[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Disk deframgmentation software - re

dyurman@cdp.UUCP (04/02/91)

Commercial packages for disk defragmentation for that purpose only
are expensive.  For $65 you have your choice of either Norton Utilities
or PCTools.  Both have disk optimizier programs plus tons of other
things to make your PC run better.

In the shareware field you might want to bread the documentation carefully
concerning the ability of the program to recognize hidden and fixed
files, especially those from copy protected software.  If these files
are moved, your software is dead.  Both Norton and PC Tools handle this
well so not to worry there.

drudman@hpcc01.HP.COM (Drew Rudman) (04/05/91)

The best disk defragger available on the market is Optune from Gazelle
Software.  This package is a defragger only, and I think it runs about $30.
I have used all three defraggers, and Optune is 100% faster and better than
the other two.  Then again, with the other two you get a ton of other utilities.
Tough call.  Depends on how much you want to spend and how much you really need.

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