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  • Phaihn
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Jan 2009
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    #1

    a good free defragmentor?

    anything but defraggler uhg lol?
    any one know a good free defragmentor thats not packed with spyware?
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  • uligli
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2006
    • 139

    #2
    Re: a good free defragmentor?

    I use defraggler and no problems, if u dont like try Ultradefrag.

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    • Junk Parts
      Court Jester
      • Jun 2006
      • 8953
      • USA

      #3
      Re: a good free defragmentor?

      I've been using VoptXp 7.12. Works great and its quick. There are versions out there for Vista, and Windows 7. If you want it for Xp shoot me a pm with an email adress in it and I will send it to you. Below is a screen shot of
      Vopt 9. VoptXp 7.12 looks about the same.
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      • c_hegge
        Badcaps Legend
        • Sep 2009
        • 5219
        • Australia

        #4
        Re: a good free defragmentor?

        I never defragment. I find that it rarely makes any difference in performance.
        I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

        No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

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        • digge
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Apr 2006
          • 296

          #5
          Re: a good free defragmentor?

          Dont usually defrag myself since im on SSD, but on parents computer im using mydefrag (www.mydefrag.com) formerly known as jkdefrag. Does the job and have scheduling and all that stuff if you want to get advanced.

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          • c_hegge
            Badcaps Legend
            • Sep 2009
            • 5219
            • Australia

            #6
            Re: a good free defragmentor?

            Originally posted by digge
            Dont usually defrag myself since im on SSD
            Should be more like don't EVER defrag. SSDs actually work better when the data is spread out. Defragging just uses up a read/write cycle when it's completely unnecessary.
            I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

            No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

            Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

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            • ratdude747
              Black Sheep
              • Nov 2008
              • 17136
              • USA

              #7
              Re: a good free defragmentor?

              Originally posted by c_hegge
              Should be more like don't EVER defrag. SSDs actually work better when the data is spread out. Defragging just uses up a read/write cycle when it's completely unnecessary.
              or flash drives and camera cards...

              for defrag, what is wrong with the one in xp? unless you really want to defrag system files ( for that, i plug the hd into another computer and defrag it that way. on my xp boxes, thats what i have used... and trust me, a defreg really does help. quicker access times. i once had one that was 80% fragged... it was sooo slow! a defrag helped it a lot.

              linux does not need it as it stores files in a non-fragmenting manner.
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              • digge
                Badcaps Veteran
                • Apr 2006
                • 296

                #8
                Re: a good free defragmentor?

                Originally posted by c_hegge
                Should be more like don't EVER defrag. SSDs actually work better when the data is spread out. Defragging just uses up a read/write cycle when it's completely unnecessary.
                Sorry for bad wording, but thing is i have SSD and normal ones in computer. Never defrag the SSD but i do defrag the normal ones (seldom though, almost never) Maybe that didnt get through from what i wrote, sorry bout that.

                And to answer ratdude, whats wrong with the built in in XP, well basically nothing wrong with it, apart from it being overly slow and dont have at all as much settings and optimizations one might want. Like it doesnt order files on file usage, only bunch them up so they are not fragmented.

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                • japlytic
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 2086
                  • Australia

                  #9
                  Re: a good free defragmentor?

                  I use IObit Smart Defrag, and the latest version does SSD drives.
                  My first choice in quality Japanese electrolytics is Nippon Chemi-Con, which has been in business since 1931... the quality of electronics is dependent on the quality of the electrolytics.

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                  • Junk Parts
                    Court Jester
                    • Jun 2006
                    • 8953
                    • USA

                    #10
                    Re: a good free defragmentor?

                    http://www.goldenbow.com/

                    This is for Vopt 7.12 and the newer one for Xp, Vista, and Windows 7. I think each has a thirty day evaluation period. Don't defrag your SSD.
                    Last edited by Junk Parts; 08-20-2010, 05:34 AM.
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                    • Per Hansson
                      Super Moderator
                      • Jul 2005
                      • 5895
                      • Sweden

                      #11
                      Re: a good free defragmentor?

