Computer running slow? Try Diskeeper

[GhostyDog]

hi folks,

I've been using this software at work on servers to keep fragmentation of files to a minimum and it works REALLY well.

It runs in the background and doesn't affect other applications. If you find your PC isn't running as fast as it was when you bought it then a lot of this can be down to fragmentation, Diskeeper replaces the windows defrag tool with a much more powerful one that keeps your hard disks performance running optimally at all times.

I run it on a very busy email server that is constantly reading and writing thousands of small files and it works brilliantly.

Unfortunately it isn't free but then not much that is this good ever is.

www.diskeeper.com

[zulu ferret]

Just lobbed' out a bit on McAfee's X10 security thingie', so will have to save the penny's up for more gear. only on a SOHO setup, with minimal content, so most of the time it runs reasonably well. Keep that one in mind though, for future reference.:

[Gentari]

I have been using Diskeeper for a few years now, good to stick onto any PC, use the start up defrag and MFT settings to help out a slow one.

[bobda]

:whistle:

[PMackey]

They also do a lite version thats free if you want to check that out.

[pyreus]

Thanks Ghostydog. We have a server thats giving us a lot of stability issues due to fragmentation. As you said its a critical issue for servers where so many files get created and deleted everyday. I think even for workstations and home PCs which are used pretty substantially this problem persists. If the drives get too cluttered, the system takes ages to respond to tasks, like a nervous system disease.

I prefer PerfectDisk to suit my defragmentation needs. It defragments all files (I don't believe Diskeeper defragments all the metadata files) and consolidates free space completely. I've seen it in lots of forums where many think it is one of the best defragmenters available today. Oh, a bit less expensive than Diskeeper too.

[Stori]

Just bang in a 3.0 gHz Core 2 Duo , a Nvidia 8800GTS graphics card, a few gig of ram and a couple of 500 gig hard drives and you won't look back
I have all this in a 'tiny' Silverstone SG01 case ...............

Not found that Diskkeeper does much for a 'normal' pc running NTFS but I guess something like a mail server , it may be very useful.