Re: Defrag

Greg

Please note that I never said that they were the same thing, but there is no
question that Diskeeper effectively prevents XP Defrag from appearing.. that
is not necessarily a bad thhing..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Greg Hayes/Raxco Software" <ghayesntloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Back when Windows 2000 was under development (shortly after the dinosaurs
> became extinct) , Microsoft licensed some "older" technology from
> Executive
> Software (now called Diskeeper Corporation) to use as the basis for the
> built-in defragmenter in Windows 2000. That is why you see a lot of
> similarities between the built-in defragmenter and Diskeeper.
>
> With Windows XP, the built-in defragmenter development was strickly
> Microsoft - even though if you click on Help/About, it still references
> Executive Software. Kind of like if you run IE and click on Help/About
> and
> it mentions NCSA Mosaic.
>
> The built-in defragmenter and the full version of Diskeeper are NOT the
> same
> thing. The full version of Diskeeper is better in certain ways than the
> built-in defragmenter - including network/remote management ability and
> scheduling. However, they still share many of the same limitations -
> multi-pass, high free space requirement, in-effective free space
> consolidation, etc...
>
> - Greg/Raxco Software
> Microsoft MVP - Windows File System
>
> Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
> commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support
> department.
>
> Want to email me? Delete ntloader.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mikehalll@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Diskeeper is a much more accomplished Defrag than the basic MS offering..
> I
>> seem to remember somebody telling me that Diskeeper was in fact the
>> 'parent', that MS Defrag is a cut down version of it.. maybe somebody
> could
>> confirm this, one way or the other..
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Doug" <doug57@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OPsl0ZUDGHA.412@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I did a search and did what this site said to do and it fixed my
> diskeeper.
>> >I still would rather have the plain Microsoft defr***.
>> > http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/archive/2004/01/18/defrag.aspx
>> >
>> > "Doug" <doug57@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:ejROLLUDGHA.2704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Microsoft Defrag is not on my computer. When I run Diskeeper it gives
> me
>> >> an error that it cant run on this machine.
>> >>
>> >> "Doug" <doug57@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23LEpfzODGHA.4080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>>I have diskkeeper. How can I get Microsoft defrag?
>> >>>
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