On 12/17/09 6:08 PM, Gene wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:52:29 -0500,
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On 12/17/09 11:45 AM, jps wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:22:43 -0500, Gene
wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:44:31 -0500, I am Tosk
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In ,
om says...
...is it worth $29.95? Anyone use it? Supposedly it's good for
amateurs like me.
I would never use it. When I get clogged up I do a format and rebuild.
Over the years I have probably averaged twice a year.
As infinitely painful as it is.... this is the best advice.
If you're a simple user like The Freak, I might agree. For those who
have lots of applications they use and would have to reinstall, it's a
bloody waste of time.
Registry Mechanic does a decent job. Vista and Win 7 both do a good
job of keeping the disc defragged.
Two of the aspects of Windozes I don't miss:
the registry
the need to defrag hard drives
There is no registry in the Apple OS, and it is pretty simple to remove
a program and all its pieces and parts. Also, the OS seems to keep the
drive(s) pretty much defragged on its own.
Backups and restores are much easier, too.
But I still like Windoze.
That's where I was headed with this.... defragging is a fragging waste
of time.... better spend wiping and re-installing.
So far, I haven't seen the need to do that, gene. Before I sold off my
iMac to buy a new iMac, I made a backup of its hard drive and "migrated"
that backup to my macbook pro. In less than 40 minutes, every single
program, setting, and bit of data was transferred to the backup and
everything works fine. When the new iMac arrives, I'll use the same
process to migrate the macbook pro onto the new machine.