Using Defraggers (like PerfectDisk)

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Marc Nutty

Hi,

I was wondering, on a dual boot setup, would using PerfectDisk beta for
Vista on Windows Vista but defragmenting the HDD with XP on it do any harm?
Or should I just boot-up XP and defrag from there?

Just a thought of mine since the program lets u choose what HDD to defrag
lol.

cheers,

Nutty
 
It is never a good idea to use more than one 'brand' of defragger per
volume. Because they may use different algorithms and policies/options, one
may undo what another does and/or make a mess of things--then the other
tries to 'fix' it again to it's standards. Decide on one per volume and
stick to it.
 
"Marc Nutty"wrote
Hi,

I was wondering, on a dual boot setup, would using PerfectDisk beta for
Vista on Windows Vista but defragmenting the HDD with XP on it do any
harm? Or should I just boot-up XP and defrag from there?

Just a thought of mine since the program lets u choose what HDD to defrag
lol.

cheers,

Nutty
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Wouldn't that best be asked of the PerfectDisk folks? I would think,
though, that it would be compatible, except for the fact that it's Beta. If
it's a test system and you have an image to restore to then why not?
 
Wouldn't that best be asked of the PerfectDisk folks? I would think,
though, that it would be compatible, except for the fact that it's Beta. If
it's a test system and you have an image to restore to then why not?
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Perfect Disk (beta for vista) boot defrag totally screwed up my
system... so yes better have a full backup or be able at spending a
few hours trying to fix it.
 
"Telstar"wrote
"Rock"
wrote:

Perfect Disk (beta for vista) boot defrag totally screwed up my
system... so yes better have a full backup or be able at spending a
few hours trying to fix it.
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Screwed up how? How did you fix it? Have you forwarded this info to Raxco?
 
Screwed up how? How did you fix it? Have you forwarded this info to Raxco?
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In short, windows refused to boot. I fixed it by booting in safe mode
and disabling startup services (including but not limited to PD8).

And yes, I'm in touch with Raxco support.
 
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