Disk Defraggers - Comments Page 2

There's only ONE - PerfectDisk. All the rest is rubbish.

I have been using one of the most popular commercial defragmenters that run in the background mode. I am a huge fan after its kept my drive neatly defragged without coming in the way of other programs or hanging in between a defrag.

Unfortunately, pagedfrag doesn't work on Vista or Win7. Is there a tool that can be used in its stead?

Am I correct that it is not a good idea to defrag solid state drives? In part because they tend to slow down after many read/write cycles?

Bob,

Pagedefrag would not install on my W7/64 system. Is it only for XP & earlier OS's?

I use Auslogics Disk Defrag. It is free, and also performs optimization when you want to let it run a while. Performing a simple optimization only takes about 5 minutes on my PC, and this is the fastest defrag program I have used. It can be had from http://download.cnet.com/windows/

"UltraDefragger" appears in this discussion as "scareware." If there is such a thing, it is not UltraDefrag 4.4.0, a VERY well respected open-source defragger, available from Open Forge and other sources. I suggest that it be investigated before accepting someone's scareware list that might be biased or bogus.

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I think Diskeeper is the best defragger, once it does its job in an invisible way. It is always online but without system performance degradation, because it uses just spare machine cycles, defragmenting HD as fragmentation occurs. It is outstanding!

Thanks for another useful article, Bob.
I had used Smart Defrag for a long time and it works just fine. For the past year, I've been using Auslogics like many others here. It seems to be just a bit faster than Smart Defrag.
I only Defrag Windows about once a month since my Windows work is not very intense (mostly gaming). I do most of my stuff on Linux these days (and thanks for Lowfat Linux also, Bob)

I like Auslogics Disk Defrag.It is farly fast and does more than what came with my computer.

Well, i've used Piriform's Disk Defraggler, and it seems to do a pretty good job, too. For me, it doesn't take long to dfrag all of my files, so there's not much waiting time. Plus, it's free, and that's a big plus.

I've tried several and I'm currently very impressed by the free edition of Puran Defrag. Everything in Windows XP ran a lot faster after I ran Puran Defrag in safe mode.

Bob,you say there has been no discussion of scareware, but the post by sirpaul2, 20 Dec 2010, lists UltraDefragger in his list of scareware. Clearly, UltraDefragger is not UltraDefrag, but the names are so similar that I felt a comment was required to exonerate the open-source UltraDefrag, a fine free defragger.

EDITOR'S NOTE: My mistake, I missed some comments that had rolled off into the "previous comments" page.

I've been using Perfect Disk for several years now. It's currently Version 11, and I've been very satisfied.

I've used WinContig.exe for a long time. Other defraggers were tried, but for me it's the best.

The author's site: http://wincontig.mdtzone.it/en/index.htm

The latest version does not appear to be configured for Windows 7.

I have used most of the FREE Defragment programs to date. In all honesty, any of them are so much better than Windows XP's defragmenting program, which is slower than smoke off of molasses.

However, I have come across Glarysoft's programs, that are from the UK and have been extremely impressed with them. All of their programs are FREE, with the exception of their Glary Utilities Pro. They all work great on Windows XP.

Glarlysoft's Disk SpeedUp is wonderful, quick and not only does it Defrag, but can Defrag and Optimize as well, at the same time. Now, I really do like that aspect of their Defrag program. Check out all of their programs at:
http://www.glarysoft.com

I have used many times Ultimate Defrag and find it to be the very defragger/optimizer on the market.
Obits seems to install a fair amount of adware and for me, not recommended.

Hi, I am very happy with Auslogics Disk Defrag. Also use Auslogics Registry Defrag with no problems, it is not free, think it was $17.

I am saddened that Macs are hardly ever mentioned in Tourbus these days. For those who might want to defrag a Mac disk, let me suggest Alsoft's DiskWarrior.

Like Fernando, I've always used "Diskeeper" as its background-running, never-think-about-it aspects appealed to me. But, for all I know, it's not doing a thing! Your not mentioning it got me to worrying! Should I be looking at some other alternative?

@Bo:Diskeeper runs in the background and defrags only when required.If you analyze the drive you will know whether its doing the job or not. The reason I like Diskeeper is for the very reason that while it runs in the background and does its job, you hardly know its there:)