Anyone have recommendations regarding commercial disk defraggers? I understand that the one supplied with XP is a "lite" version of a commercial product not my MS. It never really seems to do the job, so I'm looking for something better.Mike

The standard one usually mentioned is 'Diskeeper' which, I understand also defrags the master file table. The defragger included with XP is the 'lite' version of Diskeeper.

I use diskeeper. I set it up to defrag at 5:00 a.m. every morning and it does the job nicely. I use the home version which does not defrag the mft. Not sure if it is worth spending the extra money to get this feature. Any opinions on that from anyone?

I bought Diskkeeper 8 and it did a good job defragging. The only thing that upsets me with this company is they charge you the full price for any updates. I think they are at version 9 now. If I had read the small print before I purchased the program I would never have bought it. I don't care for company's that do not provide free updates or an update at a reduced price. There's another new defrag product on one of the flight sim sites (begins with an 00?). I've looked and cannot find it now. If I find it, I'll bring it to your attention. I use the XP defragger and it meets my needs.Jim

I just found another one: Perfect disk. It's $35 and I'm wondering if it's worth the price compared with the 2 versions of Diskeeper; one at $20 and one at $45 (!) Mike

The Megascenery folks recommend O&O Defrag. It can defrag and arrange files in alpabetical order, which supposedly can make sceneries, especially photo sceneries, load faster. There is a free 30 day demo to try. I have used Diskeeper and O&O and they both seem to work great. I never benchmarked, so I have no official numbers, but I am using O&O now.Tony=http://www.flightsim-bevs.com]

I was just going to suggest PerfectDisk Mike. I've used all of the major defrgaggers including Diskeeper and O&O and really have found PerfectDisk to do the best job. I have 1.5 terabytes of data on this machine (5 WD 300GB drives) and a really good defragger is very important to me. I've used PD for over three years now and recommend it for any system. Doug

Two years of PerfectDisk and very happy with it. Simple to use and gets the job done (correctly).Greg

I use Diskeeper professionel and im very happy with it, just install it and forget about it, it does the job whenever your computer is on screensaver.OHN

"Two years of PerfectDisk and very happy with it. Simple to use and gets the job done (correctly)."...yep, goes for me to :)Mike

I just downloaded the 30 day trial of O&O and it worked great. I had to do several passes as my drive was a bit of a mess, but it is totally defragged now and the pagefile is contiguous.The only thing I wish it had, and it may, you used to have some control I seem to remember in the old days in deciding the location of files on the disk, and I haven't figured out how to do that with O&O yet. Perhaps this is inappropriate these days, but, I'm still learning.Thomas