What's the best FREE defragmentation program available.

[Capt. Picard]

What's the best FREE defragmentation program available?

Does XP really need defragmentation?

[Q]

What's the best FREE defragmentation program available?

Does XP really need defragmentation?

XP does need a good defrag. The built in one is good enough, honestly, but I'm sure that you'll have 50 recommendations in before you know it. ;)

[Capt. Picard]

XP does need a good defrag. The built in one is good enough, honestly, but I'm sure that you'll have 50 recommendations in before you know it. ;)

The reason I ask is because I have tried the built in one but this one computer is still sluggish. Now I have already checked for spyware and virusses ... nothing. I've msconfig and deactivated some clutter. But our secretary's PC hasn't been formatted ever since 4-5 years ago.

[Belarnion]

I would be surprised if the remaining "sluggishness" is due to fragmentation. Have you tried crap cleaner (ccleaner) yet?

[grey_1]

Clay recommended dirms (http://www.dirms.com/) to me earlier, but I couldn't get it to work in Vista. Looks simple, sleek and sounds pretty powerful.

If you try it let us know what you think.

[buffbiff21]

I read somewhere that if you keep all your data on the outer edge of the disk platter then read/write speed increases about 25%. Itmakes sense when I think about it, but has anyone confirmed truth to this? And do any of those defrag programs allow to select where you move the files? XP's defrag does not, I dont think...

[Tho Jo Smale]

The best defragmenter out there is Contig


Download it here.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/contig.html


You can use the PowerDefragmenter GUI to make it easier to run Contig.

Download the GUI here.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Power-Defragmenter.shtml

Simply unzip them into the same folder, then run Powerdefrag.


It's the best one I've found


JC

[$n][pErMan]

The best defragmenter out there is Contig


Download it here.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/contig.html


You can use the PowerDefragmenter GUI to make it easier to run Contig.

Download the GUI here.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Power-Defragmenter.shtml

Simply unzip them into the same folder, then run Powerdefrag.


It's the best one I've found


JC
Does it work in Vista?

[supra]

You can use the PowerDefragmenter GUI to make it easier to run Contig.


ahh thnx for that. didnt know there was a gui for it.

been using contig for my guildwars dat file. works really well.

[t3hl33td4rg0n]

I've always liked Raxco PerfectDisk... Does a great job!

http://www.raxco.com/

EDIT: Oh wait, its not free lol

[grey_1]

[pErMan']Does it work in Vista?
Using it as I type this. And it is FAST!

[Dr.Nick]

The best defragmenter out there is Contig


Download it here.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/contig.html


You can use the PowerDefragmenter GUI to make it easier to run Contig.

Download the GUI here.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Power-Defragmenter.shtml

Simply unzip them into the same folder, then run Powerdefrag.


It's the best one I've found


JC

Nice walk-through for using these located here. (http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/143/ARTICLE/1348/2007-02-23.html) Just in case:)

[WeReWoLf]

I use Auslogics Disk Defrag. Free defragmentor, works in vista and is fast as hell.

[Dr.Nick]

I use Auslogics Disk Defrag. Free defragmentor, works in vista and is fast as hell.

Thanks for the info, it looks impressive for free. Here's a link (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/) for anyone interested.

[grey_1]

Thanks for the heads up on Auslogics, I'll try this one too.

Is there any way to reliably "benchmark" a defragger? Not for speed, but for overall effectiveness?

[Wolfhound]

I use contig + Powerdefragmenter, very nice..