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- on Mon 08 Feb 2010
- 11:19:35 AM UTC
When I used Windows,
When I used Windows, jkDefrag was the most pleasant surprise among defragmenting programs.
http://www.kessels.nl/JkDefrag/index.html
http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag-3.36.zip
http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag64-3.36.zi...Remember, don't ever use defragmenting programs on solid state drives - they reduce the drive's life and provide little benefit.
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- on Mon 08 Feb 2010
- 03:45:07 PM UTC
A good defragmenter
Defraggler is as good as any - they all do the same job anyway. I quite like Disk Keeper because it is possible to set up various defrag types on schedules, which means that it is possible to 'set and forget' but Disk Keeper is not free. As with all software, you pays your money and takes your choice.
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- on Mon 08 Feb 2010
- 06:01:40 PM UTC
Auslogics
I have used Auslogics Defraf for some time and am happy with it.Suitable For windows XP/Vista and 7 in both 32 and 64 bit versions.For free version go here.
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- on Mon 08 Feb 2010
- 11:39:38 PM UTC
i also use Defraggler, it
i also use Defraggler, it work great but ur 1/4 of my "used" space freed is only temporary, after u save a bit here & delete a bit there then it'll slowly back to somewhere near the original size so it doesn't really free ur disk space, it only make ur pc respond a little bit faster like when u just buy ur pc...
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- on Mon 08 Feb 2010
- 11:55:24 PM UTC
Puran Defrag
Puran Defrag - http://www.puransoftware.com - is another one to look at. They've now started offering a free version for private & non-commercial use only. I've been told it's exactly the same as their paid for version.
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- on Fri 12 Feb 2010
- 08:51:33 AM UTC
Diskeeper2010
Its the best defrag program I have tried. The intelliwrite feature is supposed to prevent upto 85% fragmentation. The other features like background mode, low free space defrag make it quite easy to handle this task.
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- on Sun 14 Feb 2010
- 04:38:25 PM UTC
Agree
There is just no better program.
Works silently with no resource interference. The Boot Defrag option works wonders. Best features are the IntelliWrite, InvisiTasking, and I-Faast
My comps are never ever fragmented beyond 2%, and then not for long.
This comp personally downloads and deletes 100's of GB's a week.
and yet to do a manual defrag. Integrates with the Windows system console
and install "Undelete" by them too.
A very happy user of both, just couldn't imagine using anything else. Worth every cent.
http://www.diskeeper.com/Diskeeper/professional/pr...
Those that say never pay for a defrag program would change their mind in a heartbeat.
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- on Fri 12 Feb 2010
- 12:48:04 PM UTC
JKDefrag and Defraggler.
JKDefrag and Defraggler are very good, and more than enough.
Beware of program which make a "full" defragmentation of harddisk by moving all files at the beginning of the disk: This may in fact impair performances.
(I have a french article about this: http://sebsauvage.net/rhaa/index.php?2009/09/18/13... )Oh... and NEVER EVER pay for defragmentation software. That's a waste of money.
Defragment once a month, it will be ok.
Note: You also should use Windows builtin defragmenter, because it uses boot-time performances statistics to move important files at the beggining of the disk, which other defragmenters don't do.
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- on Fri 12 Feb 2010
- 01:53:21 PM UTC
"Beware of..."full" defragmentation"
The best type of defragmentation depends on what you want your computer to do. Video and audio capture, editing, and rendering usually works best (and quickest) if all of the free-space has been consolidated.
"Defragment once a month..." depends very much on the amount and how you use your computer. If working constantly with very large files, such as video, it might be necessary to defrag once per week, or even more frequently. For most general users once per month ought to be sufficient.
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- on Sat 13 Feb 2010
- 02:38:35 AM UTC
Just wondering, is the
Just wondering, is the notion of ext4 not needing defragmentation true? There are no defragmenters for ext4 either, by the way.
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- on Sat 13 Feb 2010
- 04:07:59 AM UTC
Linux
Even ext3, the file system in Linux previous to ext4, supposedly doesn't fragment like Windows file systems. My understanding is that Linux files don't need defragmenting unless the partiton approaches the point where it's almost totally full.
Have been using Ubuntu myself for a little over a year now, currently Karmic, ext3, 32bit, and have never defragmented. Is probably about time I try, but so far I've not seen any performance degradation without defragmenting . . . though I do indeed have plenty of free space and am nowhere near using it all.
(Though ext4 is the default file system for Karmic, I had begun installations with 8.04 and apparently upgrades to the Kernal . . . which is how I got to 9.10 . . . retain the existing file system.)
I have however installed and then uninstalled quite a few packages . . . and if that were Windows I would have long since suffered performance hits if I hadn't defragmented in Windows.
Have been "spoiled" by the Ubuntu superior performance without housekeeping. Probably have quite a bit of debris hanging around and it's probably time to do some housekeeping.
From what I understand, the ext4 file system was unstable (maybe needing more defrag), but I think those bugs were worked out with the 2.6.30 Kernal. I also understand that the major improvement over ext3 was ext4's ability to accommodate larger volumes. Here is a link to a good article on ext4.
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- on Sat 13 Feb 2010
- 05:17:15 AM UTC
Thanks very much for that
Thanks very much for that article. I haven't had any performance problems either; I'm using 17 gigs out of my one terabyte drive (just over a percent), so lots of places to store files there.
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- on Sat 04 Dec 2010
- 09:18:29 PM UTC
Very true
Linux works very differently than Windows when it comes to the method it uses to write data to the hard drive. The best explanation I've read can be found here:
http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08...This is not to say that Linux cannot be defragmented using software. Certainly you can, but you should do it while the drive is unmounted. That software can be found here:
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- on Fri 03 Dec 2010
- 10:22:45 PM UTC
I use that program too. I
I use that program too. I also recommend C Cleaner for people who use solid state drives. Made by the same company too.
I don't have any objectives.
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- on Sat 04 Dec 2010
- 01:24:57 AM UTC
Auslogics DiskDefrag.
I used both Defraggler and Auslogics and they are both great in their own way.
Auslogics however may have the upper hand. It allows you to Defrag in VSS Mode to prevent System Restore Copies from Expanding and taking up space.
Also when defragging, It allows you to see how much Fragments it has processed for a file and how much are left.
I used to spend time defragmenting some large videos i made with Defraggler and i wondered how long it would take. Perhaps 5 minutes? An hour even?
Auslogics allowed me to see if i was 50 % done with that one file.
But like i said, Both are great and have nice features.
So i recommend both. It's up to you to take your pick.
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- on Sat 04 Dec 2010
- 01:15:53 PM UTC
This one of piriform is very
This one of piriform is very good:
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
as well is the one of auslogics:
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/
A good defragmenter?
Hi there WOT Community,
I have been searching around for a good defragmenter.
I currently use Defraggler by Piriform. After just one defrag, I had almost 1/4 of my "used" space freed.
So I have a question to pose: Is Defraggler one of the best defragmenters out there? Or are there better ones which the community would recomend?
Thanks.
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