Defrag Tool

**Dimitri Yar** · January 21st, 2014, 09:32 PM

Gentleman,

i am looking for a good defrag tool. When possible freeware. Mine defragler took a werry long time to defrag only 20 gb of data. Do you know a good and fast program ?

Thanks a lot !

Dimitri Yar

wmcb · January 21st, 2014, 10:09 PM

http://www.oo-software.com/en/free

as good as it gets

**buttsie** · January 21st, 2014, 10:37 PM

Quite a few are tested and reviewed in depth here and users have left comments

"Standard mechanical HDDs (hard disk drives) will benefit from defragmentation and continuous disk use, because when spinning it keeps remagnetizing the HDD plates.

BUT if you own an SSD (solid state drive) you SHOULD NOT defrag or install any defragmenter application because it will shorten the life of the drive."

I use ultra defrag but honestly I think their much of a muchness having used quite a few
over the years

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...fragmenter.htm

**seany65** · January 21st, 2014, 11:00 PM

I use the one built in to win XP.

**9876543210** · January 22nd, 2014, 01:48 AM

For years, I used to use Norton Speeddisk and thought it was top notch. It allowed to organize apps by importance and need. For instance, you want to have most of Windows at the very center of a disk as its the program that us used the most. But from that point on its up to you. I had AutoCAD and a database next as I mostly used them and needed the little bit of extra speed.

Don't even know if Speeddisk is around anymore but, if it is, it probably isn't free. Nowadays its about the only app from Norton I'd use.

Oh, I use Defraggler nowadays and its OK. Its free but you can't organize apps like you could with Norton. I've had no problems with it. Give it a try. Just be careful installing it or you'll wind up with some tool bar you don't really want.

http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/download

**40plus** · January 22nd, 2014, 04:17 PM

I like defraggler but lately I've used the one that's included with AVG as it one less piece of software on an ageing laptop. It seems fine. Both are quicker than the integrated XP one.

Regards

40+

**hos** · January 26th, 2014, 04:25 AM

http://jkdefrag.8qm.de/english.php
http://jkdefrag.8qm.de/ (german)

review:
http://download.cnet.com/JkDefrag-GU...-10768896.html

**luddite** · January 26th, 2014, 05:31 AM

While reading this thread and comparing the merits of the different defraggers, I discovered that my Windows 8 has a built in defragger running automatically, and it is doing a great job.

**burpman** · January 26th, 2014, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 9876543210

For years, I used to use Norton Speeddisk and thought it was top notch. It allowed to organize apps by importance and need. For instance, you want to have most of Windows at the very center of a disk as its the program that us used the most. But from that point on its up to you. I had AutoCAD and a database next as I mostly used them and needed the little bit of extra speed.

Don't even know if Speeddisk is around anymore but, if it is, it probably isn't free. Nowadays its about the only app from Norton I'd use.

Oh, I use Defraggler nowadays and its OK. Its free but you can't organize apps like you could with Norton. I've had no problems with it. Give it a try. Just be careful installing it or you'll wind up with some tool bar you don't really want.

http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/download

At one time, NSD was one of the most efficient tools around. I think its still available but now its bundled with a heap of other bloatware you don't need and invariably slows down your system. VOPT is quite a good alternative for older versions of Windows. It works with the newest versions but I'm not sure if it optimizes all the elements of the file system like some of the enterprise level defraggers do. At one time, there was a DOS based VOPT defragmenter which was blindingly fast and made Speeddisk look like a model-T.

**Jism Jim** · January 26th, 2014, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hos

http://jkdefrag.8qm.de/english.php
http://jkdefrag.8qm.de/ (german)

review:
http://download.cnet.com/JkDefrag-GU...-10768896.html

Yes, JKdefrag is very good. If you want a gui for it, I can recommend Scandefrag. An interesting part of it is that it reboots the system. That way it can defrag files that would otherwise still be in use by the OS.

January 21st, 2014, 09:32 PM	#1
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January 21st, 2014, 10:37 PM	#3
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,304 Times in 12,746 Posts	Quite a few are tested and reviewed in depth here and users have left comments "Standard mechanical HDDs (hard disk drives) will benefit from defragmentation and continuous disk use, because when spinning it keeps remagnetizing the HDD plates. BUT if you own an SSD (solid state drive) you SHOULD NOT defrag or install any defragmenter application because it will shorten the life of the drive." I use ultra defrag but honestly I think their much of a muchness having used quite a few over the years http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...fragmenter.htm Last edited by buttsie; January 22nd, 2014 at 07:55 PM.. Reason: adding comment about ssds

January 21st, 2014, 11:00 PM	#4
seany65 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,652 Thanks: 80,476 Thanked 32,741 Times in 3,528 Posts	I use the one built in to win XP. __________________ <-- That's Emer Kenny and I want to be stuck in her front bottom. Quote from electrofreak : I'd rather have questions that can't be answered, than answers that can't be questioned.

January 22nd, 2014, 04:17 PM	#6
40plus Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Offshore Posts: 2,938 Thanks: 18,460 Thanked 35,193 Times in 2,850 Posts	I like defraggler but lately I've used the one that's included with AVG as it one less piece of software on an ageing laptop. It seems fine. Both are quicker than the integrated XP one. Regards 40+ __________________ Touchy, feely.............with Cherry Healey (once she's got rid of that god-awful nose ring).

January 26th, 2014, 04:25 AM	#7
hos Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: back in the dirt Posts: 10,637 Thanks: 29,726 Thanked 89,375 Times in 9,365 Posts	http://jkdefrag.8qm.de/english.php http://jkdefrag.8qm.de/ (german) review: http://download.cnet.com/JkDefrag-GU...-10768896.html __________________ You may be the most important brick in the least important wall, but really you're just a bit of something on a bit of something else.

January 21st, 2014, 10:09 PM	#2
wmcb Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 4 Posts	http://www.oo-software.com/en/free as good as it gets

January 22nd, 2014, 01:48 AM	#5
9876543210 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4,044 Thanks: 24,638 Thanked 34,357 Times in 4,008 Posts	For years, I used to use Norton Speeddisk and thought it was top notch. It allowed to organize apps by importance and need. For instance, you want to have most of Windows at the very center of a disk as its the program that us used the most. But from that point on its up to you. I had AutoCAD and a database next as I mostly used them and needed the little bit of extra speed. Don't even know if Speeddisk is around anymore but, if it is, it probably isn't free. Nowadays its about the only app from Norton I'd use. Oh, I use Defraggler nowadays and its OK. Its free but you can't organize apps like you could with Norton. I've had no problems with it. Give it a try. Just be careful installing it or you'll wind up with some tool bar you don't really want. http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/download

January 26th, 2014, 05:31 AM	#8
luddite Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: N.D.G. Posts: 1,375 Thanks: 104,140 Thanked 12,287 Times in 1,336 Posts	While reading this thread and comparing the merits of the different defraggers, I discovered that my Windows 8 has a built in defragger running automatically, and it is doing a great job. __________________ *Meanwhile, back at the oasis, the arabs were eating their dates...*