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    Defragger for vista?

    Does vista automatically maintain the HD or should I invest in one?

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    it has a similar program to XPs disk defragmenter, just you get no graphics displaying the status of ya HDs..

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    I use JkDefrag v3.34 works fine on vista x64 & x32
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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    does anyone know how well does the builtin vista defrag program perform

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    Quote Originally Posted by MarcLister View Post
    I use this one. I like it.

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    Quote Originally Posted by koocha View Post
    I use this one. I like it.

    Defragler is ace. Thats my new favourite - I used to install diskkeeper but now I just use Defraggler.

    Top application!

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    Vista's defrag has no display and no option for drive selection or defrag mode AFAIK. Anyways, I currently use Diskeeper Pro 2008 with my Vista Home Premium, and I am very satisfied. Easy to install and use, and very good performance at the cost of minimal resource usage.

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    power defragmenter is also good(and free).
    I do know everything, just not all at once. It's a virtual memory problem.

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    Vista's Defrag has never been that good, always a HD thrasher.I useDisk Defrag - Reclaim the Speed Of Your Disks It's free and very quick.

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    You can specify which drive to defrag in Vista by rightclicking drive in Windows Explorer > Properties > Tools > Defrag.

    Oddly for me though I can no longer open disk defrag. Even navigating to the exe in the system32 directory and double clicking or running as admin doesn't work. I am running a legit and activated version of Vista Ultimate. Defrag did work a while ago though.

    Any ideas?

    Edit: is x64 Vista Ult


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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    I personally use O&O Defragmenter on Vista..

    Seems to work


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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    Quote Originally Posted by Will101 View Post
    You can specify which drive to defrag in Vista by rightclicking drive in Windows Explorer > Properties > Tools > Defrag.
    In SP1 it lets you specify the volume you want to defrag from the GUI itself.

    I use JkDefrag GUI myself. JKDefrag, but with a front-end offering all of the stuff that's normally available through command line only.

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    Remember with Vista that volume shadow copy files (which are massive), hibernation and page files can't be defragged whilst the OS is running. Doing it offline is a better option where possible (dual boot, defrag from a PE environment).

    EDIT: sounds like diskeeper is VSC aware reading round.. Problem is, I want a defragger to just run on demand, not all the time. hmm.
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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    Quote Originally Posted by IainM View Post
    I personally use O&O Defragmenter on Vista..

    Seems to work

    I use the same thing, works fine for me

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    Re: Defragger for vista?

    I use Raxco's Perfect Disk, Not free but good

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