Defragment Program

[m16si]

I just installed fresh windows xp and i wanted to ask which defragment program is best ?

I used to had Diskepper but im fed up with it !

And i want to try something new and better

any ideas ?

thnx

[TheFlash428]

PerfectDisk is pretty nice, but it's not free.

Raxco PerfectDisk

Lots of great features and it's certified by Microsoft.

[EarthJim]

I can recommend you Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0. With this suite you can defrag your disks, reorganize the hard disk drive structure, and optimize disk space usage. The suite includes Acronis Partition Expert product which allows you to automatically or manually merge, split, resize, copy, and move partitions without losing data. Disk Director is not free but I'm quite pleased with this software and I'm sure you won't be disappointed with it too.

[Jeremy]

Diskeeper 2007. Completely automatic, no need for schedules. It runs invisibly in the background (you can see the one process in Task Manager) but no system tray icon ever appears. I mean, after using it for one month you realize, "Why do I ever manually try and defrag?" It just makes life a bit easier. Many people who disagree with its methods for whatever reasons will just say "No, it's not good for your system, use <whatever>". But screw it, it works terrifically.

[CoffeeFiend]

Bah. Anything but diskeeper

PerfectDisk or O&O.

BTW, there's already a topic with 13 pages just for this.

[chilifrei64]

I know it is not a program.. but just use this script and run it as a scheduled task

http://lazynetworkadmin.com/content/view/6/6/

unless of course you wanted more options. Then I would go with Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0

[Jeremy]

Bah. Anything but diskeeper

@Crahak, still waiting for your response here.

[jcarle]

Diskeeper 2007.

[CoffeeFiend]

@Crahak, still waiting for your response here.

What do you mean, "still"? There's like a whole hour between your 2 posts. That's not exactly a long time to wait for an answer, is it?

[gunsmokingman]

I made a HTA that uses scripts to run the built in Defrag and CleanMgr.exe

The Thread

DiskInfoDefrag_V2.exe

[m16si]

I tired Diskeeper 2007 and it's a piece of crap. I ran it 4 times during the night and Diskeeper said there is still 20% fregmentation.

I uninstalled it and installed O&O Defrag 8.5 pro and i ran it and it said that i have 57% fregmentation i ran it, and it completely removed all fregments and the system runs great. Im really pleased with O&O Defrag 8.5 and i would reccomend it to everyone !

Thnx bye

[MGadAllah]

I can recommend you Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0. With this suite you can defrag your disks, reorganize the hard disk drive structure, and optimize disk space usage. The suite includes Acronis Partition Expert product which allows you to automatically or manually merge, split, resize, copy, and move partitions without losing data. Disk Director is not free but I'm quite pleased with this software and I'm sure you won't be disappointed with it too.

100%

[m16si]

I also tried Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 but i don't like it. The program looks a lot like Partition Magic 8.0. And im just looking for a defrag. program not a whole suite.

Im very happy with O&O Defrag.

Thnx anyway

[rado354]

You will not really find a lot of difference between the defragmenters...

My choice is PerfectDisk 7.0.46, O&O was too buggy for me.

[Jeremy]

Keep an eye on this topic.