tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post272297593860701283..comments2023-08-01T13:38:49.728+02:00Comments on Insights and Rants: The Great Defrag Shootout III: Golden Bow Vopt 8.18Donn Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954994300802439618noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-18458090540976717012009-02-12T11:41:00.000+02:002009-02-12T11:41:00.000+02:00I'm using Vopt now. It does all it need to do. Qui...I'm using Vopt now. It does all it need to do. Quick.<BR/>Defragmenting your pagefile is simple: remove it (via virtual mem settings), reboot and defrag your drive, and after that you can initiate an new pagefile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-25485990346317970182008-12-18T08:49:00.000+02:002008-12-18T08:49:00.000+02:00vopt is gr8vopt is gr8Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139477445831991503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-54056633837136118472008-07-08T09:09:00.000+02:002008-07-08T09:09:00.000+02:00As a long time PD user I finally made the switch t...As a long time PD user I finally made the switch to Ultra Defragmenter, its just too good to be ignored. Everything opens fast on my XPx64 with dual 500GB SATA drives. The system boots faster and windows loads faster.Aruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064012474822947810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-75098875330632326842008-01-14T16:53:00.000+02:002008-01-14T16:53:00.000+02:00Bob Mc, I so agree with you and Vopt V7.22 it's th...Bob Mc, I so agree with you and Vopt V7.22 it's the best, (maybe not for network solutions). The later version seemed more of an attempt at a facelift, but maybe had to be re-jigged to work with Vista. I have tried most others, some are so unnecessarily invasive into the system OS it's not funny.<BR/><BR/>Always apply the KISS solution first, keep it simple stupid :)<BR/><BR/>Al MalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-72531517831274663212007-11-22T07:40:00.000+02:002007-11-22T07:40:00.000+02:00Newer is not always better. As a system tech for t...Newer is not always better. As a system tech for the Marine Corps for 16 out of my 22-year tour, I bought my first personal computer in 1985. It was a Commodore Amiga 1000. The Amiga had a "windows" GUI 10 years before MS Windows was a gleam in Mr. Gates eye. Anyway, the defragger I used on that beautiful old Amiga (which I still have btw) was none other than Vopt. It was the best then and it's still the best now. I use it daily on my XP system and I've used it on every PC I've ever owned since Win95. It's my rock! And yes, I agree with your comment about Golden Bow's web site. It's so horrible I even offered to completely redesign it for them myself for free.<BR/><BR/>The version of Vopt (pronounced vee-opt) I use is 7.22, which works flawlessly. I tried several of the V8.x upgrades and had nothing but problems including hanging my system, so I went back to the tried and true. But I understand all the versions after the V7.x series were done by a new programmer who has tried to "fix what ain't broken". If you really want the best, you don't always have to go with the newest.<BR/><BR/>Bob McNinchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-57010474259221635482007-06-05T17:44:00.000+02:002007-06-05T17:44:00.000+02:00Thanks for your quick reply, Donn. Sorry for using...Thanks for your quick reply, Donn. Sorry for using confusing acronyms; the 25GB VM file is actually a VMware virtual disk I'm using for a Vista pilot project. Performance was poor, so I decided to heed VMware's dark mutterings about the multiplicative effects of fragmentation on I/O. I converted the virtual disk from sparse to fixed size; then extensively defragged both my host system drive and within the VM 'drive' (don't even think about using the Vista defragger for this). I'm probably suffering from a placebo effect here, but Vista seems noticeably snappier now. The final push is to consolidate the VM disk from 5 fragments to 1. Unfortunately, DefragPage doesn't even think the MFT is fragged, so it skips it. I'm going to try PerfectDisk next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-1824425857856627452007-06-04T20:45:00.000+02:002007-06-04T20:45:00.000+02:00The only free utility to do this is PageDefrag fro...The only free utility to do this is PageDefrag from Sysinternals. I'm not sure if it will remove all of them.<BR/><BR/>There are still a few utilities I haven't tried, but PerfectDisk is supposed to deal with these issues, as well as Diskeeper. You have to use the boot-time defrag in each case.