System files

After running diskeeper 10, it came up that I have "low-performing system files" which is slowing down my computer. Where do I go to get help with this to either update and or fix. I am running XP Professional with SP2.

You may benefit from running your defragmentor utility up to three times in a row in order to get the best benefit of re-organizing files.
You may also benefit from running it while in SAFE Mode, or better still - Boot-Time defragmentation check, to get things moved around and organized before Windows even kicks in.

Beyond these comments about the use of your defragmentation files, there may be "other issues" that could be responded to if you supply more information about your machine and how it is currently running.

A great way to get more information and a comprehensive overview is with the PCPitstop.com Full Test. It's free and takes about 2 minutes, even on dial-up, and provides a userfriendly Results display to help you get a picture of your Hardware, peripherals, operating system, installed software, current performance measures, along with helpful hints about optimizing and problems solving.
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You'll be asked to register with a valid email address, and to select your own password.
The first time you Run the Full Tests, you'll be asked to accept an ActiveX that enables the test to be run on your machine. It's safe.

You can even Post your results back here into this thread at TomCoyote, so that knowledgeable Members can take a look and assist you with improvements and problem solving. Post the entire string of the TechExpress, if you wish assistance with the Test Results.

Here's Diskkeepers .pdf promo and user guide:
http://files.diskeeper.com/pdf/Diskeeper10…ewers_Guide.pdf

Here's what zdnet.com has to say about this information from Diskkeeper:
It's pretty "generic" stuff.

Full Review by Christian Harris May 24, 2005

Hard disk drive fragmentation is a major cause of performance bottlenecks. It can also cause crashes, slowdowns, freeze-ups and even total system failures. Although Windows comes with its own defrag utility (which was also developed by Executive Software), it requires a manual process to keep track of fragmentation levels and takes forever to run on large hard disks.

On a fragmented hard disk, pieces of individual files on a disk volume are scattered around the disk rather then contiguous; also, free space on a disk volume consists of little pieces of space here and there rather than a few large areas. Either way it’s bad: excessive fragmentation can delay file access and file creations take longer because space for the file must be allocated in pieces rather than all at once.

With Diskeeper, all the disks in a Windows operating system can be kept defragmented indefinitely. Diskeeper cleans them up and keeps them that way, including drives with compressed, encrypted and sparse files on NTFS volumes. The software can also be scheduled to run either invisibly as a background job or as a manual defragmenter, rearranging files and freeing space on a disk volume while you continue to work. And because Diskeeper runs online, there’s no need to lock users off while a hard disk is being defragmented.

Diskeeper is available in a variety of editions, ranging from Windows 95 through to Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition. It can be installed simultaneously on multiple computers in a network, using either Diskeeper Administrator Edition, or Microsoft’s System Management Server (SMS). Remote installation can be a tremendous time saver for system administrators, especially on large networks, where you may have to install Diskeeper on hundreds of computers.

Diskeeper starts automatically each time your computer is restarted. It also runs all the time, whether or not defragmentation is occurring. Thankfully the software consumes negligible system resources, so in most cases will never need to be disabled. Indeed, in our tests we never noticed any performance hit when the software was running. Each time you analyse or defragment a disk, Diskeeper calculates the read time of the disk in two ways. First, it shows the predicted time to read all the files on the disk. Secondly, it shows the time to read only the fragmented files. Additionally, it determines the optimum (fastest) read time potential for the disk.

One of the most interesting aspects of the software is the Performance Map window. A group of horizontal bars in the Performance Map pane gives a graphic representation of the fragmentation of your disk volume. Instead of simply showing the fragmented files, it reports the extent of performance degradation on the disk. For example, a large file in two or three fragments causes no significant performance loss.

The Performance Map tab gives you a more accurate look at the condition of the disk as it relates to the overall performance of your system. Colours are used to indicate the type and condition of the data on your volume. For instance, red areas show low-performing files, pink areas show low-performing system files, dark blue areas show high-performing files and white areas show free space on the volume.

There’s also a scheduling option that allows Diskeeper to run automatically in the background, according to a predetermined schedule you set (Diskeeper supports two separate schedules – ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ – for each disk volume on your computer). You can also use the Smart Scheduling option to allow Diskeeper to automatically determine the optimum defragmentation schedule for your disk volumes. As with manual defragmentation jobs, you can select several different defragmentation methods to suit your needs.

Another key feature is Boot-Time defragmentation, an option only available when running Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. When you start your computer, Boot-Time defragmentation moves directories to a single location, which is useful as the Windows operating systems write directories into random locations all over a volume. By grouping all the directories into a single location on a volume, larger areas of contiguous free space become available. Therefore, new files are more likely to be written to the volume in a contiguous manner. It also defragments the Master File Table (MFT), a critical section of Windows NTFS disk volumes. Paging files are also defragmented, which can otherwise slow down Windows’ performance.