Diskeeper?

Mrs_pbradley936

Does anyone use or recommend Diskeeper? Or is it an unnecessary expense?

I have a 4 year old laptop which is getting slower but still OK I have recently invested in a cooling pad and that was good. I am debating wheter or not to get a new machine or tinker with this for another year or so.

Toxteth_OGrady

If it's getting slower follow the sticky.

Mrs_pbradley936

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

If it's getting slower follow the sticky.

Yes I have done that.

System

My personal preference is Raxco Perfectdisk

Toxteth_OGrady

I occasionally use Auslogics Disk Defrag which is freeware and very good. Piriform's Defragler, also free, is similarly good.

However defragging is not going to noticeably alter the speed of your laptop.

Which aspects of performance appear to be slower? What OS do you have? Can you post the HJT log from when you did the sticky?

closed

If it's vista, defrag is built in, a 3rd party defragger won't make a jot of difference to the speed.

backup data to a removable drive and reinstall windows (takes 10-15 minutes on a Dell) and it should run like new

or post a hijackthis log

globalds

I know this is going to sound expensive but upgrade to an SSD drive.
It is cheap in comparison to a new laptop and the performance improvement is miraculous.

I bought this one after reading what smart people thought..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT256M4SSD2-256GB-M4-SSD/dp/B004W2JL2A/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1350235085&sr=1-2

Every aspect of the computers performance seems to improve
And no need to sort out a fragmented disk.
These drives have only recently dropped by about 60% so make economic sense ..

Mrs_pbradley936

This is the hijack this log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 17:59:25, on 17/05/2010
Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18904)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\DellTPad\Apoint.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\IAAnotif.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell Webcam\Dell Webcam Central\WebcamDell.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell\MediaDirect\PCMService.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\YMailAdvisor.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Search Protection\SearchProtection.exe
C:\Program Files\Lexmark 3500-4500 Series\lxdimon.exe
C:\Program Files\Lexmark 3500-4500 Series\lxdiamon.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe
C:\Program Files\IDT\WDM\sttray.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Kontiki\KHost.exe
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe
C:\Program Files\Vodafone\Vodafone Mobile Connect\Bin\MobileConnect.exe
C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\Agent\mcagent.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\MOM.exe
C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SUPERANTISPYWARE.EXE
C:\Windows\ehome\ehtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\quickset.exe
C:\Windows\ehome\ehmsas.exe
C:\Program Files\DellTPad\HidFind.exe
C:\Program Files\DellTPad\Apntex.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CCC.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10e.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Apple Software Update\SoftwareUpdate.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
O23 - Service: Vodafone Mobile Connect Service (VMCService) - Vodafone - C:\Program Files\Vodafone\Vodafone Mobile Connect\Bin\VMCService.exe
--
End of file - 2321 bytes

Mrs_pbradley936

Bye the way I have the free/trial edition of Diskeeper.
What is driving me mad is that I get " xyz is not responding" frequently. Not enough to make me rush out and buy a new one but enough to try to sort things out.

closed

that's a short log, just a list of processes.

I suggest uninstalling spybot and superantispyware, and replace with avast free for starters, disable ie toolbars, and uninstall old printers etc. - but there is a high likelyhood a factory restore will cure it faster than any other method

knowing what xwz is, is important

You are just wasting time with defraggers, they are more likely to slow the system down

Notmyrealname

Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »

Bye the way I have the free/trial edition of Diskeeper.
What is driving me mad is that I get " xyz is not responding" frequently. Not enough to make me rush out and buy a new one but enough to try to sort things out.

I would start by actually fixing the problem causing the overheating which is throttling the processor speed instead of trying to use a quick fix (cooling pad) which doesn't actually do anything other than empty your wallet.