[JBoDEAN]

What are all ofyou using? I am currently using PerfectDisk.
I think this is the best out there.


Any comments?

[AndyFair]

Norton Utilities/Systemworks 2002 has just been released, and is XP compatible.

Rgds
AndyF

[BladeRunner]

Purchased/Downloaded Norton Utilities 2002 on Friday last week.
Every bit as good as earlier versions.

[JBoDEAN]

Only thing good in NU2002 is disk doctor =< I dont trust the other stuff. Speeddisk is ok, but perfect disk i use, and its a lot better, especially for NTFS partitions

[yakkob]

Diskeeper 7 works flawlessly in XP

[Elin]

Quote:

Diskeeper 7 works flawlessly in XP

Diskeeper 7.0?? When it releases?
I just go to Diskkeeper websites and i can't see the link for the prodcuts that you described

Actually, using the build-in defragger is good enough, since it's the same Engine as Diskkeeper V6.0.

[appzattak]

Quote:

Purchased/Downloaded Norton Utilities 2002 on Friday last week.
Every bit as good as earlier versions.

I could have hooked you up for free:D

[harlekin]

[Brian Frank]

I'd stay away from NU. It has a nasty way of screwing up your system when it "repairs" things, especially when it comes to your registry.
Not every tool in NU is bad, but I still would avoid it if you just want the defragger.

Oh, and you will have to purchase NU or Perfect Disk when you d/l them...*hint*

[harlekin]

but where to download?

[DosFreak]

I'm really impressed with Diskeeper 7. IMHO, it has finally reached the speed of Speedisk. 8) 8)

[Gambler FEX online]

Im using diskeeper 6 server, works fine just dont do a MFT defrag or boot-time defrag!

[JBoDEAN]

I've found with diskeeper 7, everytime i try to defrag my c drive (ntfs) says run checkdisk for inconsistienceies, EVERY TIME!
Anyone else getting this?
Very annoying

[bug_666]

Quote:

I'd stay away from NU. It has a nasty way of screwing up your system when it "repairs" things, especially when it comes to your registry.
Not every tool in NU is bad, but I still would avoid it if you just want the defragger.

Oh, and you will have to purchase NU or Perfect Disk when you d/l them...*hint*

hmmm. care to elaborate on which tools i should be careful with. i never trusted the windoctor with repairing my registry among other things. disk doctor and the speed disk seem ok.

[Brian Frank]

Windoctor is the biggie, cuz it thinks things are a problem in your registry that a lot of times aren'T. Crash Doctor had a nasty tendancy to make you crash instead of preventing it. Wipeinfo could be dangerous if you use it on the wrong thing--especially if you use it on an important document.
If you want a defragger, just buy the defragger.

DK is good too. I'm running version 6 and it works great.

[JBoDEAN]

NO ONE has this inconsisitency problem with diskeeper 7?

[Brian Frank]

Just to make sure we're on the same page: Does it do that when you want to set up a boot-time defrag, or just the regular defrag within Windows?

[JBoDEAN]

Regular defrag in windows xp
I dont use bootdefrag

[Allegro]

JBoDEAN,

I have the same problem and traced it to my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard driver but I assume this also affects Soundblaster users. The driver also affects chkdsk/f at bootup when used to fix errors.

To fix the problem, temporarily disable your soundcard in device manager, proceed with defrag, then re-enable your soundcard.

[JBoDEAN]

Have SBLIVE
Didnt work
Still get.

Defragmentation of Charlie has been cancelled due to inconsistencies that were detected in the filesystem. Please run CHKDSK on Charlie © to repair these inconsistencies, then run Diskeeper again.