W2K defrag

[bria55]

hi all perhaps someone can throw some light on a recent defrag of my system ,it corrupted many system files in its process ,system would not restart after defrag (W2K built in standard defrag software).

 

[drewski]

was there any kind of interuption during the defrag? e.g. power outage or crash?

 

[bria55]

no not that i know of ,took aprox 45minutes ,powered off went out for a while came home powered up blue screen registry error quoting file missing or corrupted...

thats all i can tell u apart from having to re-install from scratch...

cheers brian..

 

[murdock2525]

Win 2000 . F8 advanced startup options...Restore to last known good configuration.
www.executive.com
Diskeeper 6.0 read it and beleive it...Buy it and use it...

 

[bria55]

Cheers for the tip ill take a peek ,i did try use a restore file when error but it reported it to have errors..

thanks all for your help

cu brian..



just got into a mucking fuddle!

 

[MulLa]

Murdock isn't the defrag that came with w2k just a lite version of diskeeper? I'd believe they would have similar behaviour??

 

[murdock2525]

<< Murdock isn't the defrag that came with w2k just a lite version of diskeeper? I'd believe they would have similar behaviour?? >>



It was designed by Executive FOR Windows...But there is no comparison.
I can defrag 2, 40 gig Maxtors and 1 GXP 45 gig in 7 or 8 minutes...ALL OF THEM in 7-8 minutes. It has a frag guard feature that runs constantly if you set it to do so...It's quite a program.
Plus it defrags the paging file too.
Go to executive.com and do some reading.
Check out DiscAlert while you're there.
I'm a beta tester for Executive so I am biased
Of course I only beta for the best companies...I hate junk software !

 

[bria55]

can u point to a good download link the one on there site prompts a dead link response..

brian..

 

[murdock2525]

They may be doing holiday maintainence email me and I'll send it to you,

 

[Bozo]

Try www.oo-software.com


Bozo

 

[bria55]

cheers i mail u soon just let me know the file size has its a dialup modem tele line here max is 56k ....

thats about an average 4k max download during peak times..

cheers brian

 

[boatnerd]

Never had a problem defragging win2k with diskeeper but it's very slow, my drive 20GB with 4GB used - time to defrag 2hrs40mins approx. boottime defrag for the swapfile even slower

make sure you run error-checking before each defrag

~BN

 

[TheVrolok]

Diskeeper 6 runs pretty slowly on my system too, but I run it as thorough as I can. Tell you what tho, does the job nicely. I really put Diskeeper on a pedestal.

 

[murdock2525]

<< Never had a problem defragging win2k with diskeeper but it's very slow, my drive 20GB with 4GB used - time to defrag 2hrs40mins approx. boottime defrag for the swapfile even slower

make sure you run error-checking before each defrag

~BN >>



Do what ??? What are you running a pentium 75 ????
The most fragged drive in the world shouldn't take 20 minutes ?????
...on a 400 + mhz machine....

 

[boatnerd]

what can i tell ya...that's how it is for me LOL

i'm not complaining though coz it does do a great job.

system P3 667MHZ 256RAM

~BN

 

[raven82]

if you want to fix this use the win2k cd and repair the installtion.

 

[bria55]

i had tried but i got errors of files corrupted or missing ,i have now re-installed but i was looking for info on a reliable defrag proggy for the next time.
thanks all for the suggestions .


brian..
cu

 

[ValkyrieKT7]

Is Norton's speed disk that yucky? I have had not problems with it

 

[ProviaFan]

My heavily fragmented 4.3 GB hard disk, it will go in about 10 to 15 minutes...not bad (this is a K6-2 475 mhz w/ 192 MB RAM). BTW, I've noticed that beyond 128 MB of RAM, it doesn't make much of a difference in defragging speed depending on how much RAM you have. I think it's more dependent on disk speed (will have definite defragging benchmarks when I get my 30 GB 7200 RPM disk ).

 

[jzydor]

Murdock, I just read that Diskeeper 6.0 is not compatible with WinXP. Is this really the case and if so are they going to release a patch/new version to remedy this?

Best Regards, John

 

[srvblues00]

<< if you want to fix this use the win2k cd and repair the installtion. >>



unfortunatley, it is hardly ever that easy, at least not for me. win2k always fails to read my current win2k config and location, etc, so the restor fails. the only way it will work is if i can predict when i think i'm going ot have a problem.. then i create a restore/system disk (run backup util) and most of the time i can restore my system with that disk.

 

[murdock2525]

Ok..I just got off the horn with the guys at Executive...
It works fine w/ XP. I tried it, just now, ..So have other testers...
It's not &quot;officially' compatable because XP is not &quot;officially&quot; released.

Unlike other companies..Executive makes DAMN SURE the product is right before you get it.
If there is a glitch, so far none, it WILL be patched as XP is officially released....

It will work fine in XP...&quot;unofficially&quot;... MY opinion.

 

[Doomer]

In the old days of DOS, you could run defrag and it would move everything, all nice and neat, to the &quot;front&quot; of the HD. After running Diskkeepper, it's still a jumbled up mess. And, I can never get it to clear up ALL the fragmented files, it always leaves at least one fraged file. Can somebody shed some light on this ? An inquiring mind wants to know.

 

[murdock2525]

Basically, from what I understand, the file fragments that remain are part of &quot;file sharing &quot; betweeen programs.
This is often the case with programs that are related such as Gator, GoZilla,Front Page, Dreamweaver, Homesite... and allot of the Norton products that have the exact same code as a competitive product so when you install.....rather than overwriting they simply share a file.
When you defrag it is a tug of war as to where to move the file so it just stays in the same place....&quot;fragmented&quot; but not really....just caught in the middle. Just MY understanding of it.....( I could be full of Zhoot ?)
Anyone else ????

 

[jzydor]

Murdock Thanks much for checking with Executive Software reference Diskeeper 6.0 working with WinXP.

John