Vista - Perfect disk versus Diskeeper

Hi,

I have both installed (trial version) and cannot really decide which one to buy.

My mind says Perfect disk. Anyone having experience with both defragmenters?

Thanks,

François

Well i havent used Perfect disk but IMO the background defragging on Diskeeper is very good (and maybe the best around !).

I suggest you use both for a few days and then decide

Well Diskeeper is cheaper, something to consider.

I uses Auslogics, good, but the entire drive is done, while i prefer only do to the C: partition every 2 days, the other partitions only once in a while.

Thanks,

François

^While you're at it ,do try out O & O Defrag.
havent tried it (yet) but it has got very Good Reviews.

I have used both, (infact, O&O too) as mentioned in one of the other defrag threads here. My personal preference is Diskeeper > O&O > perfectdisk. The biggest advantage that DK has over the other two is its low system usage, and its excellent automatic defragmentation mode. It's also pretty easy to set up and use.

PD doesnt have the autodefrag function, but O&O may have it, I dont exactly recall, because I tried out quite a while ago. But DK's autodefrag, as Asky mentioned above, is truly the best of the lot..very unintrusive, but gets to work whenever you are not using the PC and it has idle resources on tap.

I also suggest that the best thing would be to try out both on your particular system extensively, and then decide for yourself.

Make sure you look at TOTAL resource usage used by the products, once the drive is completely defragmented (i.e. is the product actually doing anything constructive). Also check free space consolidation, a critical component of a defragger. Also check the prices for full-featured products.

Well guys,

O & O Defrag.

Is a nono so it seems. I downloaded it, installed it (or tried to install it) and then the program says : "You need WIndows 2000 or higher".....and that while i am on Vista64 like most of the guys here.....

Strange.

Anyway i will try out Diskeeper versus Perfect Disk.

François

it strikes me that (but i may be wrong) in Diskeeper one can auto-defrag once a week or an a specific date.
With Perfect Disk one can say "defrag every 2 days".

Perfect disk asked me yesterday to do a defrag of the system files (a shutdown is needed for this).

What strikes me (strike 2) is that today Perfect disk asks me the same....

Needless to say i do not like the program to act like that.

Just to let you know.

François

ok just analysed the C: partition again (with PF Raxco), since this program said "Perfect disk recommends performing an offline defragmentation pass of your system files based on metadata fragmentation. Right after i analyse again .....guess what PF says exactly the same. So bad point for PF.

Also when you say in PF that defrag should start at 3 pm, it does NOT start because when you are on password it does not start.

You can overcome this by "wakeup from hibernation".
(option is located under configuration /advanced configuration / power options)
But then your computer does not come on password, ok if you want this. This is purely info for other possible Raxco buyers.

François

PerfectDisk does allow once a week or on a specific date. Or twice a week, etc. Diskeeper runs all the time. An analyze only analyzes, it does not defragment the drive, so until the offline is done to defragment the sytem files, it will continue to say it's needed.