Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 in Software

Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 in Software http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20353252 en Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:04:22 EDT Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:04:22 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20496532 GreenWhite : You can set the PD91Eng and PD91Agent services to manual. This way when you close PD2008, the services will end as well, except PD91agent. The other advantage is if you are running manual, PD2008 services will not start up by default, but only when required.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20496532 Sat, 17 May 2008 00:55:09 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20496032 howie :

said by ninnpwint

said by howie

I just do it every week or so manually, no matter what level of fragmentation it shows (0.3% is negligible, and doesn't need defragmenting).

thanks so much again howie

No problem . :-)
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said by howie

I just do it every week or so manually, no matter what level of fragmentation it shows (0.3% is negligible, and doesn't need defragmenting).

thanks so much again howie
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said by ninnpwint

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thank you howie
i have deleted the PerfectDisk2008Install folder
at how many percent of fragmented you will do the defrag
i have 0.3% now
your suggestion please
thanks again

I just do it every week or so manually, no matter what level of fragmentation it shows (0.3% is negligible, and doesn't need defragmenting).
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i have deleted the PerfectDisk2008Install folder
at how many percent of fragmented you will do the defrag
i have 0.3% now
your suggestion please
thanks again
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said by Fat City

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Now about that PerfectDisk2008Install folder---can I delete it and reclaim 72 MB of space? (After SP3, my C:\ is running out of room :huh:).

Nuke it!!! Not needed, that's just where PD extracts the setup files. :-)
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Now about that PerfectDisk2008Install folder---can I delete it and reclaim 72 MB of space? (After SP3, my C:\ is running out of room :huh:).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495264 Fri, 16 May 2008 19:43:46 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495050 howie :

said by Fat City

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1) Does the 1st defrag always take so long? Subsequent defrags are quicker, but Diskeeper is much faster.

I'm sure the reason for this is due to "Smart Placement" where all files on any given volume are placed in a contiguous area, according to frequency of access, starting at the beginning of the disk. Diskeeper leaves defragmented files all over your disk and subsequently does it faster. I was a DK user for years but prefer PD's method, even if it does take longer, and normally, this is just a few minutes.
Faster is not always better. ;-)
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495050 Fri, 16 May 2008 19:02:59 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494809 Fat City : I've been using Diskeeper 9.0 for several years but I decided to give PerfectDisk 2008 a trial run.

Questions:
1) Does the 1st defrag always take so long? Subsequent defrags are quicker, but Diskeeper is much faster.
2) OK to delete C:\Program Files\Raxco\PerfectDisk2008Install?
3) Anyone else using RunPD.bat? I don't want my defragger running in the background---on demand only for me, thanks. This script starts PD2008 and its 2 services (PD91Agent, PD91Engine), then stops the services when the PD GUI is closed. Seems to work OK.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494809 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:13:23 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20391017 Ryan : Yup you can run them on manual, BUT as soon as you startup PD to run a defrag thoughs services will sit there open unless you manually stop them or end them in task manager. This is the exact reason I never liked Diskeeper and now pd is doing the same thing. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20391017 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:01:26 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20390998 Anon00 :

said by Ryan

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I have to say I dont like these background defragers. I like to defrag when I want and hate the fact that schedulers and services remain open at all times. Makes sense for servers, but it just isnt practical for desktops.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you can set all PD's services to manual without issue right?

I don't run defrags on a schedule on my laptop, I don't want the I/O load when I'm not expecting it, and defragging once every month or so is completely fine with me.
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said by Dustyn

said by CCat

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I have the box version Perfect Disk 8.0 Professional. Wonder if theres a difference.
My updater states that its the latest version.
[att=1]

That's the previous version. And I believe PerfectDisk checks only for new builds... not newer versions.

That's correct. PD 8.0 is dead now and will never show an update as 2008 is the current version.
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said by CCat

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I have the box version Perfect Disk 8.0 Professional. Wonder if theres a difference.
My updater states that its the latest version.
[att=1]

That's the previous version. And I believe PerfectDisk checks only for new builds... not newer versions.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20389579 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:04:31 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20389549 CCat : I have the box version Perfect Disk 8.0 Professional. Wonder if theres a difference.
My updater states that its the latest version.
[att=1]
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20389549 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:55:10 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20389091 Anon00 : Hey guys wanted to let you know I narrowed it down to ShadowProtect and the new version they released fixed the issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20389091 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:01:16 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373832 sashwa : Glad I was able to help.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373832 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:02:37 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373824 jmorlan : Thanks sashwa

. You saved me some trouble-shooting time.

