Quick Defrag

[madthumbs]

Defragging can reduce wear and tear on the drive. I would think it's importance would be largely dependent on the drive's use. What would the point be on a drive that has more than half it's contents changed daily or even weekly?

 

[KoolDrew]

Defragging can reduce wear and tear on the drive.

WTF? Defragging regurlary would increase wear and tear on the drive.

 

[Nothinman]

Until you can produce proven benchmarks to this point I continue to waive my almighty BS flag in the air.

You should be the one with the burden of proof, you're the one claiming how important defragging is.

 

[mattsaccount]

My such emotions over something so trivial...

How about this: If we "believe" defragmenting helps (as I do), we can continue to do it. If we "believe" defragmenting is a waste of time/money, we don't have to!

Problem solved.

Please move the discussion about whether defragmenting helps or not to another thread as this one is about a slightly different topic.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Defragging in general is pretty pointless.

Agreed. There's no convincing case for me to even do it on a semi regular basis. I used to do it religiously during my 386/486 days. Must be the advent of higher performance HDDs nowadays.

 

[Nothinman]

My such emotions over something so trivial...

It's not trivial if it cuts down on the life of your drive and has no real benefits.

 

[randumb]

Originally posted by: Xyclone
I heard the third party defrag apps aren't too different from the Windows XP one, correct me if I'm wrong.

The Windows XP defrag is really just a simple version of Diskeeper.

 

[igowerf]

I've noticed a pretty big difference on a severely fragmented drive. I think the defragger reported 75% fragmented or something like that.

 

[Rottie]

Too much dumbass debate about the importance of Defragment. They should not made defragment at first place if they saw no improvement or performance. Enuff said!

 

[Nothinman]

They should not made defragment at first place if they saw no improvement or performance. Enuff said!

Riiiiight. And I bet you have one of those Ram defrag tools installed and that you think a Pentium 4 makes the Internet faster!

 

[WildHorse]

Fastest & best defrag program I've ever used is a bit on the expensive side, around $40.

It's VOPTXP by Golden Bow Software.

http://www.goldenbow.com/

You can use it 1 month free.