is windows defrag good enough?

RoSs_bg2_rox · 10-05-2003, 10:42 AM

ok i run on win 98 and i just use its defrag. However i read an article a couple of months back about a guy who used windows defrag but said it didnt do that mch because when he ran it again straight afterwards it still took as long and he did this several times. My question is this.............
can anyone recommend any good defrag that are free to download? Or do u think that win 98 defrag is good enough? And lastly, how often should u defrag? I usually dont defrag often, once every couple of months or so. Is that often enough?

BaRoN NiGhT · 10-05-2003, 10:58 AM

I haven't run my WIN's Disc Defragmanter for a looong time, but my computer still runs OK. I usually liked to run the program quite oftenly, but since I haven't seen any GREAT change, I never use it anymore. it seems that its purpose to make the computer runs more smoothly fails.

RoSs_bg2_rox · 10-05-2003, 11:00 AM

it also tidies up the copmuter aswell, which can be a bit of a help

Zuvio · 10-05-2003, 11:06 AM

IMO it's of the same use as windows' forced checkdisk: worthless!!!

andrewas · 10-05-2003, 11:43 AM

You will get a performance benefit if you run it on a very heavily fragmented machine. And if you run it weekly, you wont have to spend half of eternity defragging it when it does make a difference.

But its not much of a performance hit even in the worst cases, so if you dont run it at all it makes no odds.

WillowIX · 10-05-2003, 12:58 PM

Windows 2000's defrag is pretty good but then it's a rip off of Diskkeeper which is a pretty good one. You can get a 30 day trial on that one I believe (diskkeeper that is). Speed disk is also pretty good.

10-05-2003, 10:42 AM	#1
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 34 Posts: 5,225	ok i run on win 98 and i just use its defrag. However i read an article a couple of months back about a guy who used windows defrag but said it didnt do that mch because when he ran it again straight afterwards it still took as long and he did this several times. My question is this............. can anyone recommend any good defrag that are free to download? Or do u think that win 98 defrag is good enough? And lastly, how often should u defrag? I usually dont defrag often, once every couple of months or so. Is that often enough? __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

10-05-2003, 11:00 AM	#3
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 34 Posts: 5,225	it also tidies up the copmuter aswell, which can be a bit of a help __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

10-05-2003, 11:06 AM	#4
Zuvio Gold Dragon Join Date: May 19, 2002 Location: Blessed are those who are not.... Age: 42 Posts: 2,556	IMO it's of the same use as windows' forced checkdisk: worthless!!! __________________ [img]\"http://img121.exs.cx/img121/4236/zuviodemonnoname2hf.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

10-05-2003, 11:43 AM	#5
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	You will get a performance benefit if you run it on a very heavily fragmented machine. And if you run it weekly, you wont have to spend half of eternity defragging it when it does make a difference. But its not much of a performance hit even in the worst cases, so if you dont run it at all it makes no odds. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

10-05-2003, 12:58 PM	#6
WillowIX Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2001 Location: By a big blue lake, Canada Age: 50 Posts: 4,628	Windows 2000's defrag is pretty good but then it's a rip off of Diskkeeper which is a pretty good one. You can get a 30 day trial on that one I believe (diskkeeper that is). Speed disk is also pretty good. __________________ Confuzzled by nature.

10-05-2003, 10:58 AM	#2
BaRoN NiGhT Avatar Join Date: June 16, 2003 Location: Home Posts: 536	I haven't run my WIN's Disc Defragmanter for a looong time, but my computer still runs OK. I usually liked to run the program quite oftenly, but since I haven't seen any GREAT change, I never use it anymore. it seems that its purpose to make the computer runs more smoothly fails.

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