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Re: Acronis
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2009, 03:28:43 PM »
I've had a few 32 bit programs choke on me... like Diskeeper for one.  Still not sure what is wrong with that.  It manages the disk... why does it need to be 64-bit?

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Re: Acronis
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2009, 03:30:01 PM »
I imagine it has something to do with the architecture of the 64bit os and the way it handles data
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Re: Acronis
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2009, 07:00:35 PM »
my techs use acronis to image systems at work all the time. We mostly use it in server environments and it works great. They also use something called deepfreeze, I think - I forget the name. But we have a system our sales people and trainer use all the time and deep freeze saves the default state the server is in and reverts to it every night unless told otherwise.
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Re: Acronis
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2009, 07:07:29 PM »
Deepfreeze huh? Sounds cool!
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Re: Acronis
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2009, 10:24:29 PM »
I've had a few 32 bit programs choke on me... like Diskeeper for one.  Still not sure what is wrong with that.  It manages the disk... why does it need to be 64-bit?

Diskeeper is useless in Vista.  The reviewers have noted that though slower, the native defrag is equal to or better than anything on the market.

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Re: Acronis
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2009, 10:38:37 PM »
Guys tbh I never use defrag or cleanup. Well I run cleanup once a month to kill the hibernation file. But I'm a believer that the disk defrag tools don't do anything but slow the system and cause file corruption.

And for the average user cleanup just causes data loss.
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Re: Acronis
« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2009, 02:53:15 PM »
Guys tbh I never use defrag or cleanup. Well I run cleanup once a month to kill the hibernation file. But I'm a believer that the disk defrag tools don't do anything but slow the system and cause file corruption.
So VERY not true with XP.  Diskkeeper gave me a 5-10% boost in XP easily.

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Re: Acronis
« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2009, 02:58:37 PM »
I never really used them so i cant hold to my opinion too heavy. Over the years though, in regards to defrag, it seems to cause more issues then good. And in my experience i often find computers with speed issues not related to spyware or infections tend to belong to owners who defragment.
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Re: Acronis
« Reply #23 on: February 19, 2009, 03:44:28 PM »
I never really used them so i cant hold to my opinion too heavy. Over the years though, in regards to defrag, it seems to cause more issues then good. And in my experience i often find computers with speed issues not related to spyware or infections tend to belong to owners who defragment.

In my experience I cannot disagree more.  Fragged drives cause massive slowups and issues here.  Only recently has the support staff at my work realized just how much BS defragging on a regular basis matters. 

Everyone should defrag on at least a quarterly basis.  I do it about once a month with normal hdd use.

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Re: Acronis
« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2009, 03:46:48 PM »
I literally never defrag my computers. It has never cause anything good for me. Maybe aftermarket software is better then the windows management tools but i never bothered to try it. But im so anal about my computers i think that helps. Most people just click everything and put shit everywhere and its a disaster. I cant even have icons on my desktop beyond the basics for more then like, an hour lol
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