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Anna,
I cannot on that particular study without knowing the finite details etc.
But there have been others conducted in the past
such as
http://www.executive.com/diskeeper/IDC-White-Paper.pdf from Diskeeper Corp
(formally Executive software) a paper by IDC
That would counter that paper.
There are also other products available - notably those from Raxco (Perfect
Disk - another good product) and they too have produced figures for their
products.
NTSL have also done some testing around this www.nstl.com
Ultimately the choice to use a product is up to the consumer and they should
evaluate the benefits of a product prior to making a purchasing decision.
As regards the differences between the built in defragmentation product and
another third party product; Diskeeper did a comparison vs. their product at
http://files.diskeeper.com/pdf/DK-WINXP-2000_Comparison.pdf
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Mike
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"Anna" <myname@myisp.net> wrote in message
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> "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Actually you should use version 9.0 of Diskeeper.
>> As regards the install process - you just run the setup and it will
>> replace the built in defrag tool with the full version of Diskeeper.
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>> Mike
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>> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
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> Mike:
> The above was your response to a query from a poster inquiring about what
> version of a third-party disk defragmenting utility he or she should use.
>
> I'm curious to know Microsoft's position on the use of these third-party
> "defragmenters" in terms of their perceived usefulness in general, and
> especially in comparison to the defragmenting utility included in the XP
> OS.
>
> I would particularly like you to comment on the following article on the
> value of defragmenting programs published in the February, 2004 issue of
> PC World...
>
> "When was the last time you defragmented your hard disk? As your PC
> creates,
> modifies, and deletes files on the hard drive, files tend to get broken up
> into pieces that are physically scattered around the disk. Drives and file
> systems are built to keep track of these noncontiguous file parts, but if
> a
> significant portion of your hard drive has become fragmented, its
> performance might suffer.
>
> Then again, it might not. When the PC World Test Center set out to
> determine
> the effectiveness of the defrag utilities in our set of suites, plus that
> of
> Diskeeper 8 from Executive Software, our analysts found no evidence that
> defragmentation enhanced performance. On a desktop system from the PC
> World
> office with a heavily used, never-fragmented hard drive, the lab conducted
> speed tests using a range of applications before and after defragmenting
> the
> drive with each utility. In the end, the Test Center saw no significant
> performance improvement after defragmenting with any program This result
> flies in the face of the perceived wisdom that fragmentation hinders
> performance, though much older PCs (with slower and smaller hard drives)
> and
> heavily used servers may benefit from defragging.
>
> Fortunately, you don't have to buy a defragger to see if it will boost
> performance on your system: Every copy of Windows comes with a
> defragmentation tool. However, it is not particularly easy to use.
> Diskeeper
> 8 Professional Edition offers set-it-forget-it scheduling options, the
> ability to prioritize or skip defragmentation of specific files, and a
> display that predicts how much faster your system will be after
> defragmentation. Our tests didn't validate those predictions, though;
> again,
> we say no performance gains after defragmenting."
>
> Looking forward to your response, especially should it represent the
> "official" view of Microsoft..
> Anna
>
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