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The Definitive "BEST DEFRAG" thread


The Definitive "BEST DEFRAG"  

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  1. 1. The Definitive "BEST DEFRAG"

    • Windows Built-in
      195
    • Diskeeper
      289
    • O&O Defrag
      162
    • VoptXP/Me/Etc.
      19
    • Norton Speeddisk
      58
    • Perfect Disk
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    • Other
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I prefer O&O Defrag... version 6 is REALLY fast, analysing a volume takes only 1-3 seconds in comparison to over a minute for version 4. It has a simple interface and IMO is easier to use than others. It looks good and runs well. It managed to defrag my 7mb (yes, mb) partition in less than a second :D, lol. Also, check out the websites to these programs - Diskeeper is purely progaganda and has big "200% Speed Increase" signs; I think it's safe to say that it is aimed at complete n00bs - still, at least the website gave me a laugh with the "unimaginable power lurks beneath the surface" part.

Haha.. so true... diskeepers got all these nice graphs saying it just increased performance by 33 percent everytime, but i swear i hardly notice any improvement. Not only that, it never defrags fully on one pass, u need a hundred multiple passes and at least 20% free memory in order for it to do its job correctly. The new diskeeper is nowhere near as good as it used to be.

I'm trying O&O as we speak and although it might take longer, it's seems to be defragging completely in one pass with only 5% available free space. i perfer to run defrag only once at night and not have to worry about it for another few weeks instead of having the defrag utility continually hogging resources.

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no!

you open the drive with a hammer then you carefully sweep a magnet around the disk!

:p

This is what I call a "fast reformat" :rofl:

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I've just tried O&O 6, and it's great ! Takes ages to defrag my 40 Gb partition, but it's seems to be very efficient :cool:

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Um.......... one thing i don't understand is why Perfect Disk need to defrag many times....... like after my first Offline defrag, i still need to do another offline defrag.........

However i still thinks Perfect Disk is the best though, simply becoz it is smaller in size and does the job. I don't understand why O&O takes 20Mb for a defrag program..........

I still think Perfect Disk could be improved......... looking forward 2 version 7. ^^

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o&o defrag is amesome. the "stealth mode" managed to bring number of fragmented file from ~6000 (out of ~60000) to 7 in under 20 minutes

(my hdd is 80 gb - 30 is free.) ALL THAT WHILE I WAS DOWNLOADING 2 FILES IN ABC. :) i am impressed.

very highly recommend you try it before settling dont on build-in or diskeeper (all the others suck so badly i wont mention them)

I don't understand why O&O takes 20Mb for a defrag program..........

who cares. it does the job quick and right, and you can let it work in the background while you do something else and it does not interfere with your work. also it has all the option you may need. what else can you ask for in a defragmenter?

:yes:

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See, I don't understand. My PC must live in the twilight zone because I've tried O&O and its extremely slow on my pc. It takes forever to analyze and defrag. Go figure.

Note: i'm not saying the program is bad..I just cant attest to the claimed speed of defragging

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See, I don't understand. My PC must live in the twilight zone because I've tried O&O and its extremely slow on my pc. It takes forever to analyze and defrag. Go figure.

Note: i'm not saying the program is bad..I just cant attest to the claimed speed of defragging

ditto

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