Conflict in XP?

[RedStarYellowSun]

I love Defraggler. Ever since I discovered the secret of defragmenting and defragmenting my free space, my Vista has never been faster.

So, I tried installing it on my sister's PC (an XP) and my mother's laptop (also an XP). This is where the clash began.

In my Vista, I can perform both tasks ["Defrag Freespace (allow fragmentation)" first, "Defrag Checked" last) and, when I would redo it again, they would both report that the disk was optimized according to both standards (free space AND continuous, 1-piece data).

But, in XP, it seems that the two standards clash and contradict. I would do one process, when I did the other, it would just undo what was done my the first process... and vise versa.

Is this just with their machines? Or is this universal for all (or at least most) XP's? Is there a way defragmenting with both standards met?

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[kmillerusaf]

I love Defraggler. Ever since I discovered the secret of defragmenting and defragmenting my free space, my Vista has never been faster.

So, I tried installing it on my sister's PC (an XP) and my mother's laptop (also an XP). This is where the clash began.

In my Vista, I can perform both tasks ["Defrag Freespace (allow fragmentation)" first, "Defrag Checked" last) and, when I would redo it again, they would both report that the disk was optimized according to both standards (free space AND continuous, 1-piece data).

But, in XP, it seems that the two standards clash and contradict. I would do one process, when I did the other, it would just undo what was done my the first process... and vise versa.

Is this just with their machines? Or is this universal for all (or at least most) XP's? Is there a way defragmenting with both standards met?

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

 

I just wanted to say first that I love Defraggler just as much as you do! I think this issue was discussed in another thread if I am not mistaken. But it seems as though defragging the free space, at least in XP creates some fragmentation and the best option would be to defrag the files (not the entire drive) after you defrag the free space. Can anyone back me up on this one?

[The Don]

I just wanted to say first that I love Defraggler just as much as you do! I think this issue was discussed in another thread if I am not mistaken. But it seems as though defragging the free space, at least in XP creates some fragmentation and the best option would be to defrag the files (not the entire drive) after you defrag the free space. Can anyone back me up on this one?

 

 

I usually defrag only files daily to keep my drive performance good. At times only when my drive has alot of free space in between blue blocks I defrag free space (allow fragments) and than just defrag the files that need to be defragged. I don't defrag the whole drive again. It is not needed.