Diskeeper 2009

[Burner27]

I currently own Diskeeper Pro Premier 2008 and I just saw that the upgrade to 2009 is $60. What I want to know is if this software is even worth it? Do I NEED defragmenting software? I was reading that Vista's defragmenter is actually sufficient.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

 

[lxskllr]

I use the built in defragger, and don't see any point in wasting money on 3rd party software.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Burner27
I currently own Diskeeper Pro Premier 2008 and I just saw that the upgrade to 2009 is $60. What I want to know is if this software is even worth it? Do I NEED defragmenting software? I was reading that Vista's defragmenter is actually sufficient.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

Why not free version defraggers? You can find them to defrag normal files as well as the registry.

* Auslogics Registry Defrag
* Auslogics Disk Defrag
While you're there, you might as well grab Auslogics System Information utility.
It wouldn't help you if you built your system and knew the specifications.
But if you're the "tech support" for your friends and family, it would help identify components quickly. :thumbsup:

 

[dguy6789]

A defrag program is a defrag program. The only real advantage Diskeeper had was the ability to automatically run the defrag on a schedule. Vista's can do that, so paying for a defragmenting program like Diskeeper is mostly pointless. There are some people who would argue that the entire concept of defragmentation helping with performance is almost entirely placebo. I wouldn't spend $60 on a program in this case.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
There are some people who would argue that the entire concept of defragmentation helping with performance is almost entirely placebo.

One situation where I see defragging as being important is on my HTPC.
I constantly add and remove huge files.

 

[Burner27]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: dguy6789
There are some people who would argue that the entire concept of defragmentation helping with performance is almost entirely placebo.

One situation where I see defragging as being important is on my HTPC.
I constantly add and remove huge files.

Even still, you could just use Vista's (if you are using Vista that is) built in defragger right? It doesn't do any better job does it?

 

[Nothinman]

One situation where I see defragging as being important is on my HTPC.
I constantly add and remove huge files.

The partition that I torrent to is 95.93% fragmented according to xfs_db and it has had 0 affect on performance as far as I can tell. Watching a movie isn't an I/O intensive task and any decent player will cache some of the file so even if I/O lags a little bit it won't be affected.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Burner27
Even still, you could just use Vista's (if you are using Vista that is) built in defragger right? It doesn't do any better job does it?

I use XP Pro on that PC. Sure I can use the default defragger, but Auslogics is very fast and does some clean-up before defragging.
The price is right! :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[QcGuy]

SmartDefrag is another freeware that does a pretty good job. It can do defrag and optimize.
http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html

I own PerfectDisk 2008 but its the last defrag program I will buy, the next time I re-install Vista 64 I am going the freeware route.

 

[Ratman6161]

Originally posted by: Burner27
I currently own Diskeeper Pro Premier 2008 and I just saw that the upgrade to 2009 is $60. What I want to know is if this software is even worth it? Do I NEED defragmenting software? I was reading that Vista's defragmenter is actually sufficient.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

OK, I'll play devils advocate and say that Diskeeper really is a good product and worthwhile. It does do some things that others including the freeware products don't. That said, there is no real reason to go chasing upgrades for it. From what I've seen, there seems to be little difference between the 2007, 2008, and 2009 versions. When I went from XP64 to vista 64 I upgraded to the 2007 version just to get Vista support. but since you already have 2008, there is no point in upgrading to 2009.

As to everyone suggesting you go with a freeware program, many of those are good too - but they are not better than the diskeeper 2008 you already have. Now, if you didn't already own something, then checking out the free stuff would be worthwhile to see if it does what you need. but given that you already have diskeeper 2008 pro premier - just stick with what you have.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

One situation where I see defragging as being important is on my HTPC.
I constantly add and remove huge files.

The partition that I torrent to is 95.93% fragmented according to xfs_db and it has had 0 affect on performance as far as I can tell. Watching a movie isn't an I/O intensive task and any decent player will cache some of the file so even if I/O lags a little bit it won't be affected.

Yep even with 1080p files!

 

[nerp]

Hey, anyone know of a good memory cleaner app?

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: nerp
Hey, anyone know of a good memory cleaner app?

I installed a hardware memory cleaner on my computer. A button on the front starts the cleaning process, and about 30" later, it's finished :^P