<BR/><BR/>I'm told that the Abexo Defragmenter can help, but I haven't tried it yet. I hope you have a good reason why your pagefile is so large. If the pagefile is skipping over these small fragments, then there isn't much point in further defragmentationDonn Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954994300802439618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-79130645010229664362007-06-04T20:21:00.000+02:002007-06-04T20:21:00.000+02:00I've been unsuccessful in defragging a very large ...I've been unsuccessful in defragging a very large VM file (25GB), despite clearing >36GB free space and consolidating it using JkDefrag. Following your excellent suggestions, I used DiskView and then Vopt to discover that there are still fragments of $SECURE:$SDS, $MFT::$BITMAP, etc. scattered through the unallocated space. Is there any way to defrag/move these NTFS meta-files?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-54125880523171352732007-05-16T02:07:00.000+02:002007-05-16T02:07:00.000+02:00I originally used Diskeeper until it stopped worki...I originally used Diskeeper until it stopped working properly. I had to explain to my client why his server was still horribly fragmented even though he had forked out hundreds of US$$$ to keep the server from getting fragmented. That was with Diskeeper Server, which was scheduled to run every night, including weekends. It was extremely embarassing.<BR/><BR/>I am currently testing DK2007, and so far it has taken 15 minutes just to analyse the disk. Not looking good. See Part X of the Great Defrag Shootout for more info.Donn Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954994300802439618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-8579471820916832912007-05-16T00:37:00.000+02:002007-05-16T00:37:00.000+02:00I've been running a computer consulting firm for a...I've been running a computer consulting firm for about 7 years now. We have roughly 600 clients of various size and industry, so I thought I'd offer my 2 cents. <BR/><BR/>When some of our bigger clients came to us for a fragmentation solution, we jumped right into it and did our research. We discovered the following: <BR/><BR/>The built-in windows defragmenter: Its manual, meaning you have to load it and physically run the defrag job each time you want to defragment a workstation, server, etc. Naturally this would start to become a problem for System Administrators in larger corporations with several 100 or even 1,000 workstations. With servers, it's even worse. No Sys Admin is willing to take a server offline for a defrag job - it just won't happen. <BR/><BR/>To get right to the point, after extensive testing, we began recommending Diskeeper 2007 to all of our clients. Why? In has a new technology called InvisiTasking that actually handles fragmentation buildup as it occurs. This means System Administrators can install it on all the workstations and servers across the organization and simply never have to think about it again. Especially with servers: Diskeeper runs in the background using only idle system cycles at all times. Meaning, Sys Admins never have to bring their servers offline for a defrag job. <BR/><BR/>On top of this, it seems that Diskeeper Corporation actually created the API hooks used by the built-in Windows defragmenter. So, I would think they would know best how defrag software should best interact with the OS. <BR/><BR/>My clients are happy - I guess that means our research was accurate. <BR/><BR/>I'll tell you what I tell my clients: Try the trialware, and then tell me how many retail copies my tech should bring onsite to deploy. :-) <BR/><BR/><BR/>Workstation <BR/>http://downloads.diskeeper.com/trialware/Diskeeper2007-ProPremier.exe <BR/><BR/><BR/>Server <BR/>http://downloads.diskeeper.com/trialware/Diskeeper2007-EnterpriseServer.exeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-29358119241984761722007-05-10T19:43:00.000+02:002007-05-10T19:43:00.000+02:00I will probably test Diskeeper again just to be th...I will probably test Diskeeper again just to be thorough, but my quest for a decent defrag program began because DK just wasn't doing a decent job.Donn Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954994300802439618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298483.post-72049552468447793832007-05-10T11:10:00.000+02:002007-05-10T11:10:00.000+02:00i ve switched to the new version of Diskeeper, th...i ve switched to the new version of Diskeeper, the boot time and MFT defrag are very neat. But i think the best thing is the Invisitasking that works on system priority basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com