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Best Defrag and Registry Cleaner Utility?

Discussion in 'Software Apps' started by mretzloff, Jan 18, 2008.

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  1. hulent Newcomer, in training

    Well, how 'bout that.
    hulent, Jan 22, 2008
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  2. Tedster Techspot old timer.....

    it's not defragging ram - it's called "freeing" ram. And yes- there is a free tool for that called freeram xp pro . I do not know if it works for vista, but I use it all the time.
    Tedster, Jan 22, 2008
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  3. Route44 TechSpot Ambassador


    Tedster this whole "freeing RAM" is a new one on me. May I ask what the benefits are in doing this? Thanks!
    Route44, Jan 22, 2008
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  4. hulent Newcomer, in training

    Route44: Same here, not really getting the concept of "freeing ram"...I especially don't understand the whole "defragging ram" thingy
    hulent, Jan 24, 2008
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  5. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    I think defragging ram is just a carry over from the old days when operating systems weren't able to manage ram like they can now (post #9 in this thread).

    I can't see that it would do anything beneficial now. Kind of like defragging a usb stick.
    SNGX1275, Jan 24, 2008
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  6. Route44 TechSpot Ambassador

    Thanks for the info. I just never heard of this before and it sounded intriguing.
    Route44, Jan 24, 2008
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  7. Blind Dragon Newcomer, in training

    Helps to optimize the performance of physical memory

    Helps reclaim lost memory resources and put them to better use.

    Helps to recovers RAM leaks from poorly behaved applications.

    Helps to manage system memory, the paging file and virtual memory.

    You all can say what you want but it does drop memory usage by 5-10% anytime I have used it

    And here is a screen shot of Iolo's system mechanic defrag software for harddrive, vista said no fragmentation, h9owever through command prompt it said I had 5% fragmented, 28% for system mechanic with the deep scan, took less than 1 minute to analyze, and it found 422 additional files that were fragmented.

    [IMG]
    Blind Dragon, Jan 24, 2008
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  8. Rick TechSpot Staff

    'Defragging' your RAM is the most ridiculous thing ever.

    Hard drives need to be defragmented because their access times are FAR greater than RAM. Even even then, it doesn't make that huge of a difference anymore.

    But the real reason here is RAM works differently than mechanical disks. There is no actuator arm, spinning platter or heads... no mechanics at all. Accessing different cells in memory is virtually instantaneous because it is done so through electricity. No amount of defragmenting is going to make a effin' difference with that.

    It's snake oil.... :)
    Rick, Jan 25, 2008
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  9. hulent Newcomer, in training

    I still stick by my first post on this thread. Defraggin' RAM is useless. SNGX1275...hillarious, defraggin' a USB drive. :grinthumb
    hulent, Jan 25, 2008
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  10. mopar man TechSpot Ambassador

    I have a question about diskkeeper.

    I installed it (xp home) and it basically replaced the windows defragmenter.

    I know I am probably just way to paranoid, but it didn't actually replace it, did it? It just made the shortcuts go to diskkeeper, correct?
    mopar man, Jan 25, 2008
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  11. M0R0NI Newcomer, in training

    I totally agree. Come on think about it!
    M0R0NI, Jan 25, 2008
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  12. LookinAround TechSpot Chancellor

    Re: Defragging RAM

    Well, i found this article The Memory-Optimization Hoax by Mark Russinovich. Given his reputation and experience i would accept his as an "authoritative" opinion. The full article is copywrited so can't be reprinted here but you can get what he's saying even just from the opening paragraphs

    And a couple interesting, fyis
    LookinAround, Jan 25, 2008
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  13. hulent Newcomer, in training

    Whoo-Hoo!!! My advice of JK-Defrag Gets a THUMBS UP! Diskeeper = THUMBS DOWN! Get JK-Defrag, it's free and it rocks!
    hulent, Jan 25, 2008
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  14. raybay TechSpot Addict

    Diskeeoer, too, has a free version. And it works. Even in the background. The end result is the same.
    raybay, Jan 25, 2008
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  15. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Not sure why Diskeeper got such a bad review, I just put it on and ran it on my drives, it consolidated the free space, so I don't know what that guy was talking about. Maybe HE is doing it wrong.
    SNGX1275, Jan 25, 2008
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