[access-uk] Re: computer housekeeping
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:01:57 +0100
Roger and others, this sort of continual disk defrag offered by
Diskeeper is just one more way of keeping our computers up to speed,
which with screen readers hogging some resources as well as other
running apps, has to be a good thing. It helps with any hard disk
intensive work, such as audio editing.
My partitions tend to be no more than 20GB and the longest Diskeeper
took, when first installed, was not much more than five minutes to
defrag the C: drive where I have mostly Windows and a few OS related
apps installed. Once initially defragged no more waiting around, it
is just automatic, which is what you are paying for.
From Ray
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-----Original Message-----
roger south
I downloaded a trial of Diskeeper early this morning and so far it's
working
brilliantly with Supernova 6.27 (I think that's the one I've got) If
the
finished defrag is as good as it's looking they'll have another
customer
with me. Shame about my text to mp3 but I have some avenues to go
down so
may well get there.
Roger
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:46 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: computer housekeeping
> Hi Adrien,
>
> That answers Alex's question then, it should work well with
Supernova as
> well, and I see no reason why it shouldn't.
>
> Thanks for that nugget.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of
> Adrien Collins
> Sent: 07 August 2007 19:32
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: computer housekeeping
>
> Hi Steve
>
> disk keeper also works very well with hal.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Adrien
>
> You can get me off list at
> adriencollins06@xxxxxxx
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:47 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: computer housekeeping
>
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Why not just buy Diskeeper, http://www.diskeeper.com. Then you can
>> forget
>> about defragging altogether and let Diskeeper do it for you. I
can't
>> recommend it highly enough. It defrags in the background while you
are
>> working, and I can honestly say I see no degradation in performance
when
>> it
>> is defragging. In fact, the opposite. I find my machine is snappy
all
>> of
>> the time now.
>>
>> Incidentally, it is also completely screen reader friendly, with
JAWS,
>> Window-Eyes, and System Access, the three I have tried it with.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
>> Of
>> Ari
>> Sent: 07 August 2007 08:39
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: computer housekeeping
>>
>> It's scan disk first, and it really does make a difference after
it's
>> done.
>> I once remember that, when JAWS used the authorisation disk, I
>> defragmented
>> the harddrive and lost the key, it went back into demo! Thank
goodness we
>> don't use that stupid disk way anymore, remember how you had to
backup
>> the
>> keys and all that!
>> Ari
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yusuf" <yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:02 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: computer housekeeping
>>
>>
>>> Damon, I think to get a hastle free defrag you should try and have
as
>>> few
>>> programs running as possible.
>>>
>>> Can you disconnect from the net? If so you can safely turn off any
>>> firewall and anti-virus software. I personally haven't had to turn
off
>>> the
>>
>>> screenreader, and of course if you do unless youve got some useful
>>> vision
>>> you won't know whats going on.
>>>
>>> Have you done a scan disk first? I can never remember which order
those
>>> 2
>>> things are supposed to be done but perhaps if you try that first
it may
>>> help fix whatever is causing your defrag problems.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Yusuf
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:30 AM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] computer housekeeping
>>>
>>>
>>> HI all.
>>>
>>> For some reason I can't complete a full defrag. It's a little
confusing.
>>> It gets to around 10% and stops.
>>>
>>> Is there any reason why the existence of jaws, for instance, might
cause
>>> this problem? I think it's a long running problem for me.
>>>
>>> My screensaver isn't on. But my Virus checker, Mcafee, is still
on.
>>> Might
>>> this be the issue?
>>>
>>> Any system cleaning or tidying tips most appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> skype: damonrose
>>>
>>> London, England.
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