My CHKDSK problem was caused not by PD, but apparently by Eboostr. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373824 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:01:26 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373360 sashwa : I just ran /f during a reboot with no problem. Using XP Home fully patched and updated.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373360 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:33:33 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373321 jmorlan : Well I also have a CHKDSK issue now. I cannot make it run at boot at all. Windows just bypasses it. I was able to make the /F switch work using the BART PE, but couldn't do it on a normal boot.

I wonder if PD has something to do with this?
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The post that was here (and all 3 followups to it), has been moved to a new topic .. »[Discussion] Defragging Opinions

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said by Anon00

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Just to clarify, it's chkdsk /x or /r on the system volume, the one that requires the volume to be dismounted and it to be ran on next (re-)boot.

Apologies if Vista dismounts a system volume, like that in the screenshot, I haven't played around with Vista enough to know.

PS I'm using XP Pro SP2, fully patched. I tried a repair installation after this whole ordeal but the same thing. The other major thing I did was uninstall acronis and install ShadowProtect.

Thanks for the clarification. I'll try a chkdsk at boot time and see what happens...

[EDIT] I just ran a chkdsk at boot-time and it completed and restarted the system without issue (no BSOD).
I hope you find the culprit soon! :huh:
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Apologies if Vista dismounts a system volume, like that in the screenshot, I haven't played around with Vista enough to know.

PS I'm using XP Pro SP2, fully patched. I tried a repair installation after this whole ordeal but the same thing. The other major thing I did was uninstall acronis and install ShadowProtect.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20357971 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:56:35 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20357706 howie :

said by Anon00

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Has anyone ran a chkdsk on their system drive after this update?

Sure, no problems here (Vista Ultimate x86).
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20357706 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:58:43 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20357036 sashwa : I've installed the update and just ran chkdsk with no problems. I'm using XP Home.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20357036 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:45:10 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20357002 Anon00 : Has anyone ran a chkdsk on their system drive after this update?

I'm trying to narrow down why I'm BSODing after chkdsk finishes (it even writes to the event log that it finished) and then it crashes.
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thanks howie]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20350984 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:50:41 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20350798 Alwill : Appreciated H :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20350798 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:07:40 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20349969 Wake2 : Thanks Howie ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20349969 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:12:08 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20349843 Marsman1 : Thank you howie! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20349843 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:48:47 EDT Re: [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20349670 Dustyn : Excellent update!
Thank you howie

! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20349670 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:13:21 EDT [Update] PerfectDisk 2008 - Build 52 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20349571 howie : What's new in PerfectDisk 2008 Build 52

New Features:
Improved boot time defragmentation performance.

Bug Fixes:
Fixed boot time defrag issue on very large drives.
Occasionally boot time defragmentation passes cannot move a file. Changes were made to minimize this condition.
A change was made to the boot time defragmentation code to work around changes in Vista SP1. Previously user may have received a driver conflict message and the boot-time defragmentation pass was skipped.
When querying files with more than 1000 names, PD91Engine may some times crash. This has been fixed.
During a boot time defragmentation pass on Vista the computer sometimes failed to reboot after the defragmentation pass completed. This has been fixed.
Fixed defragmentation schedules that would run "in series" while scheduled "in parallel".
Added to the Excluded Files tab all files excluded from defragmentation by default.
Formatted the display of file and drive sizes as xxx.xx.
Put a higher resolution PerfectDisk icon that is displayed when switching applications via Alt-Tab.
The file $Secure:$SDS is no longer excluded from online defragmentation.
Fixed inconsistencies and omissions in PerfectDisk's Support Info.
Fixed negative value of Number of Clusters on the Drive Properties dialog.
Fixed not working "?" (Help) icons.
Fixed statistics errors saved to a file in File Organization Summary section.
Fixed network port configuration via Config.ini file.
Fixed find files selection on the drive map for small (~300Mb) drives.

Use the internal updater to update your copy.

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