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Anyone know of a good, reliable, and fast defrag program that works with XP??
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Defrag!!! software???
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whats wrong with the windows xp defragger
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it just takes a long time to defrag... I used to have a program on my other PC that used to work very quikly, but I dont remember the name....
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Miknow said:
Its made by M$ and its junk just like XP.
Try O and O Defrag.
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what OS you using "fishy"???
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Unfortunatly XP on one computer.
Mandrake on the others.
Here a link to a download. Its shareware. Free for 30 days.
http://www.softwarelight.com/index.php?category=System+optimization&program=O&O+Defrag
Mandrake on the others.
Here a link to a download. Its shareware. Free for 30 days.
http://www.softwarelight.com/index.php?category=System+optimization&program=O&O+Defrag
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safemode or command prompt
I've always defraged in safe mode and sometime just in Dos using the command prompt. Safemode will keep from background programs from interuptting the defrag. Give it a try. see what happens.
I've always defraged in safe mode and sometime just in Dos using the command prompt. Safemode will keep from background programs from interuptting the defrag. Give it a try. see what happens.
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thats an idea... thanks js
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Re: safemode or command prompt
(Safe Mode). Depending on how many programs you typically have running at start up, it can be many times faster. Also take a look in safe mode to see what extra programs are still running (if any).
Thats the same way I do itjs341 said:
(Safe Mode). Depending on how many programs you typically have running at start up, it can be many times faster. Also take a look in safe mode to see what extra programs are still running (if any).- Joined
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Re: Re: safemode or command prompt
NO.
fiji said:
NO.
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Not MS-DOS anyway But then the problem becomes that of finding a DOS utility which will work with NTFS drives
I'd recomend Diskeeper as well. MS bundled a highly scaled down version of it with XP, but the real thing is quite nice. It has a free "demo" that's missing some advanced features, but if you're just looking to defrag, the demo's great. Also I would recommend O&O and PerfectDisk (AWESOME defragger!).
JigPu
But then the problem becomes that of finding a DOS utility which will work with NTFS drives I'd recomend Diskeeper as well. MS bundled a highly scaled down version of it with XP, but the real thing is quite nice. It has a free "demo" that's missing some advanced features, but if you're just looking to defrag, the demo's great. Also I would recommend O&O and PerfectDisk (AWESOME defragger!).
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Diskepper can defrag your Swap too. (I don't THINK anyone said that yet)
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thanks guys... hey, ther are alot of stars in this thread...
thanks again!!!!
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Charlie
thanks again!!!!
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orion25 said:
I beleive you're right. IIRC, Microsoft forgot to include a good disk defragmenter w/ WinNT, so they found one they liked and incorporated it. I think it's based on Diskeeper.
I tried Diskeeper out once. It didn't exactly blow my skirt up. If I defrag, I usually do it before I go out somewhere or before I go to bed. That way, my system is defragged by the time I wake up or get back from where I went.
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