xp type defragging

[curtybob]

I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a defragger for Win 98 that will let you know if it is time to defrag or not. My mom works in an office with no IT personnel, and basically the work computer is hers. I have looked in the download sites and found some candidates, but was wanting further input before I get my mom in trouble for spending $70 for something that don't do a good job. She enters and deletes alot of files and the defragger in win 98 takes way too long, so they have alot of time down defragging a drive that may not even need it!

[beeboy]

I use Ontrack's system suite. It will analyse the drive first to see if it needs a defrag. The defragger is quite slow though. Raxco (I think) is another good defragger according to earlier posts here.

[curtybob]

thank you much. I will keep them in mind. speed isn't important, at least not as important as knowing whether you need to defrag or not. thanx again

[ESALADUANE]

Since the question is when to defrag, what you need is a defragger that analyzes the disk first. I don't have a lot of experience with different defraggers (I use Microsoft's built-in one and Raxco's PerfectDisk) but I thought all defraggers did this. Just click the "Analyze" button and the program will tell you (in the program's judgement) whether you need to defrag. It will usually tell you to defrag if more than 1% or 2% of your files are fragmented.
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I seem to have just repeated what beeboy said. Sorry, I got carried away.

[curtybob]

yeah, I like the one in XP, but the computer my mom uses has win 98, and it dont tell you squat!!! but thanks for the 2nd on perfectdisk, i think my minds made up.

[dick471]

PerfectDisk is the best defrag program because it also defrags your PageFile, which XP will not. Only problem you'll have is that you need to buy a different version for 98SE than the W2K/XP version.