Are there any decent defrag freeware?
Windows xp defrag is very poor!

SpeeDefrag 1.1 is a program I use on Widows Me. It is fantastic and
works just like PowerDefrag but without the price. It works with the
XP operating system. The website is located at
www.geocities.com/coolvicki7/SpeeDefrag.html Try it if you want.


On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 23:08:45 GMT, "Radio Man" <puns@verizon.net>
wrote:

Hi:

I am curious... what happens if in the midst of Dirms... my computer
crashes... what will happen?

Rgds

"Son Of Spy" <sonofspy@whatever.net> wrote in message
news:AdhBc.168$mG2.41876@newshog.newsread.com...

Dan Rather wrote:

These are programs to defragment drives under Windows NT and Windows
2000 Other programs, including the ever-popular Diskeeper, actually
leaves little gaps between files. These do not show up on thier
interactive displays, so you might not know you even have them! Though
you might wonder why a disk that's only 80% full has no visible free
areas. A dreded problem, we found, with disks that are 2/3 full or so is
these little gaps, or file interstices. They are between 1 and 15
clusters in size (always less than 16), and sit between most files. This
eats up a great deal of free space, and NTFS, in its infinite stupidity,
will start sticking files in there when a larger free space is
available, causing files with hundreds of fragments. Yet all other
defragmentors, including Diskeeper, make such interstices when
defragmenting!Knowing this, dirms will pack files tight with no gaps.
You can ask it to simply slide each file to the left as far as it can,
thus incrementally consolidating your free space. Or you can move files
into holes without causing these gaps. More on these options in the
following sections. Usage; Run Dirms first then Buzzsaw can do
continuous on-the-fly defragmenting, keeping your hard drive performing
at its best...
On my WhutzNu page or:

http://www.dirms.com/download/dirms1220.zip ~81Kb
http://www.dirms.com/download/buzzsaw2002.zip ~121Kb

Cheers!

Son Of Spy
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Son Of Spy wrote:
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Seconded! Mr.T pitys the po fool that doesn't use dirms and buzzsaw!

In article <2efbd0pasig1namafevt2s04jihintrsr8@4ax.com>,
Duddits@Dreamcatcher.com says...
about it?.Im using gravity newsreader and see your post there but if i
choose "save as" to desktop for example i get a txt file.Could you enlighten
me a little?
tia
me

In article <MPG.1b4001d58336094198977b@news.easynet.co.uk>, bassbag
(bassbag@bodybags.dragon.wales) says...

Select the articles, right click and select the decode option. By
default the binary is saved in the Gravity folder itself.

Son Of Spy <sonofspy@whatever.net> wrote in message news:<AdhBc.168$mG2.41876@newshog.newsread.com>...

Son of Spy , re below , I am confused , does this mean , it is only
usable with NTFS formatted drives .

This eats up a great deal of free space, and NTFS, in its infinite
stupidity,
will start sticking files in there when a larger free space is
available, causing files with hundreds of fragments.

"slippery" <slippery@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:j7ucd09bgvabgvb919g1b1af30l1qmg5sl@4ax.com...
<Quote>
Probably the same thing that would happen if any other
defragger was working!
<Unquote>

Which would be ?

TIA

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 03:48:47 -0700, "JustMe" <lsu@iss.com>
wrote:

defragger was working!
I used dirms for the initial defrag and compact and use
buzzsaw on three of the six partitions i have available to
windowsXP. they both do their jobs very well. Although
buzzsaw uses 13MB of ram which maybe a problem for those who
like to be thrifty with ram usage.

slippery

In article <MPG.1b40324eebc3442e989728@news.xs4all.nl>, gert@invalid.nl
says...
regards
me

On 20 Jun 2004 16:36:22 -0700, jmatt@SoftHome.net (John) wrote:

Someone is confused.

john p. says FAT32 only with cluster size of 4KB or less.
SOS says NTFS only.

I saw a version of Diskkeeper recently that was only 20 or
30 meg but then it wasn't freeware.

I'm glad I can use WinMEdefrag.

BoB

Duddits wrote:
My server can't see ABF, is there a URL where I can download it?

Mike Sa

Duddits wrote:
Thanks, Dud. I want to save it for later if I ever use XP, realize
something better may occur in the meantime.

Mike Sa

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:01:11 -0700, "JustMe" <lsu@iss.com> wrote:

Trouble in River City! It is probably the worst case scenario
of what you should hope never happens. Never defrag during a
thunder storm. IOW, files may become so scrambled that you
would never be able to get into windows to straighten it out,
but that may depend on what part of your HD it is working in.
Also, most good defragger's write info to the new location PRIOR
to erasing/overwriting the original area, so you have a chance
of recovery. Defrag only when necessary [noticeable slowdown],
not for the fun of it. With the speed of computers today, it's
a toss up whether you would even notice the difference. Same
with the 're-arranging files option'. Normally not a noticeable
improvement unless you use a stop watch. That said, I use it
anyway, but I've considered many times adjusting msconfig to
not fool with maintaining an applog and deleting the folder.
I just can't bring myself to do it. You can find MVP's in
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, and other knowledgeable
users, who are on both sides of the fence.

BoB

BoB <bhoward@esper.com> schreef:

Defragmentation programs on Windows NT/2000/XP work through a "cluster
relocation API" built into those OS and they don't read or write anything
themselves.

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