[apoorv_khurasia]

Originally Posted by bigtomrodney

I mean how many people here use them? If they were needed I would imagine there would be lots of open source projects to do this.

Quite true. Evolution....I might say (sweet seeds don't survive while sweet fruits are in great demand and hence get passed along to the next generation).

[netstrider]

Originally Posted by bigtomrodney

I have also heard that ReiserFS does a better job. As for not theoretically needing a defragmenter I would say that for ReiserFS and Ext3 it is more a case of in practice not needing a defragmenter. I mean how many people here use them? If they were needed I would imagine there would be lots of open source projects to do this. All I can find however seem to be older commercial products which makes me think they are snake oil for those who are unsure.

To be honest I never even used to defrag my Windows...To me it really doesn't make such big a difference to go through the trouble

[apoorv_khurasia]

Originally Posted by netstrider

To be honest I never even used to defrag my Windows...To me it really doesn't make such big a difference to go through the trouble

It works for my turtle comp though. Windows loads faster.