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October 26th, 2006, 08:57 AM
#1
Intel Mod
Experience of Diskeeper
I've seen Diskeeper recommended in the past, so when Version 9 appeared as a give-away on a computer coverdisk, I tried it. (There was a suggestion it could defrag NTFS volumes with clusters larger than 4k - it can't.)
I have it installed on my laptop, and it's a pain! It decides to defrag, and it defrags & defrags & defrags & defrags... It chugged endlessly at 85% while I was away on holidays. If you bring up the application window, it tells you which volume it's defragging, but selecting Stop doesn't stop it, it says Stopping, but disk access doesn't stop. When you shut Windows down, it defrags desperately right up until Windows kills it.
Has anyone used Diskeeper? Is this giveaway version just crap, or is the program not all it's cracked up to be?
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October 26th, 2006, 09:02 AM
#2
Driver Terrier
I use diskkeeper thats at majorgeeks ... but then it doesn't have a scheduler...
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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October 26th, 2006, 09:30 AM
#3
Intel Mod
Diskeeper Lite? I tried that first when I read the suggestion about DK handling >4k clusters. Seemed to work fine, but refused >4k. Then the DK9 appeared as a give-away.
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October 26th, 2006, 09:37 AM
#4
Driver Terrier
sorry, I have nothing more other than it's unlikely to be the enterprise edition (which is the version that does larger clusters).
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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October 26th, 2006, 12:06 PM
#5
Registered User
I've been a user of Diskeeper since v7, am on v10 right now, and it's excellent, I skipped a few releases in the middle though.
It's by far a very 'worth the money' program.
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October 29th, 2006, 04:44 AM
#6
Registered User
I have used diskeeper a lot - But now I moved to Perfect Disk
Which does a very good job - also defrags exchange db's.
Cheers,
Gabriel
Real stupidity beats Artifical Intelligence
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October 30th, 2006, 11:13 AM
#7
Registered User
I use the diskeeper lite.
I stop it from doing the automatic defrags by going into Administrative Tools-Services and changing the startup from Automatic to Manual.
Been doing it for years with no problems.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." -Benjamin Franklin
"I'm a hard worker." -George W. Bush
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October 30th, 2006, 03:33 PM
#8
Registered User
We are running it here in the corporate world, pushed out with a policy...no real issues with it.
Failure is not an option -- its a "feature" of Windows.
Mama never told me geekhood was gonna be like this....
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October 31st, 2006, 06:19 AM
#9
Intel Mod
Originally Posted by NooNoo
it's unlikely to be the enterprise edition (which is the version that does larger clusters).
Ah, that's the difference. It's the home edition. Anyway I turned off scheduling and it'll be OK but I thought it strange that the Stop instruction did nothing.
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October 31st, 2006, 08:49 AM
#10
Registered User
Originally Posted by Platypus
Ah, that's the difference. It's the home edition. Anyway I turned off scheduling and it'll be OK but I thought it strange that the Stop instruction did nothing.
hehe. The Stop in Diskeeper has been problematical for years.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." -Benjamin Franklin
"I'm a hard worker." -George W. Bush
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