Disk Defragmenter

Originally Posted by RPG Maker

Could you please? Or is there any free defragment programs?

And thanks everyone for explaing, I thought I might as well learn this since I want to learn to clean my own computer up rather then spending $300 at Best Buy for someone else to do it lol. I remember when I first got my computer three years ago I had them install stuff I could have for $50. Sigh

I could upload you a copy of Diskeeper 10 Server Enterprise, which (if you have WinXP Pro) is easily the best Diskeeper edition available (and no cracks or serials are needed!).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Kairyu

Not too sure about the Server Enterprise version but I know all the other versions of diskeeper I've used works on any version of win2k/XP.


Hey Kaiten, is that version any different from Diskeeper 10 Professional Premium? Which is what I'm using.
If there are some substantial advantages to using it I'll gladly take a copy too, if you don't mind!

EDIT: Diskeeper Server Enterprise (IMPORTANT: remember to check the list of supported operating systems to make sure you can run this!): http://www.sendspace.com/file/c00srl

For XP Home users: http://www.9down.com/downloads.php?fileid=359 (Professional Premier Edition)

Remember to compare this Server Enterprise to the Professional Edition(s).

Firstly there's the features:


Then there's the supported operating systems:


Finally about the TVE:

Originally Posted by Diskeeper Help File

Terabyte Volume Engine
Diskeeper Server Enterprise edition includes the Terabyte Volume Engine (TVE), which is a specialized defragmentation engine for very large NTFS volumes (60 GB or larger in size). The TVE is designed to efficiently handle volumes containing millions of files. Note that the TVE is only used on NTFS volumes.

The TVE operates differently from the standard Diskeeper defragmentation engines since it is designed specifically for very large volumes. For example, when the TVE is defragmenting a disk, the graphic display usually shown in the Volume Map tab is replaced with numerical data showing the progress of the defragmentation operation. This reduction in system resource usage pays off in lower CPU consumption and faster defragmentation of very large volumes. (You can optionally disable this resource-saving feature. See Diskeeper Configuration Properties for more information.)

Also, the TVE may or may not examine the whole volume in a single process. This saves system memory resources.

Here is a description of the information displayed in the Volume Map pane when the TVE is defragmenting a volume:

File record examinations
This is the number of times a file record (MFT record) was examined and is basically used to show that progress is occurring. The number may be larger than the number of file records on the volume if a full job runs, because a file record may be examined more than once, or it may be smaller than the number of file records on the volume if the job didn't run to completion.

Fragmented file examinations
This is the number of the above file record examinations that located fragmented files. Again, a file may be examined more than once during a defragmentation job, so this number will not match the "number of fragmented files" in the Job Report tab.

Fragments eliminated
This is the number of fragments that were eliminated by the TVE. It may not match the number of fragments reported in the Job Report tab report because the job was only partially completed, or because files became more or less fragmented as the result of other processes during the period when the engine runs.

Contiguous file examinations
This is the number of the above file record examinations that located contiguous files that could be moved to help consolidate free space. Not all files on the volume are candidates for this action, so the number will most likely be far less than the number of contiguous files in the Job Report tab.

Files that could not be processed
This is the number of times that a file couldn't be moved. The most common reasons for a file not moving are:

Diskeeper was denied permission to open the file (the file did not allow the SYSTEM process Full Control)

The file was open for exclusive use by another process

Free space was no longer available when the move was attempted.

The Windows application event log stores the reason(s) for the first fifty files that could not be processed.

Originally Posted by RPG Maker

Alright I installed Diskeeper 10 pro and it replaced the default Defragmenter. If I uninstalled Diskeeper 10 pro, will the deafault prgrams come back?

Yes, if you uninstall Diskeeper it'll revert to the other defragmenter. But after you've used Diskeeper (provided it's not crashing), I see no reason to use the Windows Defrag over it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.