When was the last time you defraged?

**Matridom** · December 28th, 2003, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by DocPC

MAC's don't need de-fragged much.....

Ya MAC loving hippy...

**deepblu** · December 28th, 2003, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by +Daemon+

only took 1 hour

lol.. ok defraged

Looks like you need a boot-time pass to consolidate your system files and directories, also to move the pagefile to the outer rim of the drive.

Do this and you will see better performance from the drive.

**Radical Dreamer** · December 28th, 2003, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by DocPC

MAC's don't need de-fragged much.....

What he really means is that there is no helping them....

**NooNoo** · December 28th, 2003, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by deepblu

Looks like you need a boot-time pass to consolidate your system files and directories, also to move the pagefile to the outer rim of the drive.

Do this and you will see better performance from the drive.

Deepblu - to which rim do you refer?

**deepblu** · December 28th, 2003, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Deepblu - to which rim do you refer?

NooNoo .. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Pacific Rim .. you?

**NooNoo** · December 28th, 2003, 02:13 PM

Im serious deepblu - the rim of the hard drive platter? Which one? Which side of the platter?

**deepblu** · December 28th, 2003, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Im serious deepblu - the rim of the hard drive platter? Which one? Which side of the platter?

I have the feeling that I am about to be "re-educated" .. so with that in mind, here goes..

"On a 3.5" diameter disk, the innermost track is about 3" long and the outermost about 11" long. So you can read almost 4 times as much data from one revolution of the outermost track"

**NooNoo** · December 28th, 2003, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by deepblu

I have the feeling that I am about to be "re-educated" .. so with that in mind, here goes..

"On a 3.5" diameter disk, the innermost track is about 3" long and the outermost about 11" long. So you can read almost 4 times as much data from one revolution of the outermost track"

yup most definitely - the read is well worth it.

**deepblu** · December 28th, 2003, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

yup most definitely - the read is well worth it.

That's some good info...

So , is not the lower density of the outside tracks compensated by the higher velocity?

**NooNoo** · December 28th, 2003, 03:42 PM

along with zoning and goodness knows what else, yes

**deepblu** · December 28th, 2003, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

along with zoning and goodness knows what else, yes

ok .. tell us about Paging file placement if you would please

**NooNoo** · December 28th, 2003, 03:48 PM

I have absolutely no clue how to place a file on a particular area of the drive, I leave that the to file system.

**gazzak** · December 28th, 2003, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by inferno_gn

Hi there,

I so hate Windows ME....

Ju Leon...

Sooner or later it had to happen, the laws of Windrivers state that. I agreed with something you said. Miracles happen at this time of year, I know that now

**Budster64** · December 28th, 2003, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Matridom

The MS defrag tool is made by the same company (Executive Software) as Diskeeper. Works but it's not as good as their full blown version.

That is correct, defrag in 2k/xp is by exexutive software done under contract to MS.

Diskeeper however is aproximatly 3 times faster, more thurough and can defrag more then one hard disk at a time, it includes; Boot time defrag, frag guard and the set & forget... All make diskeeper worth every penny to purchase it.

My servers are set to defrag nightly, my laptop defrags whenever i get around to it.. wich comes out to about monthly.[/QUOTE]

I was in the beta test team for diskeeper 7 both for the personal version and network version. Ended up getting both full versions as a kind of reward for participation. Network version is cool, nice to defrag workstations from a centralized location. Unfortunately if only came with a 5 user license but at least that was exactly what I needed for my home network.

I've also tried perfect disk which is pretty decent although I still prefer diskeeper.