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Windows XP defragmenters

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by shockwave

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Is a third party defragmenter really useful for a windows xp pro os? if so, what is the best defragmenter around? is Raxco's Perfectdisk or Exec Software's Diskeeper any good? which is better?

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by Member 26907307

Generally, the built-in defragmenter is quite good. What is wrong with it.

As for third party defragmenters, I'd settle on ExecSoft's offering. They have been in the business forever and wrote MS's tool.

However, the API that defragmenters has been published so other vendors have gotten into the act.

I guess the big question is what features are you looking for?

by jercro

The built in Defrager does a good job of defraging files, but does not condense free space. You might try Nortons Utilities Speed Disk. It does a good job of arranging the files and free space for best use. Although there have been a lot of complaints about Nortons and Win XP, the only problem I ever have is getting NAV to install. The Utilities usually install fine. If you use a copy of Nortons System Works, you can install just the features that you need. They used to allow you to run Speed Disk from the CD, but since WinXP they only allow it to be run from installation.

by shockwave

Thanks for your reply. There's really nothing wrong with the built-in. Although I was wondering about the features of Diskeeper 9. Is auto-defragging from ExecSoft really a big help for harddisks? The "set it and forget it" functions of Diskeeper 9, master file table defragmentation and the likes.. Are these really a boost for one's pc? Also thinking if it could (somehow) slowdown my pc since it is running in the background.

by italchemist

If you're not satisfied with the standard Windows XP Defrag utility - forget the rest - the ONLY alternative is MyDefrag (previously known as JKDefrag).

As at March 2010 the current version of MyDefrag is 4.2.9. Also works with Windows 7 (32 bit).

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