defragging

[neversleeps]

anybody know about the the documents and settings\*user*\ local settings\history\index.dat file

mine is 3.3 gigs the only reason i kno it was there is cuz i defragged and it wont defrag it. it wont show in explorer even show sys files and show hidden files enabled. my windows partition is at 58% fragmentation and its this file thats keeping it from defragging, whats it purpose, can i delete it from the command line, is it needed etc i only have 15% free on this drive so thats a really problem so i need to kno if this file is wasting space or not plus its 3.3 gigs thats bigger than my winblows install.

btw ive tried microshits defragger along with diskeeper pro

 

[waynejkruse10]

mine is 32kb, so thats weird

 

[neversleeps]

just thought i would show u how bad it is take a look at the pic

 

[TheMajor]

really weird, delete it, as far as I know the index files can be deleted. You can also flush it with tools like system mechanic (I think)

BTW, I think Diskkeeper is really cool!!! But I like O&O more

 

[killians45]

download and use delindex.bat

 

[neversleeps]

just to let u guys kno what happened

i wanted to c what would happen if i tried to delete it from the command line and it deleted it no problems surprisingly so its gone now with no ill effects so far and im now happily defragged

 

[TheMajor]

cool, I knew it would work

 

[AND_YOU_ARE]

What is the best defrag tool out there? I assume that the windows one is not the greatest.

 

[neversleeps]

i like diskeeper altho i havent used any others i dont think besides windows shiet one, this one takes a few mins to do what windows takes 2 hours plus tons more options etc

 

[TheMajor]

1. O&O Defrag (Lots of options!!!!!!!)
2. Diskkeeper (You need the Pro version to have lots of options)