red

not sure why
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Try out O & O Defrag Pro from http://www.oosoft.de/en/index.html. You maybe pleasantly surprised.
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Try out O & O Defrag Pro from http://www.oosoft.de/en/index.html. You maybe pleasantly surprised.

thanks for the link I'll check it out later on when I get a little time
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You be most welcome. It was one of my best friends long ago when i was still using NT 4.0, and it now supports XP.
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