                      When transferring a machanical HDD partition to a SSG I use Perfectdisk

                      Because it allows to move the MFT backup copy, the MFT is at the middle of the partition, and this is the reason a NTFS partition can be shrinked a max of 50%
                      So I first shrink it 50%, then run Perfectdisk so it moves the MFT that is now at the end of the partition to the "new" middle of the resized partition
                      Then rinse and repeat untill the partition have been shrunken enough so it can be moved with Drive Snapshot to the new SSD disk
                      (If only the SSD's would come down in price, then this would not be necessary )

                      As for the mechanical harddrives I use I barley ever defragment them
                      "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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                      • c_hegge
                        Badcaps Legend
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 5219
                        • Australia

                        #12
                        Re: a good free defragmentor?

                        Originally posted by ratdude747
                        I once had one that was 80% fragged...
                        How on earth did you manage that? I just analysed my HDD. Volume fragmentation is 0%, File fragmentation is 1%. That's after a bit over a year of fairly heavy use. So assiming I get 1% file fragmentation per year, it would take me 80 years to get that!
                        I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                        No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

                        Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

                        Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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                        • styxbound
                          Senior Member
                          • Aug 2010
                          • 91

                          #13
                          Re: a good free defragmentor?

                          I don't know of anything which can touch Auslogics for speed.

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                          • AudioCraZ
                            Senior Member
                            • Sep 2009
                            • 147

                            #14
                            Re: a good free defragmentor?

                            I have used jkdefrag in the past, works great, not very pretty though. Just recently tried Defraggler, and yes, I don't like it. Too slow, and not a lot of options.

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                            • smason
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                              • Feb 2010
                              • 1652
                              • Canada

                              #15
                              Re: a good free defragmentor?

                              Perfectdisk is really good. Not free, but quite good.
                              36 Monitors, 3 TVs, 4 Laptops, 1 motherboard, 1 Printer, 1 iMac, 2 hard drive docks and one IP Phone repaired so far....

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                              • Phaihn
                                Badcaps Veteran
                                • Jan 2009
                                • 842
                                • Canada

                                #16
                                Re: a good free defragmentor?

                                the reason i ask is for my brother in laws laptop the built in xp defragger doesnt work right and he has defraggler and that barrely works id put diskkeeper on it for him if i had the money to pay for it.
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                                • digge
                                  Badcaps Veteran
                                  • Apr 2006
                                  • 296

                                  #17
                                  Re: a good free defragmentor?

                                  If im not mistaken at least the win2000 built in defragger is actually a stripped down diskkeeper defragger. Not sure about the XP one though, someone else here might know.

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                                  • Per Hansson
                                    Super Moderator
                                    • Jul 2005
                                    • 5895
                                    • Sweden

                                    #18
                                    Re: a good free defragmentor?

                                    Digge; screenshot below from XP x64 defrag utility, so yup, it is Diskeeper
                                    www.execsoft.com

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                                    • stj
                                      Great Sage 齊天大聖
                                      • Dec 2009
                                      • 30997
                                      • Albion

                                      #19
                                      Re: a good free defragmentor?

                                      http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/

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                                      • momaka
                                        master hoarder
                                        • May 2008
                                        • 12170
                                        • Bulgaria

                                        #20
                                        Re: a good free defragmentor?

                                        Originally posted by styxbound
                                        I don't know of anything which can touch Auslogics for speed.
                                        Yes, I like that one too. Much quicker than anything else I've used.
                                        ...
                                        I don't defragment my hard drives anymore, though (at least not until the Windows XP defragmenter tells me I should).

                                        Originally posted by c_hegge
                                        How on earth did you manage that? I just analysed my HDD. Volume fragmentation is 0%, File fragmentation is 1%. That's after a bit over a year of fairly heavy use. So assiming I get 1% file fragmentation per year, it would take me 80 years to get that!
                                        I think the more you fill the hard drive up, the faster it starts to fragment.
                                        Currently I'm sitting at 14% file fragmentation and 7% total (according to the Windows XP defragmenter). This is after about 5 years of use. My hard drive (80 GB) is filled up just a little more than halfway. Haven't checked my other computers.

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