Diskeeper 10 User's Manual

28 Diskeeper Operation
To access the properties for any type of job, click the respective toolbar button, or select the same from the
Quick Launch pane. This launches a separate dialog, which varies depending on the job type. For example, the
Job Properties dialog for any of the four Set It and Forget It job types includes a Computer pane, listing the
volumes available for that particular job type. On the other hand, the Manual Defragmentation Job Properties
dialog does not show the Computer Pane, since it is only used for job scheduling, and Manual Defragmentation
Jobs are, by their very nature, not scheduled. In all cases, the Job Properties Dialog contains instructive text
describing the options available and or other useful information.
Manual Defragmentation Mode
Diskeeper is designed to be operated in two ways —the Manual Defragmentation mode and Set It and Forget It
mode.
The Manual Defragmentation mode allows you to control Diskeeper operation directly. You have direct control
over which volumes are defragmented, when defragmentation is started and stopped, and other Manual
Defragmentation jobs properties.
There are several ways by which to start Diskeeper manually, but the most direct method is simply to highlight
the volume you want to defragment, then click the Defragment button below the Computer pane.
Alternatively, right-click a volume and select Defragment.
Tip: You can also use the Defragment button
to start defragmenting the selected
volume.
With most editions of Diskeeper, you can run more than one manual defragmentation job at the same time.
Note that different editions of Diskeeper support different numbers of simultaneous operations. See page 61 for
a table showing the different Diskeeper editions and the number of simultaneous operations each supports.
To stop a manual Diskeeper job, first highlight the volume you want to stop defragmenting, then either click the
Stop button on the Diskeeper toolbar or right-click the volume and select Stop.
If you exit from Diskeeper (or even log off your computer) while a manual defragmentation job is running, the
job will continue running until it is complete.
There are several options available to control how Manual Defragmentation Jobs run. These options are
available via the Manual Defragmentation Job Properties dialog. To view and edit the Manual Defragmentation
Job Properties, click the Manual Defragmentation Job Properties button in the toolbar, or click Analyze and
Defragment Now in the Quick Launch pane and select Manual Defragmentation Job Properties.
Manual Defragmentation Jobs offer you a choice of two different defragmentation methods—the “Quick”
defragmentation method and the “Recommended” (default) defragmentation method. Select the method of your
choice via the Manual Defragmentation Job Properties dialog described above. The method you choose will be
applied to all Manual Defragmentation Jobs. See page 43 for more information about the defragmentation
methods available.
By default, manual defragmentation jobs are run at “Normal” priority, the mid-level Windows priority. Because
of this, the performance of tasks running on your computer other than the defragmentation job can be affected.
As an option, you can change the priority at which Diskeeper runs for manual defragmentation jobs via the
Manual Defragmentation Job Properties dialog described above. Lowering the priority of Diskeeper jobs can
help speed the performance of other tasks on your system running at the same time, but can cause Diskeeper to
take longer to defragment your volumes. See page 44 for more information about setting the Diskeeper priority.
Note: Diskeeper Home Edition does not support changing the defragmentation priority.