PerfectDisk made by boot-up and shutdown times really slow

[hans030390]

I was trying out PerfectDisk on my computer, and was pretty pleased at how well it worked...until I restarted my computer and realized that my boot up and shutdown times took at least twice as long as they did before. I've tired everything using PD (any sort of the defragmenting options) in hopes that it had something to correct that issue.

I uninstalled it and installed Diskeeper. I know that most people think it's an inferior product, but my computer has always been much faster with it. In fact, it usually deceases my boot up and shutdown times. However, it seems even after defragmenting multiple times (with boot-time, also), my boot up/shutdown times are still much slower than before.

This is really frustrating, and I'm considering just doing another clean install of Vista (64-bit) to fix the problem. It always feels like PD does that to any installation I have, and it can't be "fixed". This is a relatively new install of Vista, and there isn't much installed on it yet.

Perhaps someone knows of a way to get my boot up/shutdown times back to how they were (which was pretty fast)...?

 

[corkyg]

That is really an anomaly - my experince over several years is exactly the opposite. Have you done an offline defrag of system and page files with PD?

 

[corkyg]

BTW - you might want to post this problem on the PerfectDisk Users Forum - it is monitored by tech support and provides very good answers.

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[Cutthroat]

Honestly you don't even need a 3rd party defragger, the built in one in Vista works great. I haven't used a 3rd party app for more than a year and it's just as fast as always.

My guess is PD and Diskeeper mess with the prefetch/superfetch files in a way Vista doesn't like.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Cutthroat
My guess is PD and Diskeeper mess with the prefetch/superfetch files in a way Vista doesn't like.

That's a crock!

 

[hans030390]

Originally posted by: Cutthroat
My guess is PD and Diskeeper mess with the prefetch/superfetch files in a way Vista doesn't like.

That would also be my guess, but it also did that on an XP system I have as well. PD must hate me. :roll:

I just want to get it back to how it was...any ideas? I'll post on the PD forums later.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: hans030390
I just want to get it back to how it was...any ideas? I'll post on the PD forums later.

Uninstall PD. Then do a system restore to a date prior to your installation of PD. The will restore your Registry to what it was.

Did you try an off-line defrag of System Files - (only can do on a reboot.) ?

Do you have SP1 installed in Vista?

 

[hans030390]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: hans030390
I just want to get it back to how it was...any ideas? I'll post on the PD forums later.

Uninstall PD. Then do a system restore to a date prior to your installation of PD. The will restore your Registry to what it was.

Did you try an off-line defrag of System Files - (only can do on a reboot.) ?

Do you have SP1 installed in Vista?

I don't have any system restore point before I uninstalled it. See, I had it a couple/few weeks ago and clean my restore points pretty regularly.

Like I said in my first post, I tried every option available in PD, so that includes offline files on reboot and such.

Yes, I have SP1. It was already on the install disk.

 

[corkyg]

Destroying Restore Points doesn't make much sense - why bother having them?

There could be something else at work here as well - such as a firewall setting, or AVG software.

Another Vista load delayer is indexing and shadow copies. Use MSCONFIG and turn off as much STARTUP ware as possible and see if that makes a difference.

 

[hans030390]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Destroying Restore Points doesn't make much sense - why bother having them?

There could be something else at work here as well - such as a firewall setting, or AVG software.

Another Vista load delayer is indexing and shadow copies. Use MSCONFIG and turn off as much STARTUP ware as possible and see if that makes a difference.

Actually, at this point, I don't have my restore points enabled. I have my reasons.

I'm just using the standard firewall and Antivir (not AVG). That's about it. Like I said, this all happened right after defragmenting with PD and has stuck since then. This isn't the first time, either (or on this machine).

Indexing has always been off (same with shadow copies). I'm a heavy believer in keeping services (non-Microsoft ones, I'm not silly about it) and startup items to a minimum. MSCONFIG has been my friend for a few years.

Like I said, PD is the cause. I'm 100% sure of it.

 

[BoboKatt]

Stupid question but I noted on my version of PD that there is an option to click on the drive in question for Boot time degrag/performance. I had never noted it before but it's there and requires you to click it. You did that right?

I have played with the types of defrags it offers, and I first use the Consolidate free space and then I do the smart degrag. I found that to be the best. Did it once and have not since in months my system still feels fast.

 

[corkyg]

Irwin has provided a very accurate reponse to the question:

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