How to Safely Compact, Backup and Defragment your Registry

PCBruiser · 03-22-2005, 10:39 AM

This Mini-Guide may now be found here:

http://www.abxzone.com/abx_reviews/r.../rev_page.html

kswiss · 03-22-2005, 10:51 AM

Great resource here, I tried out the registry optimizing program here on my work computer and I must say I am impressed. Thanks for the info!

digi_abx · 03-22-2005, 12:03 PM

Thanks PCBruiser, great stuff! I tried all 3 utilities and they do exactly what you said they will, in a confident inspiring manner

Arutha_abx · 03-22-2005, 12:29 PM

Well I downloaded and ran all 3 programs. Looks like I saved 7% wich I believe was around 34megs so I was pretty surprised with that result. Thanks for those programs and the explanations with them PC. I felt pretty safe running these after your explanations. I was never really one to play with my Registry files either.

PCBruiser · 03-22-2005, 05:31 PM

... a quick bump for members who might not have seen this yet ...

SupDawg · 03-22-2005, 08:06 PM

Thanks for the guide, havent heard of the tools. I will check them out.

Thanks!

Griff · 03-22-2005, 11:04 PM

Thanks for the guide. Tried the tools and they work well.

SupDawg · 03-23-2005, 02:15 AM

Worked well except for the defrag.. only said I had 8 files or so that were fragments.

PCBruiser · 03-23-2005, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SupDawg

Worked well except for the defrag.. only said I had 8 files or so that were fragments.

That's sounds right. The optimizer generally doesn't significantly fragment the registry files. Several of the registry files are quite small, and are very unlikely to be fragmented when optimized. The biggest one is usually the software hive file, and depending on how large your OS drive is, how fragmented the drive is, how full it is, etc., 8 or so fragments in total is about right. On my laptop, for some reason possibly related to the way the drive controller works, the software hive can have 250 or so fragments after optimization. Most of my other systems are at something less than 10 fragments.

I would get very suspicious if an optimization produced a high fragmentation level. i.e., 1000s of fragments.

With the daily run it is usual to see no fragmentation at all unless you have done some uninstalls and installs of software, and then you might see 2 - 3 fragments. That's one of the reasons that running the defragger daily isn't any big deal. Usually there's nothing for it to defrag on boot, so it just flyes down the screen without doing anything.

Snafu · 03-23-2005, 07:59 PM

PCB - just want to say thanks for this guide

Tapir · 03-23-2005, 08:09 PM

Very good and thanks for the post PCB, Have used couple of them in the past and they really do a neat job.

billfuddled · 03-23-2005, 10:05 PM

PCB, thanks! They seem to work as advertised, they'll be a part of the normal maintenance from now on.

sandman55 · 03-24-2005, 06:55 AM

Thanks PCB They are very tidy programs

**SubZero** · 03-26-2005, 10:53 AM

Excellent guide....

killer01ws6 · 03-28-2005, 09:18 AM

I found them to be helpful information.

Thanks.

03-22-2005, 10:39 AM	#1
PCBruiser Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 13,497	How to Safely Compact, Backup and Defragment your Registry This Mini-Guide may now be found here: http://www.abxzone.com/abx_reviews/r.../rev_page.html Last edited by PCBruiser : 04-09-2005 at 04:21 PM.
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03-22-2005, 10:51 AM	#2
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03-22-2005, 12:03 PM	#3
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03-22-2005, 12:29 PM	#4
Arutha_abx There is no fear... Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,027	Well I downloaded and ran all 3 programs. Looks like I saved 7% wich I believe was around 34megs so I was pretty surprised with that result. Thanks for those programs and the explanations with them PC. I felt pretty safe running these after your explanations. I was never really one to play with my Registry files either. __________________ P4C800-E-Deluxe, P4 3.2, 2x512 Mushkin PC3500 Level one(2-3-2-6 timings@200FSB), VisionTek XTASY Radeon X850XT PE,Audigy2 ZS,Aspire Turbo 500W, Aspire X-SuperAlien(blue), 16XDVD(Lite On), 8X NEC2500A ±RW DVD Burner, Dell 20.1" 2005FPW LCD "He who can Destroy a thing, controls a thing" Paul Muad'Dib 3DMark03 Score= 12779
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03-22-2005, 08:06 PM	#6
SupDawg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,074	Thanks for the guide, havent heard of the tools. I will check them out. Thanks! __________________ The views expressed in this electronic dialogue are mine alone. "All physics are belong to me. " Kongo
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03-22-2005, 11:04 PM	#7
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03-23-2005, 02:15 AM	#8
SupDawg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,074	Worked well except for the defrag.. only said I had 8 files or so that were fragments. __________________ The views expressed in this electronic dialogue are mine alone. "All physics are belong to me. " Kongo
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03-23-2005, 07:59 PM	#10
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03-23-2005, 10:05 PM	#12
billfuddled Please stand by... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 583	PCB, thanks! They seem to work as advertised, they'll be a part of the normal maintenance from now on.
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03-24-2005, 06:55 AM	#13
sandman55 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,016	Thanks PCB They are very tidy programs
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03-26-2005, 10:53 AM	#14
SubZero Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Below sealevel Posts: 9,665	Excellent guide.... __________________ Main Rig: Asus P5K \| Intel Core Quad Q6600 \| Corsair XMS 6400-4gig eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 \| X-Fi ExtremeMusic \| Z-5500D OCZ GameXstream 850W \| ThermalTake Aguila \| Logitech G-15 Logitech MX1000 \| Synology DS-207+ NAS (2x500WD-SATA2-RAID0)
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03-28-2005, 09:18 AM	#15
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