Ken

It may well be possible to un-install Diskeeper and have XP Defrag return to
normal.. I just haven't tried it..

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:eTJTsIaDGHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> 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..
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>
> 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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> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
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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?
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