Perfect Disk 7

Greetings FD users, I have just begun trialing FD and would also like to trial PD. What are the correct settings if any that will not harm FD or the Motherboard.

Second questions is PD the only defrager you can safely use w/ FD?

 

I believe, but am not positive, that you can safely use any defragger with FD. As far as PD goes, since they are both made by the same company, they are perfectly compatible with each other, you do not need to use any special settings or exclusions.

Acadia

 

I am not sure that every defragger is safe with FD. I could be wrong, but I think that I read something in the Wilders forum that indicated that some defraggers can move the FD files in a way that causes problems. I'm not an expert in this area and I'm sure someone that knows will clarify this.

 

That is my feeling too and it's logical too, because defraggers MOVE data on a harddisk. ShadowUser's manual has also recommendations for using defraggers.

 

That is why I'm going to separate winXPproSP2 from my personal files (on two physical harddisks).
That is why my system image backup will be created in a different way, than my system partition.
That's why my very first snapshot will be based on my system image backup and not on my system partition, the other snapshots aren't that important.

My system partition doesn't need much defragging, my personal partition needs defragging, because that partition changes all the time.

 

So basically it sounds like from reading the above provided link that PD is the best choice and probably the only choice for FD users. Can anyone confirm usage w/ both and if they had any problems?

Thanks,

Ptah

 

The BEST choice ? Certainly, for everbody, IMO.

The ONLY choice for FDISR users? No, not if the defrag program can be set to exlcude $ISR.BIN from being moved.

 

Well Ronjor's link mentions it clearly.
The latest version of PerfectDisk is the one that doesn't move "$ISR.BIN".
So PerfectDisk is the one, you need.
If you use another defragger, you have to contact the manufacturer for assistance with excluding $ISR.BIN from being "moved" during a boot time defrag.

My personal approach : I will avoid defragging my system partition.

 

Oops, I guess that I must stand corrected, folks. PD is probably that best if you have FD.

Acadia

 

Thanks everyone for your help, I just downloaded the trial and will give it a spin after the trial of FD-ISR.


Aloha,

Ptah

 

You can include or exclude with PD.

 

Raxco now has more, much more, on making your system work with BOTH FirstDefense and KAV 5.0:

http://www.raxco.com/support/windows/kb_details.cfm?kbid=520

Acadia

 

Hi, I had First Defense installed first and then went from Executive Software Defragger which as I reached the 10th month of use I found the HD needed more defragging more frequently and it really annoyed me as I know that it is not good to be defragging frequently.

Perfect Disk I have had for over a year and it is simply a fantastic proggy. Entirely different from Executive Software and I don't have to defrag that often and the computer runs well. Before with Executive as time went on I would know when I needed to do a Defrag.

On this topic, I honestly have done not a thing to Perfect Disk or First Defense and have had no problems.
Now I am wondering what this is all about.
The computer is humming along fine.
Regards

 

Not to derail this thread, but what about Diskeeper? It seems like an outstanding defragger. Personally, I use PD and do so primarily because I love FDISR. My thinking goes like this. FD is one of the best programs and I won't do without it. I need a defragger and I've heard that some can conflict with FDISR. If anything is going to be compatible with FDISR, wouldn't it be PD since they are made by the same company?

That being said, I've often thought about Diskeeper, especially considering that they have released version 10. Some of the features in version 10 are intriguing, to say the least. Diskeeper continues to be rated as one of the best (usually the best).

 

Yes, PD is deliberately made to be compatible with FD, at least in its later versions. This is mentioned in the FD faq or Knowledgebase.

Acadia

 

Two FD faqs:

http://www.raxco.com/support/windows/fdisr/fdisr_faqs.cfm#16

http://www.raxco.com/support/windows/fdisr/fdisr_faqs.cfm#17

Acadia