2 problems with V3 on Windows XP

[joe935]

After program loads and analyze is clicked the program seems to hang in that the colored squares do not appear that area of the window remains blank.

But after a few minutes the list of fragmented files will appear.

Now After pressing defrag the defragger will run for a while and then just hang and stop defragging.

 

I uninstalled V3 and went back to V2.9 and it runs perfectly.

 

My OS is Windows XP Pro with sp3

all updates installed.

[ektorbarajas]

Hi Joe935. Have you already tried the final SD 3 version? (not the beta)?

 

I've not used SD3 on windows XP, but in windows 7 and 8.1 works fine, just some minor issues

[joe935]

Yes, the version i had installed was 3.0.3.289 and yes V3 works fine on my Win 7 Laptop

[joe935]

Has anyone installed the latest version on a Win XP machine and had it work successfully?

Thanks

[Melvin_Deal]

Hi joe935!

 

How long had it been since you ran the built in Windows defragmenter... ? (In conjunction with SmartDefrag?) What machine are you running it on? Besides XP OS???

[joe935]

I have not run the Windows built in defragger since i started using Smart defrag 2, must be several years now. and as i mentioned Smart Defrag 2 runs perfectly on my XP PC with SP3. In fact the diskkeeper service is disabled.

Smart defrag 3 runs on my HP Notebook with win7 OS

[Cicely]

Hi joe935 ,

 

Thanks for your feedback.

 

Doe your Smart defrag hang every time when you run it?

 

Could you please send us the related screenshots?

 

Guide for taking screenshot.

 

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/winscreenshot.htm

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

[joe935]

I installed it 3 times first was the beta then the latest 3.0.3.289 i installed 2 times. Each time the program hung up.

Since i have removed it and reinstalled version 2, I am hesitant to reinstall it again, as i do not feel comfortable in running V3. So i can not send any screenshots.

Is this latest version running sucessfully on a Win XP PC?

[SDboy59]

same issue here. installed once, program was slow at defragging, taking CPU, removed it and downgrade to v2 and all is working well now.

 

 

I installed it 3 times first was the beta then the latest 3.0.3.289 i installed 2 times. Each time the program hung up.

Since i have removed it and reinstalled version 2, I am hesitant to reinstall it again, as i do not feel comfortable in running V3. So i can not send any screenshots.

Is this latest version running sucessfully on a Win XP PC?

[solbjerg]

Hi SDboy

In order to form an opinion on that I would like to know the settings -

can be found in the config. file in: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\IObit\Smart Defrag 3

fx. what are your setting for cpu use?

Also I do not quite understand why the cpu should not use all its capacity (at least part of the time) when making the computer run as effectively as possible?

Cheers

solbjerg

 

 

same issue here. installed once, program was slow at defragging, taking CPU, removed it and downgrade to v2 and all is working well now.

[Edward27821]

@solbjerg

Seems that SDboy59 is saying that it is using all of cpu and he's unable to do anything else

@SDboy59

Perhaps you could try setting the process priority to low or idle (using task manager); this may free some of your cpu for other apps

[solbjerg]

Hi Edward

You may be right.

Thinking too much about my own modus operandi perhaps - I would never run a defragging operation while doing something else that used a substantial part of the computers capacity.

Cheers

solbjerg

 

@solbjerg

Seems that SDboy59 is saying that it is using all of cpu and he's unable to do anything else

@SDboy59

Perhaps you could try setting the process priority to low or idle (using task manager); this may free some of your cpu for other apps

[Edward27821]

I also use CCleaner, SystemExplorer, and Norton360 as well as several IObit products. The IObitUninstaller is great

[joe935]

Edward, I notice you are using Windows XP, so is smart defrag 3 working ok for you on the XP?

[Edward27821]

Edward, I notice you are using Windows XP, so is smart defrag 3 working ok for you on the XP?

Hey Joe935

Each time I run SD3 it is quicker, but it seems to be ineffective. I posted screen-shots in another thread... http://forums.iobit.com/showthread.php?p=99237#post99237

 

As you can see analyzing gives the same basic results after as before.

 

At the moment, I've closed SD3 and ASC and I'm running Norton360 Optimization. Just to see if that will do anything for the fragmentation.

[joe935]

So is this problem with Windows XP being looked into or not?

[Edward27821]

Works fine on XP

 

My issue was a single file (74g with 35000 fragments) that was always in use and could not be accessed. Enoskype indicated (in a different thread) that there was a single file causing bad report.

 

Once I located the file and source software, I changed a setting to limit the size of the log file. Now SD3 works great. Only 10 minutes or less to run.

 

When I run manually I usually do a "smart fast" occasionally a "prioritize" and the scheduled 'Full optimize' at a time when I sleep.

[joe935]

Edward, It seems we have different problems. but Thanks.

[Edward27821]

works on my DellDim3000 XP

 

Usually works OK on XP for me. Just slow. See comments in http://forums.iobit.com/showthread.php?t=16447

[Edward27821]

works on my DellDim3000 XP

 

Just use your task manager (or other process controller) to set SD3's priority to "Idle" . This way you can do other tasks while it's running. It will only use resources that you're not using for something else.

[joe935]

Only those programs in the systray were running. I never run any other programs while defragging.

[Edward27821]

I would suggest to defrag at a scheduled time, like while sleeping.

 

http://forums.iobit.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13531&stc=1&d=1391425984

[joe935]

My drive rarely take over an hour to defrag. I do it while I'm eating.

But would be nice if version 3 was working for me.