Defragmenting your hard disk

NickBarings · Aug 10, 2006

Where I have to go to do this ?

tradewiz50 · Aug 10, 2006

Quote from NickBarings:

Where I have to go to do this ?

http://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/windows/instructions/defrag.htm

Took me 20 seconds to google it. Try it next time.

gnome · Aug 10, 2006

I use Raxco Perfect Disk. You can pick it up occasionally for $10 AR at Amazon.

NickBarings · Aug 10, 2006

Thanks, buddy !

tcosync · Aug 10, 2006

Try Diskeeper. I think they have a free trial. Best defrag utility I ever used. Set it & Forget it.

brownsfan019 · Aug 10, 2006

What's wrong with the one Microsoft provides in Windows?

maxpi · Aug 10, 2006

Quote from tcosync:

Try Diskeeper. I think they have a free trial. Best defrag utility I ever used. Set it & Forget it.

Thanks for the link. I am trialing it. My newest setup has a need for speed, maybe the faster disk access technology will be a good thing. Set and forget is the best way to go. I have a philosophy about computers: I want the little @#%^s working for me not the other way around.

gnome · Aug 10, 2006

Quote from brownsfan019:

What's wrong with the one Microsoft provides in Windows?

Nothing. It's a form of Diskeeper Lite.

Diskeeper and Raxco PerfectDisk are probably the 2 best on the market.

zxcv1fu · Aug 10, 2006

I have MS disk cleanup & defrag icon created on my desktop.

Weekly pc maintenance steps:

1. disconnect from internet
2. backup data
3. disable anti-virus
4. do disk cleanup
5. do disk defrag

Hope this helps!

riskarb · Aug 10, 2006

Quote from zxcv1fu:

I have MS disk cleanup & defrag icon created on my desktop.

Weekly pc maintenance steps:

1. disconnect from internet
2. backup data
3. disable anti-virus
4. do disk cleanup
5. do disk defrag

Hope this helps!

Exactly... Keeping the icons on your desktop or in your Start menu. Paying for defrag utes seems silly to me.