[SOLVED] is registry defragging necessary?

I clicked onto that site, and WOT (a FF add on), reported it as unreliable. I went no further. But I don't know how that defragging a registry builds a brand new one from the old one. The only way that I know how to build a new registry is to reinstall your OS from scratch.

I know this is "solved" and aging, but I wanted to add my 2 cents. Especially since this showed up on my Google search results and I wasn't happy with the answer.

As long as you have system restore enabled, there is no real danger in letting a program defrag your registry hives.

Just a note on how defraggler "builds a new copy" of the registry. They probably mean to say that they make a copy of the current registry hives as contiguous non-fragmented files and then mark them for being renamed on reboot so as to replace the current, fragmented version of the registry hives.

I wouldn't recommend defraggler.

However, I have seen computers that experienced large performance increases due to registry and page file defragmenting.

In those particular cases, the registry hives and page file were highly fragmented because at one point the hard drive had nearly filled to capacity (leaving fragmented pieces of free space) and the page file and registry hives started to take use fragmented pieces of free space as they grew in size. (The page file size wasn't a static size on these PCs)

For Windows XP I would highly recommend this little piece of freeware:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb897426.aspx

It has worked well for me for a long time. I have installed it on many of my client's computers.

I haven't had any trouble with a Windows 7 computer slowing down due to fragmentation yet (the built-in scheduled defrag tool helps). However, this looks like a good piece of compatible (free) software (although please note that I haven't tried it yet):
http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/

Thanks!
-Myk

Registry def ragging cleans ur registry, it increases some speed of ur pc, it arrange the registry keys , u can do it to icrase some speed of ur pc reginout may help u

@ greentech07 - Do you work for RegInOut? It seems that in every post you do that you tell people to use this application.

It's almost as if you're spamming about this. What's up with that?

Are you related to the member "sunnyrepairs" or the same person under a different moniker?

yeah i have used it so that's why i'm telling about that, there is no other reason

Good catch Nibs!!!

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