Recomend Good Defrag

[JMD 0]

Hello can anyone recomend a good defrag for NT 4.O

 

Thanks.

[badboy 0]

Diskeeper Lite and its free! http://www.executive.com/freeware/diskeeper-lite/download.asp

Regards Badboy

[ValkyerieK7 0]

norton speed disk.

[clutch 1]

Diskeeper 5/6 is great. The free version works quite well too.

[JMD 0]

Thanks Guys.

 

Downloaded Diskeeper.

[Mua_Dib 0]

didnt micro$oft buy the defrag engine from the creators of diskeeper to use in windows2000?

[clutch 1]

Yep, it was a limited version of it. However, I beleive that a certain upgrade patch for the full version of Diskeeper accidentally enabled all of the features in Win2K.

[dacris 0]

O&O Defrag. Best Ever!

[bonkers325 0]

disk keeper is cool

[ghayes 0]

There are several commercial defraggers available for NT4 and of Windows 2000. Product names, web links and a brief description are provided below. All of the vendors listed below offer evaluation software.

 

 

PerfectDisk 2000 - www.raxco.com - Schedulable, defragments pagefile

directories and MFT and is the only commercial defragger capable of

defragmenting the rest of the NTFS metadata ($LogFile, $Bitmap, etc...). PD2k runs on Win9x, WinMe, WinNT 4.0 and is certified for Win2k. From a central point you can schedule defrag activity throughout. No difference in functionality between the workstation and server version (both the workstation version AND server version can schedule through the network). PD2k is a "one pass" defragger - designed to do the job in one pass. PD2k also works very well with minimal usable freespace - as low as 5% where others may require alot more. PerfectDisk also does a excellent job of consoli[censored] freespace - which means that the partition re-fragments slower. PerfectDisk uses the MS provided API's for defragging files.

 

Diskeeper - www.execsoft.com - Schedulable, defragments pagefile directories and MFT but is unable to defragment the rest of the NTFS metadata. DK runs on Win9x, WinNT 4.0 and is certified for Win2k. Requires their Server version if you want to schedule defrag activity through the network. May require multiple passes to completely defrag a partition. Diskeeper strongly suggests that you have at least 20% freespace in order to effectively defrag. Diskeeper uses the MS provided API's for defragging files.

 

O&O Defrag - www.oo-defrag.com. Schedulable, defragments pagefile and MFT but doesn't defragment the rest of the NTFS metadata. You have to purchase their "Network Addition" which allows you to schedule through the network. O&O Defrag is a "one pass" defragger - designed to do the job in one pass. They have a separate Network Edition of their defragger that I believe does network scheduling but it slots into their own MMC type "framework". Works well in lower freespace conditions. O&O Defrag uses the MS provided API's for defragging files.

 

Speedisk 5.x - www.symantec.com. Schedulable, defragments pagefile,

directories and MFT but is unable to defragment the rest of the NTFS

metadata. SD runs on WinNT 4.0 and Win2k. Requires purchase of their Norton System Center if you want to schedule defrag activity through the network. SD is a "one pass" defragger - designed to do the job in one pass. Works very well in low freespace conditions. SpeedDisk also does a excellent job of consoli[censored] freespace - which means that the partition re-fragments slower. SpeedDisk is the only defragger that does NOT use the MS provided API's for defragging files.

 

OnTrack's Suite - www.ontrack.com. A suite of products. You can't just buy the defragger. Schedulable. Works on NT 4 and Win2k. Don't know too much more about this one. Ontrack's defragger uses the MS provided API's for defragging files.

 

Defrag Commander and Defrag Commander NE - www.winternals.com. Remotely defrags NT and Win2K systems, also schedules the built-in defraggers on WinMe/9x and optionally Win2K. Works as an MMC snap-in. The NT/Win2K defrag engine is designed to do the job in "one pass" using the Microsoft defrag APIs but with no software installed on the systems being defragged. Defrag Commander also provides it's own defrag engine which does a far better job than using the Win2k built-in defragger. Provides no offline/ boot time defragging of system files, directories or NTFS metadata.

 

 

Vopt - www.goldenbow.com. Works on NT4 and Win9x. Not sure if it works under Windows 2000. I don't know much about this defragger.

 

Hope this helps!

 

- Greg/Raxco Software

 

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk 2000, as a systems engineer in the support department. I have tried to not be too biased in presenting information:-)