Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote:

> Greg
>
> Please note that I never said that they were the same thing, but
> there is no question that Diskeeper effectively prevents XP Defrag
> from appearing.. that is not necessarily a bad thhing..


I don't agree. As much as I think Diskkeeper, or any third-party defrag
program, is better than the built-in one, I think what Diskkeeper does *is*
a bad thing. It's fine for an installation of a program to make itself
available as a choice, but I don't think any third-party program should take
away the option of running the built-in Windows program.


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> "Greg Hayes/Raxco Software" <ghayesntloader@raxco.com> wrote in
> message news:%23WWr$HXDGHA.628@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Back when Windows 2000 was under development (shortly after the
>> dinosaurs became extinct) , Microsoft licensed some "older"
>> technology from Executive
>> Software (now called Diskeeper Corporation) to use as the basis for
>> the built-in defragmenter in Windows 2000. That is why you see a
>> lot of similarities between the built-in defragmenter and Diskeeper.
>>
>> With Windows XP, the built-in defragmenter development was strickly
>> Microsoft - even though if you click on Help/About, it still
>> references Executive Software. Kind of like if you run IE and click
>> on Help/About and
>> it mentions NCSA Mosaic.
>>
>> The built-in defragmenter and the full version of Diskeeper are NOT
>> the same
>> thing. The full version of Diskeeper is better in certain ways than
>> the built-in defragmenter - including network/remote management
>> ability and scheduling. However, they still share many of the same
>> limitations - multi-pass, high free space requirement, in-effective
>> free space consolidation, etc...
>>
>> - Greg/Raxco Software
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows File System
>>
>> Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
>> commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support
>> department.
>>
>> Want to email me? Delete ntloader.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mikehalll@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:ukCGZwUDGHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Diskeeper is a much more accomplished Defrag than the basic MS
>>> offering.. I seem to remember somebody telling me that Diskeeper
>>> was in fact the 'parent', that MS Defrag is a cut down version of
>>> it.. maybe somebody could confirm this, one way or the other..
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Hall
>>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>>
>>> "Doug" <doug57@www.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OPsl0ZUDGHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>> I did a search and did what this site said to do and it fixed my
>>>> diskeeper. I still would rather have the plain Microsoft defrfag.
>>>> http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/arch...18/defrag.aspx
>>>>
>>>> "Doug" <doug57@www.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ejROLLUDGHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Microsoft Defrag is not on my computer. When I run Diskeeper it
>>>>> gives me an error that it cant run on this machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Doug" <doug57@www.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23LEpfzODGHA.4080@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> I have diskkeeper. How can I get Microsoft defrag?