Vista users...what defrag software?

Shane

Shane

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Hello,

What do you Vista users here use for a defrag programme?

we all know that Vistas own defrag isnt any good because you cant see its progress and it takes ages :mad:

is auslogics disk defrag good for vista?

tks
 
why exactly do you think you need to defrag? NTFS 5 (which was out since XP) is always defragmenting itself in the background just like every other modern file system.
 
hmm well in that case why the hell do they continue to make defrag software if they are not needed?

i thought in vista that it defrags if the pcs in idle?
 
Nevakonaza said:
hmm well in that case why the hell do they continue to make defrag software if they are not needed?

i thought in vista that it defrags if the pcs in idle?
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Why does Microsoft do half the stupid things that they do? If you wiki search all modern file systems you see that they self optimize. My gander would be that MS left that in there just in case of extreme rare occasions where a user hoses their system by fragmenting it to all hell and back. Unless you are reading/writing/modifying files on your HD at an extreme constant rate you should not need to defrag.

Are you seeing any performance hits on your system at all that would make you want to defrag?

NTFS 5 is a journaling self optimizing file system just like reiser, ext2 and ext3 (and HFS+ and UFS) and shouldn't need defragging really at all, unless in extreme conditions.
 
My laptop runs Vista Home Premium, and I have Diskeeper 2008 Pro installed on it. It does a great job keeping the files organized, but utilizes hardly any resources so I am able to use the PC as I want when it runs in the background.

Vista's own defragger+GUI is not helpful in the least, either in informing you of what it's doing, how much it's finished or providing any options.

BTW, incidentally, even microsoft says that defragging is good to keep vista running smoothly.
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/83EC0FFE-EE04-4D53-8B87-25D1F05C954E1033.mspx
 
I haven't defragmented a HD since windows 98, and I have never seen a performance hit on it. The only time I have have defragged anything is when making a master image, just as a last step before I create it.
 
tlarkin said:
I haven't defragmented a HD since windows 98, and I have never seen a performance hit on it. The only time I have have defragged anything is when making a master image, just as a last step before I create it.
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Agreed, Defragmenting on an NTFS volume is a complete waste of time. Even back in the days of Fat32 it didnt really seem to make a noticeable difference.
 
But just go to windoes vista defraging tool built in your windows ( at Local Disc C ) and analyze; see if you really need to defrag.
 
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