10-08-2005, 01:56 PM
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Cool as a CUCUMBAR ! ! !
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Hdd Defrag ! ! !
which tool do u prefer for defragging hdd ??? (default - windows 1 or any other)
which 1`s the best ??? wanna use 1 ...
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10-08-2005, 02:34 PM
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10-08-2005, 03:51 PM
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10-08-2005, 03:57 PM
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The fastest defrag I ever seen. In a dual boot system with 98 & XP.
Defrag with Norton System Works speed disk from 98.
Simply fantastic. Nothing can beat it. Telling you after testing all other.
I simlpy cannot remove 98 from my system ONLY TO DEFRAG WITH NORTON SPEED DISK.
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10-08-2005, 04:05 PM
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How is O&O Defrag ???
Is it good and fast....
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10-08-2005, 04:25 PM
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o&o is fast but not faster than the system mechanic walla
one more i use is windows xp defragmenter (slow)
and one Diskeeper Pro Edition..the best one i defrag !!!!!
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10-08-2005, 06:00 PM
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Alpha Geek
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If ur talking about raw speed Norton Sys Works is better than O&O Defrag but the former is a real resource hogger
Also I dont know whether Norton supports background defrag which O&O does
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10-08-2005, 06:01 PM
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well i use NTFS file system... the windows defrag does the job for me.... its really really fast... faster than any other 3rd party tools... but again u have to keep in mind the NTFS factor....
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10-08-2005, 06:56 PM
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I use perfect disk 7
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10-08-2005, 07:32 PM
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In The Zone
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Can you tell me more about defrag? When defrag i do not note any difference in my system. Is it really helpful?
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10-08-2005, 08:04 PM
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10-08-2005, 08:28 PM
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That was really a great piece of information. Good work. One more question. How often to do that? If i do defrag every week won't i be straining my hdd as it has to write lot of data because i have a 160gb and 120gb hdd.
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10-08-2005, 08:33 PM
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Alpha Geek
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i too have a dual boot with 98 and xp and norton speed disk and sys mech have all failed to go after a certain point. so its back to windows defragmentor and works good man.
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10-08-2005, 09:11 PM
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well defrag at least once in a month or after you've installed something heavy on ur hard disk. you may also need to defrag when any program installs a lot of small sized files.
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10-08-2005, 09:18 PM
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My opinion is that Diskeeper is good enough
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10-08-2005, 09:18 PM
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Basically, if u defrag after deleting a few dozen small files or one or two large files, you can be sure to have contiguous space for future installations.
Even if u were only using existing programs but not installed anything, defrag once every month or once your usage pattern/frequency of certain app changes. This will move the most frequently used progs to the front of the hdd for faster loading.
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10-08-2005, 09:29 PM
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How often to do that?
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it depends on u... as for normal use... i personaly would say once in a week would be better option... & yes if u r in FAT32 then no matter what tool u use it gone take long time... much time in ur 160GB as well as 120GB... so better to switch to NTFS (if posseble...).... NTFS is way better/faster/more secure than FAT32.....
Beware OS before win2000 wont b able to view NTFS.... so if u r in winXP or 2k.... go for NTFS...
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12-08-2005, 11:34 AM
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Cool as a CUCUMBAR ! ! !
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bt defraging again & again ... won`t hdd get scraches or b more damaged ???
their has 2 b some time interval na ! ! !
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12-08-2005, 11:38 AM
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Cool as a CUCUMBAR ! ! !
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i have win xp ...
will defraging from dos mode b fast ...
as many of window components will b off ... as they interfear lot when the process is on ...
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