Re: Disk Defrag doesnt fully defrag in xp!

From: Kristi (a_at_b.net)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:54:16 -0400

Agreed! Definitely give PerfectDisk6 a try!
Kristi 

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Shuttle AN35N Ultra, XP2600Bart, 768mb, GeF4Ti4200, WinXP Pro SP2
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Defragger Raxco PerfectDisk6 rocks! fast! (I do not work for Raxco)
R. McCarty wrote:
> The XP defrag is a basic functionality tool, just like CD-Burning in XP.
> For comprehensive Defrag - You'll need a 3rd party tool. I use Raxco's
> Perfect Disk 2000 Version 6.0.
>  They offer a 30-day Fully functional trial. However, to get effective
> results you need both a Boot Time and GUI defrag and there are certain
> settings to consider.  The 1st run will consume a large amount of time,
> but subsequent runs should finish quickly. PDisk actually helps to 
prevent
> future fragmentation on the drive.
> Download Trial version here:
> http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/
> 
> 
> "James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:06E21F20-0912-4753-B793-1BC3DB296C02@microsoft.com...
>>I noticed that the defrag utility doesnt fully defrag in xp.
>> You can run the analyze, and it'll show your fragmentation, then you'll 
>> run
>> the defrag part, it'll chunk away for 15 minutes to 2 hours depending on 
>> the
>> fragmentation, but even when its done, there is still fragmentation on 
the
>> drive. You can even see it in the little graphic it shows! It tells you 
no
>> fragmentation, no free space fragmentation, but i see big spaces between 
>> disk
>> usage, and thats fragmentation.
>> This needs to be fixed. if my disk isnt fully defraged, i cant record 
>> video
>> smoothly. fragmentation makes my recorded video jittery.
>> My question is, why doesnt it do its job?! and who is going to fix this?
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Shuttle AN35N Ultra, XP2600Bart, 768mb, GeF4Ti4200, WinXP Pro SP2
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Defragger Raxco PerfectDisk6 rocks! fast! (I do not work for Raxco)

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