HandsOff
March 25th, 2004, 11:30 PM
The following may sound a little silly, however, the topic is an important one: Defragmentation.
One time I idly predicted that if I ran Norton's SpeedDisk defragmenter enough times in a row it would crash my XP system. I was then compelled to test my theory, and wouldnt you know it, it crashed after about a dozen consecutive runs.
Then I did a little bit of research and came to the conclusion that the SpeedDisk deframenter in Norton System Works 2003 is considered not to be very good with XP's ntfs file system.
I tried a couple more before I found one that I think is much better. It's PerfectDisk by Raxco. I realize that the numbers that most defragmentation programs present as proof of their effectiveness are only slightly more believable than scanner and printer specs, but still this one seems for real.
I predict I could run PerfectDisk until it would generate a repeating pattern of arrangments that were all very well defragmented. However, I am just not up to putting it to the test. Am I too confident or too skeptical of defragmenting. I should say defragmenting at every reboot is not even close to the same thing, for the purposes of my prediction since I believe the more fragmented a disk is, the less likely that a defragmenter will make serious mistakes.
Just seeking any comments on the subject.
- HandsOff
One time I idly predicted that if I ran Norton's SpeedDisk defragmenter enough times in a row it would crash my XP system. I was then compelled to test my theory, and wouldnt you know it, it crashed after about a dozen consecutive runs.
Then I did a little bit of research and came to the conclusion that the SpeedDisk deframenter in Norton System Works 2003 is considered not to be very good with XP's ntfs file system.
I tried a couple more before I found one that I think is much better. It's PerfectDisk by Raxco. I realize that the numbers that most defragmentation programs present as proof of their effectiveness are only slightly more believable than scanner and printer specs, but still this one seems for real.
I predict I could run PerfectDisk until it would generate a repeating pattern of arrangments that were all very well defragmented. However, I am just not up to putting it to the test. Am I too confident or too skeptical of defragmenting. I should say defragmenting at every reboot is not even close to the same thing, for the purposes of my prediction since I believe the more fragmented a disk is, the less likely that a defragmenter will make serious mistakes.
Just seeking any comments on the subject.
- HandsOff