defrag freeware

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Hi:

I am curious... what happens if in the midst of Dirms... my computer
crashes... what will happen?

Rgds
 
Dan said:
SpeeDefrag 1.1 is a program I use on Widows Me. It is fantastic and
works just like PowerDefrag but without the price. It works with the
XP operating system. The website is located at
www.geocities.com/coolvicki7/SpeeDefrag.html Try it if you want.
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Dirms and Buzzsaw

These are programs to defragment drives under Windows NT and Windows
2000 Other programs, including the ever-popular Diskeeper, actually
leaves little gaps between files. These do not show up on thier
interactive displays, so you might not know you even have them! Though
you might wonder why a disk that's only 80% full has no visible free
areas. A dreded problem, we found, with disks that are 2/3 full or so is
these little gaps, or file interstices. They are between 1 and 15
clusters in size (always less than 16), and sit between most files. This
eats up a great deal of free space, and NTFS, in its infinite stupidity,
will start sticking files in there when a larger free space is
available, causing files with hundreds of fragments. Yet all other
defragmentors, including Diskeeper, make such interstices when
defragmenting!Knowing this, dirms will pack files tight with no gaps.
You can ask it to simply slide each file to the left as far as it can,
thus incrementally consolidating your free space. Or you can move files
into holes without causing these gaps. More on these options in the
following sections. Usage; Run Dirms first then Buzzsaw can do
continuous on-the-fly defragmenting, keeping your hard drive performing
at its best...
On my WhutzNu page or:

http://www.dirms.com/download/dirms1220.zip ~81Kb
http://www.dirms.com/download/buzzsaw2002.zip ~121Kb

Cheers!

Son Of Spy
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I have posted the freeware version of O&O defrag to alt.binaries.freeware.

regards

Dud
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Having never downloaded from a binaries group before ,just how would i go
about it?.Im using gravity newsreader and see your post there but if i
choose "save as" to desktop for example i get a txt file.Could you enlighten
me a little?
tia
me
 
Son Of Spy wrote:


Seconded! Mr.T pitys the po fool that doesn't use dirms and buzzsaw!
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Caution to XP users who are not using NTFS - these progs only support
FAT32 with cluster size of 4KB or less.
 
bassbag said:
Having never downloaded from a binaries group before ,just how would i go
about it?.Im using gravity newsreader and see your post there but if i
choose "save as" to desktop for example i get a txt file.Could you enlighten
me a little?
tia
me
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Select the articles, right click and select the decode option. By
default the binary is saved in the Gravity folder itself.
 
Son Of Spy said:
Dirms and Buzzsaw

These are programs to defragment drives under Windows NT and Windows
2000 Other programs, including the ever-popular Diskeeper, actually
leaves little gaps between files. These do not show up on thier
interactive displays, so you might not know you even have them! Though
you might wonder why a disk that's only 80% full has no visible free
areas. A dreded problem, we found, with disks that are 2/3 full or so is
these little gaps, or file interstices. They are between 1 and 15
clusters in size (always less than 16), and sit between most files. This
eats up a great deal of free space, and NTFS, in its infinite stupidity,
will start sticking files in there when a larger free space is
available, causing files with hundreds of fragments. Yet all other
defragmentors, including Diskeeper, make such interstices when
defragmenting!Knowing this, dirms will pack files tight with no gaps.
You can ask it to simply slide each file to the left as far as it can,
thus incrementally consolidating your free space. Or you can move files
into holes without causing these gaps. More on these options in the
following sections. Usage; Run Dirms first then Buzzsaw can do
continuous on-the-fly defragmenting, keeping your hard drive performing
at its best...
On my WhutzNu page or:

http://www.dirms.com/download/dirms1220.zip ~81Kb
http://www.dirms.com/download/buzzsaw2002.zip ~121Kb

Cheers!

Son Of Spy
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Son of Spy , re below , I am confused , does this mean , it is only
usable with NTFS formatted drives .

This eats up a great deal of free space, and NTFS, in its infinite
stupidity,
will start sticking files in there when a larger free space is
available, causing files with hundreds of fragments.
 
slippery said:
Probably the same thing that would happen if any other
defragger was working!
I used dirms for the initial defrag and compact and use
buzzsaw on three of the six partitions i have available to
windowsXP. they both do their jobs very well. Although
buzzsaw uses 13MB of ram which maybe a problem for those who
like to be thrifty with ram usage.

slippery
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<Quote>
Probably the same thing that would happen if any other
defragger was working!
<Unquote>

Which would be ?

TIA
 
Hi:

I am curious... what happens if in the midst of Dirms... my computer
crashes... what will happen?

Rgds
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Probably the same thing that would happen if any other
defragger was working!
I used dirms for the initial defrag and compact and use
buzzsaw on three of the six partitions i have available to
windowsXP. they both do their jobs very well. Although
buzzsaw uses 13MB of ram which maybe a problem for those who
like to be thrifty with ram usage.

slippery
 
Select the articles, right click and select the decode option. By
default the binary is saved in the Gravity folder itself.
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Thank you very much Gert...it works perfectly :)
regards
me
 
Son of Spy , re below , I am confused , does this mean , it is only
usable with NTFS formatted drives .
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Someone is confused.

john p. says FAT32 only with cluster size of 4KB or less.
SOS says NTFS only.

I saw a version of Diskkeeper recently that was only 20 or
30 meg but then it wasn't freeware.

I'm glad I can use WinMEdefrag.

BoB
 
Duddits said:
I have posted the freeware version of O&O defrag to alt.binaries.freeware.

regards

Dud
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My server can't see ABF, is there a URL where I can download it?

Mike Sa
 
Someone is confused.

john p. says FAT32 only with cluster size of 4KB or less.
SOS says NTFS only.

I saw a version of Diskkeeper recently that was only 20 or
30 meg but then it wasn't freeware.

I'm glad I can use WinMEdefrag.

BoB
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The web site for Dirms and Buzzsaw lists compatibility with NTFS
without specifying cluster size. This is probably because, AFAIK, NTFS
drives are always formatted with 4KB clusters. However, the
compatibility list specifically restricts use on FAT32 drives to 4KB
or less cluster size. My WinXP Pro drive is FAT32, and it defaulted to
32KB clusters on installation, so unfortunately I can't use these
progs. (If I had realized what was happening at the time, I would have
partitioned the drive in order to have 4KB clusters, which I prefer).
I have downloaded a freeware program called DefragNT by Andreii Gaceff
which is designed for Windows NT 4.0 through XP, either NTFS or FAT32,
and I plan to try it tomorrow. I will report back.
 
<Quote>
Probably the same thing that would happen if any other
defragger was working!
<Unquote>

Which would be ?
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Trouble in River City! It is probably the worst case scenario
of what you should hope never happens. Never defrag during a
thunder storm. IOW, files may become so scrambled that you
would never be able to get into windows to straighten it out,
but that may depend on what part of your HD it is working in.
Also, most good defragger's write info to the new location PRIOR
to erasing/overwriting the original area, so you have a chance
of recovery. Defrag only when necessary [noticeable slowdown],
not for the fun of it. With the speed of computers today, it's
a toss up whether you would even notice the difference. Same
with the 're-arranging files option'. Normally not a noticeable
improvement unless you use a stop watch. That said, I use it
anyway, but I've considered many times adjusting msconfig to
not fool with maintaining an applog and deleting the folder.
I just can't bring myself to do it. You can find MVP's in
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, and other knowledgeable
users, who are on both sides of the fence.

BoB
 
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