Basic Question

[davemx]

I,m pretty new to the computer world, and was just wondering......

Which is better, Norton Speed Disc or the standard win98se disc fragmenter?

Or should I use both?

I,ve found that speed disc is faster, but does it do a better job?

Any comments/suggestions welcome..

thanks alot guys

[surrealchereal]

Well, I'm glad you asked http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif. I have sure been wanting to tell this story..

Actually most will say the Norton, after all we must if we have it, We paid for it! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

That said, I once had a disk so bad,,,, How bad was it? It was so bad Norton worked on it an hour and didn't get anywhere. No kidding. It was like 90% Fragmented
(thank you, thank you) I gave up about to think I had really wrecked it, and decided to run the Microsoft product. It got the job done enough for me to then run Norton after about 20 minutes or so.... go figure.. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[edwelly]

I think one of the biggest factors is that Norton's will allow you adjust the swap file and the clusters (I have no idea how to use it though)...
- http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif-edwelly

p.s. I liked your reply Surreal http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[davemx]

lol, i know microsoft's defrag draggs'n all, but does it do the same job? or better?

I mean I like to use Norton because its quick, but i,d switch to microsofts, if I new it did a better job.

Thanks for your views...

I'll stick with Norton until, i learn more.

[patrickt]

I use Diskeeper. Is it better than Norton? I don't know. But, I could download a demo and try it for a month, and browsing stores in Oaxaca, Mexico, just doesn't do it. I liked it so I bought it. It works well for me and does the job.

[Fingers]

If you look at the load screen for Windows Disk Defragmenter, you'll see "Copyright Symantec Corporation". Win 9.x Defrag has come a long way since MS first licensed it from Norton, but it's still based on Symantec's technology.

[TechDude]

No one has answered if the norton defrager is better than the Microsoft defrager. Someone please do... I dont have norton so it takes hours to defrag this HDD im using (60gb), and if norton was better then ill buy it.

[Fingers]

I use Norton SystemWorks2000 not 2001, and I'm happier with Norton's defrag than Windows'.

Here's a good read, although is isn't exactly flattering to Norton2001 in the defrag department.
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,52823,00.asp

[NDC]

I use Executive Software's Diskeeper for any systems running Windows. I think it's much better than the Defragger that comes loaded with Windows for a number of reasons.

It defrag MUCH faster. It has features such as Boot-Time-Defragmentation which allows you to consolidate directories, defrag the Page File, Defrag MFT (NT4 & NT5 only), and a feature that allows you to schedule a defrag to run.

[Dark_Raver]

Hey..

I wish i could help u make a decision about norton but i have never used it.
However i would like to suggest to u that u look up Vopt.
The newer versions have loads of options and tools, much faster than win defrag and is safer to use, that is it sopies the file than deletes the source, in case something goes wrong u didn't loose any info.
I had my pc crash on me one time while defragging with win defrag and tottaly messed up my system...

Dark Raver

[PatrickL]

You can adjust your own swap file without the help of any program. It's under Virtual Memory [system properties] "let me specify memory settings" if you have around 500+ mb's of ram put the numbers 0-96. Don't put set values cos it's just slow virtual disk memory, good back in the days when Ram was expensive. Now RAM is so cheap there is no reason to tax the disk drive by setting up virtual memory settings on it.

[davemx]

Thankz guys