defragging questions

[joemamma]

what is the best software to use and is it better than the ones offered in win2k and win xp?


is it possible to defrag too often? say once a week? will that kill my hard drives faster?

 

[Sukhoi]

I have this question too. I'll be using it for 98SE and 2KPro.

I believe the defragmenters that come with 2K and XP don't defrag the file table or whatever it's called for NTFS partitions, and it can get really fragmented.

 

[FOBSIDE]

diskeeper is a good defragmenter.

 

[corkyg]

Am currently running both Diskeeper 7.0 and PerfectDisk2000 ver. 5.0 for 30 days. You can try both for free and decide. So far, PD2000 is a clear winner in terms of speed and drive optimization - not just defragging. It handles and defrags the MTF very well.

PD

As for frequency of defragging/optimization - it doesn't hurt your HDD at all. I do it daily and have done so for over 10 years. It depends on usage. A network server needs much more frequent defragging than does a single home user system.