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Windows 7: Any verdict on the Defrag tool yet?

17 Aug 2009  
Celeras

Windows 7 x64
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Any verdict on the Defrag tool yet?

Vistas sucked majorly, were there any improvements in 7 or should I be hunting down JKDefrag again?

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17 Aug 2009  
zigzag3143

Win 8 Release candidate 8400
2,141 posts
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Celeras View Post
Vistas sucked majorly, were there any improvements in 7 or should I be hunting down JKDefrag again?
Celeras

Verdict in terms of if you should use them or which to use? Perfect disk 10 works fine on 32bit, and might on 64

Ken
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17 Aug 2009  
Sassa

OS
847 posts
 
 

I totally forgot that there isthe Defrag tool in windows...
That should say all...
Thanks for the remind, will test how it work here in Win 7....
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17 Aug 2009  
spliff

7600x64 RTM
288 posts
 
 

Using Smart defrag here x64 w/ no problems. Have set to auto-defrag and it runs in the background when I'm not using the com.
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17 Aug 2009  
Mikaka

Windows 7 build 7600 64 bit
66 posts
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by spliff View Post
Using Smart defrag here x64 w/ no problems. Have set to auto-defrag and it runs in the background when I'm not using the com.
The built in Windows defrag already runs in the background, when you're not using the computer.
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17 Aug 2009  
DJG

Windows 7 RTM x64
1,010 posts
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Seems to be doing its job unobstructedly (is that a real word) in my case (is that a real pun?).

Last edited by DJG; 17 Aug 2009 at 06:42 PM..
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17 Aug 2009  
Captain Zero

Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN]
994 posts
Los Angeles
 
 

For well over 25 years (no, really) I've been using one form of defrag software or another and can safely say I've tested them all. Currently, the best solution for an effective defrag is Goldenbow's Vopt. Not only does it require a very low footprint but it's very effectiveness at sorting the files on the drive is unrivaled. The analysis engine it uses differs from other, common algorithms considerably. It also does what many other 'big' companies' software lacks. In particular, pagefile sorting (for those that still use that antiquety). Versions are available for most varieties of Windows - XP, Vista and 7.

I strongly encourage you to take a good look at it. Yes, it's ugly, but it's very effective.

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17 Aug 2009  
masterB

Windows 7 Professional x64
811 posts
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by spliff View Post
Using Smart defrag here x64 w/ no problems. Have set to auto-defrag and it runs in the background when I'm not using the com.
got the same thing and love it!
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17 Aug 2009  
Victek

Windows 7 x64
519 posts
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Celeras View Post
Vistas sucked majorly, were there any improvements in 7 or should I be hunting down JKDefrag again?
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By "verdict" do you mean a consensus? LOL! Microsoft says the defragger in 7 is improved. There is no disk map though and if you care about having a map (I do) then it's not sufficient. I'm using PerfectDisk 10 on Windows 7 RC1 x86 and it works very well. There's a long thread in here about defraggers where the topic was pretty much done to death, so you might want to read that one first.
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17 Aug 2009  
pparks1

Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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I'm not really an avid user of defragging the machine. Years ago when drives were smaller and far less fast, I used to do it. Now it's pretty rare....and with newer versions of Windows whatever is happening on the backside seems to be sufficient enough for me.
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