Vista - diskeeper - vista

I saw that one of you works for Diskeeper - I have diskeeper OEM installed
on my computer and running. I notice that when the system runs slowly, and
when I run Diskeeper, the system speeds up (doh - cuz it defragments the
disk). My questions - does Diskeeper automatically run every so often or do
I need to run it manually to keep the disk defrag-ed? Is there any reason
for using the MS defragger? Why can't Windows be made into a system that
runs like OS X which doesn't constantly need defrag-ing?

thanks!

That depends on how you setup diskeeper on install. There was a box or
should have been that runs diskeeper automatically. If you did not select
the automatic defrag then you have to run it manually or you should be able
to schedule defragging in the options panel. LOL being the suspicious type,
I don't let anything on my computers run automatically.

Good luck

"euroeddie" <edrich@web.de> wrote in message
news:E4E0426C-ADA9-422D-80EE-2384EBAC4CE7@microsoft.com...
>I saw that one of you works for Diskeeper - I have diskeeper OEM installed
>on my computer and running. I notice that when the system runs slowly, and
>when I run Diskeeper, the system speeds up (doh - cuz it defragments the
>disk). My questions - does Diskeeper automatically run every so often or do
>I need to run it manually to keep the disk defrag-ed? Is there any reason
>for using the MS defragger? Why can't Windows be made into a system that
>runs like OS X which doesn't constantly need defrag-ing?
>
> thanks!

Vistas defrag works fine and I use my Diskkeeper only for analysing the
drive. Haven't ever had to run it.

"euroeddie" <edrich@web.de> wrote in message
news:E4E0426C-ADA9-422D-80EE-2384EBAC4CE7@microsoft.com...
>I saw that one of you works for Diskeeper - I have diskeeper OEM installed
>on my computer and running. I notice that when the system runs slowly, and
>when I run Diskeeper, the system speeds up (doh - cuz it defragments the
>disk). My questions - does Diskeeper automatically run every so often or do
>I need to run it manually to keep the disk defrag-ed? Is there any reason
>for using the MS defragger? Why can't Windows be made into a system that
>runs like OS X which doesn't constantly need defrag-ing?
>
> thanks!

Sorry but I agree with euro, the defrag in Vista is terrible. When it run
you have no idea where it is or what it is doing. It gives no choice as to
what to defrag. It take an eternity to defrag. There are many better
defraggers and some are free.

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:%23OiftGhxHHA.4652@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Vistas defrag works fine and I use my Diskkeeper only for analysing the
> drive. Haven't ever had to run it.
>
> "euroeddie" <edrich@web.de> wrote in message
> news:E4E0426C-ADA9-422D-80EE-2384EBAC4CE7@microsoft.com...
>>I saw that one of you works for Diskeeper - I have diskeeper OEM installed
>>on my computer and running. I notice that when the system runs slowly, and
>>when I run Diskeeper, the system speeds up (doh - cuz it defragments the
>>disk). My questions - does Diskeeper automatically run every so often or
>>do I need to run it manually to keep the disk defrag-ed? Is there any
>>reason for using the MS defragger? Why can't Windows be made into a system
>>that runs like OS X which doesn't constantly need defrag-ing?
>>
>> thanks!
>

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. For me Vistas defrag runs quietly in
the background and leaves a well defragged system, as shown on my
PerfectDisk8 analysis. I don't care about a GUI and can see the results on
the PerfectDisk analysis.

"Jerry" <jhuffman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:%23LNgiqxxHHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Sorry but I agree with euro, the defrag in Vista is terrible. When it run
> you have no idea where it is or what it is doing. It gives no choice as
> to what to defrag. It take an eternity to defrag. There are many better
> defraggers and some are free.
>
> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
> news:%23OiftGhxHHA.4652@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Vistas defrag works fine and I use my Diskkeeper only for analysing the
>> drive. Haven't ever had to run it.
>>
>> "euroeddie" <edrich@web.de> wrote in message
>> news:E4E0426C-ADA9-422D-80EE-2384EBAC4CE7@microsoft.com...
>>>I saw that one of you works for Diskeeper - I have diskeeper OEM
>>>installed on my computer and running. I notice that when the system runs
>>>slowly, and when I run Diskeeper, the system speeds up (doh - cuz it
>>>defragments the disk). My questions - does Diskeeper automatically run
>>>every so often or do I need to run it manually to keep the disk
>>>defrag-ed? Is there any reason for using the MS defragger? Why can't
>>>Windows be made into a system that runs like OS X which doesn't
>>>constantly need defrag-ing?
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>
>
>