Diskeeper

[rlprlp]

Does anyone use it or know much about it? I read about it, and decided to take the 30-day trial for a spin. One thing that I'm wondering, though, that would be almost understandable for the company who sells this to avoid mentioning: How does this constant defragmenting, even when the PC is in stand-by (I think), affect the overall life of my PC, if at all? Thank you to all who take the time to reply.

[zipulrich]

I've used Diskeeper for years (on several PC's) , in the 'Set It And Forget It' mode. No disk thrashing, and hasn't affected the life of my drives in the least.

[rlprlp]

Thank you for the reply, zipulrich. That was my one curiosity. I will continue to take advantage of the trial period, and then decide whether or not to purchase.

[chapper]

I too have used it for years. One of the best utility applications going IMO...never have had a problem as a result of running it.

[rlprlp]

I have another question, if I may. I didn't feel that it was important enough to start a new thread. Which version of Diskeeper do you guys use? I downloaded the premium one. My line of thinking was that if I didn't notice any improvement with their top-of-the-line model, there would be no sense in trying any of them. However, $100 is a HECK of a lot of money for a program!! I'm wondering if you guys get good results with the $50 or even the $30 version. Thank you again.

[chapper]

I've only used the basic program over the years & it foots the bill for me.

[Billy_Black]

It's a waste of money that just adds an unneeded layer of gunk to your system. Nothing is gained by using Diskeeper. Defragging is rarely need these days and XP's native defragger will do what is needed. I've seen no independant data/figures/tests that back up any performance gains following XP's own defrag with another.

Some choice quotes from PC World.

When the PC World Test Center set out to determine the effectiveness of the defrag utilities in our set of suites, plus that of Diskeeper 8 from Executive Software, our analysts found no evidence that defragmentation enhanced performance. On a desktop system from the PC World office with a heavily used, never-defragmented hard drive, the lab conducted speed tests using a range of applications before and after defragmenting the drive with each utility. In the end, the Test Center saw no significant performance improvement after defragmenting with any program.

The PC World Test Center's tests reveal that defraggers don't actually improve performance. And Steve Gibson, president of PC consulting firm Gibson Research Corporation, confirmed our findings.

[rlprlp]

I thought that I would post one last time in this thread in case anyone might happen to be interested. My trial is up, and maybe it's because I really don't do anything that "intense" on my PC, but I really didn't notice any difference considerable enough to be worth $30. I did notice SOME difference, just not anything worth $30. I'll be sticking with XP's built-in defragmenter. Thanks again for all the replies.