Comments on: jkDefrag is now MyDefrag — and now, even faster! http://preparedpc.com/2009/07/24/jkdefrag-is-now-mydefrag-and-now-even-faster/ Your PC. Prepared for Anything. Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joe http://preparedpc.com/2009/07/24/jkdefrag-is-now-mydefrag-and-now-even-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-756 Joe Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:36:05 +0000 http://preparedpc.com/?p=427#comment-756 RE: Tim's comments, a fragmented disk will slow not only overall performance, but also backup times. With "Todays massive disks" also comes todays massive data hoarding people seem to do (corporate environments etc). Drives become fragmented, backups take longer/start to fail (the reason I'm now seriously looking into defrag tools is a failing backup system) and other issues creep in. Defragging is a must-have option for any server, and certainly aids the performance of any desktop, NTFS or not. RE: Tim’s comments, a fragmented disk will slow not only overall performance, but also backup times. With “Todays massive disks” also comes todays massive data hoarding people seem to do (corporate environments etc).
Drives become fragmented, backups take longer/start to fail (the reason I’m now seriously looking into defrag tools is a failing backup system) and other issues creep in.
Defragging is a must-have option for any server, and certainly aids the performance of any desktop, NTFS or not.

]]> By: Tim http://preparedpc.com/2009/07/24/jkdefrag-is-now-mydefrag-and-now-even-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Tim Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:20:27 +0000 http://preparedpc.com/?p=427#comment-609 On the other hand, Mydefrag isn't a Church of Scientology product ;) Diskeeper in my opinion is scareware anyway. Lots of nice looking fluff and alarmist stuff about how you really need their product to speed up your computer, but the actual performance gains are little different from any other defragger (most people only have a perception of a speed improvement after defragging anyway without there being much of a real improvement). NTFS is actually designed to fragment to a degree and performs perfectly fine in a fragmented state. It is only severe fragmentation that is a problem, and it's less so on today's massive hard discs. Anyway, key difference between defraggers is not in defragging the disc (as they all use the same Windows APIs), but the efficiency. Some are better at defragging a disc with low free space than others. Again, with big discs these days it's less of an issue. On the other hand, Mydefrag isn’t a Church of Scientology product ;)

Diskeeper in my opinion is scareware anyway. Lots of nice looking fluff and alarmist stuff about how you really need their product to speed up your computer, but the actual performance gains are little different from any other defragger (most people only have a perception of a speed improvement after defragging anyway without there being much of a real improvement).

NTFS is actually designed to fragment to a degree and performs perfectly fine in a fragmented state. It is only severe fragmentation that is a problem, and it’s less so on today’s massive hard discs.

Anyway, key difference between defraggers is not in defragging the disc (as they all use the same Windows APIs), but the efficiency. Some are better at defragging a disc with low free space than others. Again, with big discs these days it’s less of an issue.

]]> By: Danny http://preparedpc.com/2009/07/24/jkdefrag-is-now-mydefrag-and-now-even-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Danny Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:27:51 +0000 http://preparedpc.com/?p=427#comment-568 Well, I tried mydefrag on a spare system, but it doesn't match up to Diskeeper:/ I have Diskeeper 2009 (paid version, not free) installed on my main desktop with 3x640GB drives, and it does a perfect job defragging those. Unlike Mydefrag, Diskeeper is fast and fully automatic, defrags system files and can defrag all drives simultaneously. Diskeeper is also has a superior and easy to use interface. Well, I tried mydefrag on a spare system, but it doesn’t match up to Diskeeper:/
I have Diskeeper 2009 (paid version, not free) installed on my main desktop with 3x640GB drives, and it does a perfect job defragging those. Unlike Mydefrag, Diskeeper is fast and fully automatic, defrags system files and can defrag all drives simultaneously. Diskeeper is also has a superior and easy to use interface.

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