Gandalph Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Can anyone suggest a fast, and preferably free, Disk defrag program for Windows 98 SE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Yep. Diskeeper Lite is a disk defragmenter, that can be used as a short version introduction to the full-featured Diskeeper product. The full Diskeeper product is widely known to be the best solution for automated and reliable disk defragmentation - the Lite version uses the sme advanced technology, but can only analyze fragmentation levels and run manual defragmentation on a single disk volume at a time. If all you need is a top quality tool for manual defragmentation, then this free version is a great choice. Lite version does not work under Terminal Services.http://www.snapfiles.com/get/dkeeperlite.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 If you like Diskeeper Lite, the paid for version is then so cheap, it's worth every penny. I never even need to think about defragging. Both hard drives are always at 100%. The program is in 'Set it and forget it' mode. It switches itself on and runs quietly in the background every time the tiniest bit of fragmentation occurs. I seem to remember that it costs less than a tenner. I tried another program recommended by Pops, I can't remember the name of it, but unfortunately it gave me problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 The defrag from M$ ME works very well in 98 too, don't know how it compares to the other options but it is certainly a lot quicker than the 98 one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 PerfectDisk is the one I use that andsome mentioned. It's free for a 30 day trial.I know andsome couldn't get on with it but I find it just about spot on and use it regularly.Get it from http://www.raxcosoftware.com/product.asp?ProductID=125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 As Mark2 has said, use the windows ME defrag from M$It is very good, i have it somewhere and very easy to installPM me if you would like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Installation instructions and defrag from ME are also available here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Many thanks for all your replies. I'm going to visit the suggested sites and have a read through. I had heard that the ME defragmenter was good and that Disckeeper was also a good alternative. Once again thank you all for taking the time to respond. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Right it's Diskeeper I've decided on. I like the idea of it running in the background.Pops, like andsome I couldn't get along with Perfect Disk either. It didn't seem very much, if any, faster than 98 SE's defrager.Once again, thank you one and all. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Right it's Diskeeper I've decided on. I like the idea of it running in the background.Pops, like andsome I couldn't get along with Perfect Disk either. It didn't seem very much, if any, faster than 98 SE's defrager.Once again, thank you one and all. :)Go into Set it & forget it, and do a boot time defrag now and then. You wouldn't believe how much faster the computer runs for a few days. Set it to scan disk first, you will see the option listed. Don't bother to tick 'Pause after defrag' or 'Summary file' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman821 Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 http://www.vopt.com/VoptXP.htm30 day free trial. The fastest and most efficient one I've used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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