Best Defrag Program ?

What are the best Defrag Program For XP, Vista or Windows 7 ?

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Hi,
I currently use IoBit defrag which I find is brilliant, before that I used Piriforms defraggler, it was good but not as good as the one I am using now.Though there is nothing wrong with the in-built defrag in vista and 7,not so sure about the one with xp as i have never used it.

Iobit..

http://majorgeeks.com/IObit_SmartDefrag_d5318.html

Defraggler..

http://majorgeeks.com/Defraggler_d5777.html

iain.t :major

 

Nothing wrong with iain.t's suggestions, I've used them both but I'm currently using Puran and I'm happy with it.

 

So what's wrong with the FREE one that came with the OS?

It's written by MS, and what could be more compatible with your OS than that?

Oh yes, I've tried some of the After Market Defrag programs.

But why add more junk to your C: drive if you don't have to?

I tried the "Defraggler" and it rendered my HD unbootable.
Then I tried Auslogic's Defrag and it left my HD so messed up that I had to do a Ghost Restore to put it right again. It had data scattered from one end of the HD to the other.

So for myself and my hundreds of customers, I (we) all just use the built-in defrag program that comes with every Microsoft OS, as far back as I can remember.

The most perfect Defrag I can get for my own XP PC, is a Ghost backup of C: and then a Ghost Restore of C:. That re-writes every file in perfect order with NO spaces and NO fragmented files.

JMO

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I find it extremely AMAZING that Defraggler and Auslogic's defrag tools rendered your hard drive unbootable.

And while you are certainly entitled to your opinion, this post is more of a fanboy of MS post than anything else.

JMHO.

 

I have always found the Windows defragger to be "brain-dead".
I use UltimateDefrag Free Edition on my XP machines.

 

Visit MG's Drive Utilities at http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads8.html for a list of Defraggers, and other Utilities.

I use Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.10.165 ( http://www.majorgeeks.com/Auslogics_Disk_Defrag_d5266.html ) regularly, at least weekly, for years and have had no problems with it. It has been downloaded 245445 times from MG alone, with a rating of 4.54/5 (442 votes), from MG members.

I have used it on XP, Vista and Windows 7 with no problems.

Bazza

 

Just curious, on Windows 7, are you needing to defrag that much? It automatically defrags every Wednesday by default. Just curious.

 

I use Puran Defrag. Best ever in my book (XP) with its boot defrag and other goodies. MA has a video about its features. See it here: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=234916

http://majorgeeks.com/Puran_Defrag_Free_Edition_d6360.html

 

I would recommend you the smart defrag. Its got the Cnet's editors choice award. I used auslogics defrag as well but I picked the smart defrag because I think it uses less computer resources thats why it works faster. But both of them are great applications and they are much better than the standart windows defrager.
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/03/16/Foreman_11818718_7877_defrag_540x363.jpghttp://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/03/11/3585a3bae79d0a0e7913140810df3d429595_1overall_540x414.gif

 

I guess it's just a habit of mine dating back many years, and different MS OS's, back to W98 at least.

I've never seen W7 automatically defrag on Wednesdays. I've never read, or heard, of this happening. I'd be interested in any info/links you can provide about this.

Bazza

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My son's Win 7 computer was set by default to defrag on Wednesday in Task Scheduler.

http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/01/26/how-windows-7-handles-disk-defragmenting/

Here is another link.

http://www.pctips3000.com/how-to-defragment-and-schedule-defragmentation-process-in-windows-7/

 

Defrag programs are and have always been a fiercely debated and discussed topic.... I'm personally using the paid version of DiskTrix UltimateDefrag, and I really like it. It's got so many ways to set it up and run it, that I haven't figured it all out yet. I usually just manually launch it once every 10-14 days or so. I have also used the following the free defraggers, and give each one 4.5 or 5 stars:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Auslogics_Disk_Defrag_d5266.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Glarysoft_Disk_SpeedUp_d6526.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/IObit_SmartDefrag_d5318.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/MyDefrag_d5542.html and/or http://www.majorgeeks.com/MyDefragPowerGUI_d6536.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/O&O_Defrag_Free_Edition_d4545.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Puran_Defrag_Free_Edition_d6360.html
There's also a free version of DiskTrix Ultimate Defrag, I thought it was available here at MajorGeeks but I couldn't seem to locate it (it's available here at the DiskTrix web site).

I hope this helps and doesn't add to your confusion.... I also had a thread or two here at MajorGeeks about this same topic but (again) I could seem to find 'em, but I also didn't spend more than 20 seconds looking.... :-o

I personally don't put any weight in the Cnet Editor's Choice "awards". They have given these "awards" to some incredibly lousy terrible programs, including some that were borderline malware and others that simply didn't work at all....

The built-in Windows defraggers have never been all that great at doing a deep defrag. Yes, they work, but if the user is anything like me and is consistently installing, uninstalling programs, moving data between drives, deleting this, adding that, then a drive can get fragmented fairly quickly, and without a good defragger, the situation never really gets better, just slowly worse. I have personally disabled the built-in Win7 defragger, and I manually run DiskTrix UltimateDefrag (the paid version) every 10-14 days....

 

FYI, you don't need to have your computer turned on for that defrag to work. It will do it in the background the next time you turn on your PC, provided if it needs to.

 

AFAIK Defraggler, Auslogics etc i.e. the freeware utilities don't defrag system files (the last time I checked, I don't think it has changed in the last few months) so they're not much of an 'upgrade' over the native defrag utility.

Only the commercial auto defrag (i.e. set & forget types) that can defrag all files including system files, consolidate free space efficiently, work with Win7/vista's shadow copy service etc are an improvement over the native utility. And these are not free BTW.

 

Going back years i have used O&O defrag, it runs in the background and keeps the HDDs defragged all the time.

http://store.majorgeeks.com/p15572-oo_defrag_14_professional_edition

There is also a free version that you have to start manually.

http://majorgeeks.com/O&O_Defrag_Free_Edition_d4545.html

 

Umm, I'd advise you to check a little further; Puran, linked to in my earlier post:

Some of the other freeware defraggers offer a similar range of features, too.

 

Thanks tgell.

I always turn my computer OFF after each session. Too many years in the tropics of OZ with cyclone season, storms, etc., to risk danger to my PC/laptop. So my laptop is extremely rarely ON at the default timing, even though I could alter it.

I also like to manually run a defrag on its own, as the Irish say, to be sure to be sure. :-D

Bazza

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From motc7's #14 post, it is not required to leave your machine on. If you do not get to defrag it at the scheduled time, it will start a defrag at the next boot.

 

Thanks tgell. I did read motc7's post, but as I said I prefer to run Defrag on its own, at the conclusion of my Net session. I don't want it running at startup. Just a prejudice of mine. :-D

Bazza

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