Dan Manell <> wrote on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:00 AM: Hey, you still lurking on this list?! ;-) For those not in the know, Dan is the UU (Uppsala University) AD-Master, and I worship him. He most of the time can fix the obscure AD-problems I have from time to time (or when I don't have the priv's to do it) as well as point me in the likely right direction for a DIY-fix, if he can't fix it right away for me. 8-) >> My main, and personal, objection with smaller lesser-known defraggers is >> that they are unknown and unproven entities. I just can't have a defragger >> trash files or worse, a whole disk. So far, the only ones I've "certified" >> for personal and office use at our departments is the built-in defragger >> in win2k/xp, Diskeeper and Raxco Perfect Disk. All three are fairly well- >> known and so far hasn't trashed anything. > > Well, I usually say you get what you pay for. Not always true though. There > are a lot of good free tools out there, but all of them can't be big and > known. Those that get big and known more or less often start to cost money > after a while. Of course. I usually go for free tools as well, whenever possible. Don't have the budget to buy everything I need. 8-) >> But you say this Sysinternal Contig is safe? > > No, I said I've used it with success. ;-) I have never encountered a problem > with any tool from Sysinternals. And the fact that Microsoft bought them > should vouch for something. (I know some would disagree on that last part.) > Don't forget that Sysinternals is/was the free tools part of Winternals. Ah. 8-) >> I use Process Explorer a lot as well as some of the other tools from the >> former Sysinternal ppl, but Contig is rather new to me. >> >> How long have you been using Contig? > > Just a couple of months. I had to defrag a w2k machine and needed a command > tool. Thx for letting me know. ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm