• Good programs to Defrag with?
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Hey looking to do a defrag. Realized I hadn't done one in... years maybe? Likely, my whole system is probably fragged to pieces. So I'm looking to defrag overnight. Whats the best tool out there for the job? Is there one that has a feature that auto-shutsdown when its done? Thanks :)
[url=http://www.piriform.com/defraggler]Defragler[/url]
Auslogics disk defrag
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;34538783]Auslogics disk defrag[/QUOTE] I've use this for over a year now, I love it.
Mydefrag - [url]http://www.mydefrag.com/[/url] If you want to really ensure the disk is optimized to the fullest then first do a system cleanup, any temp files, old/unwanted files, and recycle bin should be deleted. Then disable pagefile. Boot into safe mode and run Mydefrag using "system disk monthly".
I've never understood what was wrong with the windows one - it's not as shiny but who cares.
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;34542332]I've never understood what was wrong with the windows one - it's not as shiny but who cares.[/QUOTE] Well for example Mydefrag will move all system data to the beginning of the disk since data is accessed a little bit quicker than if it was farther from the center. Windows defrag won't do this.
Defragged my PC because of this thread and holy fuck. [img]http://i53.tinypic.com/rv8x8l.png[/img]
Defraggler beats all these, the option to only defrag certain partitions or volumes really rocks. There's a very nice feature to make it run slower in the background while you do other things as well.
Went to check my fragmentation, turns out Windows has it set to defrag every Wednesday at 1am... Changing that...
Ended up going with Smart Defrag before ya guys posted. Worked nice, has an auto-shutdown feature too which I wanted. It also let me defrag all my partitions/HDD's at once. Of course it takes forever doing it that way but when you are running it overnight that's cool with me.
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;34542332]I've never understood what was wrong with the windows one - it's not as shiny but who cares.[/QUOTE] Windows one doesn't defragment files larger than 64MB.
[QUOTE=1solidsnake2;34550926]Windows one doesn't defragment files larger than 64MB.[/QUOTE] Wow holy shit really? Why not?
Thanks guys, I forgot to defrag my drive for past 1 year. Seems like I got 45% fragmented files in one drive and nothing to worry about in others.
I defrag every night using Auslogics' and It's lovely.
[QUOTE=1solidsnake2;34550926]Windows one doesn't defragment files larger than 64MB.[/QUOTE] I [B]really[/B] doubt that.
[QUOTE=KorJax;34553167]Wow holy shit really? Why not?[/QUOTE] It's true, and it's because large fragments (over 100mb) aren't affected by fragmentation. Sequential read access time ends up being mostly equivalent to the time to read the original, fragmented file because of size. Read here if you're interested [url]http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/01/25/disk-defragmentation-background-and-engineering-the-windows-7-improvements.aspx[/url]
Also I set my defragger to not bother with [B]fragments[/B] over 100mb, not files over 100mb. since 100mb fragments are pretty big and won't be spread around as much.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;34566998]Also I set my defragger to not bother with [B]fragments[/B] over 100mb, not files over 100mb. since 100mb fragments are pretty big and won't be spread around as much.[/QUOTE] Fixed it, I double failed by putting files instead of fragments and misreading what I quoted.
I've been using Auslogic DiskDefrag for a while, it's really good. Either that or Defraggler, though I think Auslogic is a bit faster.
I'm a dirty whore who hasn't defragged in, like, six months. 1tb, 10gb free, fragmenting out the ass. Let's have some fun. Will update with the final numbers.
[QUOTE=ice445;34566773]It's true, and it's because large fragments (over 100mb) aren't affected by fragmentation. Sequential read access time ends up being mostly equivalent to the time to read the original, fragmented file because of size. Read here if you're interested [url]http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/01/25/disk-defragmentation-background-and-engineering-the-windows-7-improvements.aspx[/url][/QUOTE] Appears to be more their speculation than data saying such. I'm pretty certain all fragments are defragged, or least i hope so when it says 0% fragmentation yet still runs for 3+ hours.
[QUOTE=venn178;34568048]Will update with the final numbers.[/QUOTE]
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