Defrag hdd

[HalfCrazy]

Today I got a thinking it's been a while since I defrag the hdd's. There is a two hdd's in this system in question 20gig and 80gig. I done a defrag of the 80gig with no problems at all. But trying to defrag the 20gig is a pain in the neck. Even when its done with the defrag, it still shows a ton of red still.

I tryed DiskKeeper and both the defrag software that comes with Windows. Right now I'm keep running defrag over and over. Each time I run it on the 20gig hdd it's been getting better each time. Is there a better software or something I can use to defrag it better? I really dont want to format and reinstall windows. Since there is alot of software that is installed on this system. It's a pain in the neck to update all the software I run on this system.

 

[OCedHrt]

You probably don't have enough free space on your 20gig. Move some files to your 80gig until you have atleast 15% free. Then defrag then 20gig. Diskeeper seems to aim for a faster defrag time rather than a more complete defrag. You can try O&O Defrag which has the ability to force a complete defrag (may take a while).

 

[HalfCrazy]

I got little over 3gig free on the 20gig hdd. Most of the software I install goes on the 80gig hdd. I just need a way to force it to complete defrag. I'll try that program you listed there. I'll let you know what happens.

 

[danzig]

Try DIRMS.

 

[shortylickens]

The Norton Utilities Defrag is much better in my humble opinion.
Faster AND more thorough.