What is the best free defragger?

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I have been using only windows defragger for sometime and today I installed auslogics defragger program and its showing a lot of spaces. So whats the best?
 

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jkdefrag, defraggler, ultradefrag are some of my favorite free ones.
 

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All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
Are any of these programs better than windows defragger making it obsolete?

-stang
 

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disk defragger

mustangman16 said:
Are any of these programs better than windows defragger making it obsolete?

-stang
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The safest one i have found is perfect disk 10

Its running right now in the background

hope this helps

Ken
 

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Quicksys also makes a registry defragger which works pretty well.

zigzag3143, Perfectdisk is good but it's not free.

The Windows defragger is fine if you don't want anything fancy.
 

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All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
defragger

sup3rsprt said:
Quicksys also makes a registry defragger which works pretty well.

zigzag3143, Perfectdisk is good but it's not free.

The Windows defragger is fine if you don't want anything fancy.
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absolutely correct my bad. Have the trial installed. Its free to try

Still good defragger

Thanks for clearing up
Ken
 

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SIW2 said:
I already provided the link to Quicksys.

Defraggler is another freebie - from the people who make Ccleaner.
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What do you mean? The disk defragger includes the registry defrag?

I mentioned defraggler already.
 

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All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
My favorite derangement is Command Prompt > Defrag c: -w
 

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What do you mean? The disk defragger includes the registry defrag?
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What registry defrag?:confused:
 

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Quicksys regdefrag!

Edit - Wait, nevermind. Windows 7 doesn't support it, sorry.
 

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All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
Thanks for the suggestions guys, Ive installed a few of the recommendations and will give them a try.
 

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I'm aware that there are free ones, the main question i'm asking is are any of these free ones at all better than windows defragger?

-stang
 

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The only difference is they may be faster or run continuosly in the background. I use 'Auslogics Disk Defrag.' I used it in Vista and just brought it over.
 

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I'm using Smart Defrag by iobit. Works well. Has all the options you could want, schedule, work all the time in the background etc.

The main advantage that can be offered by Defraggers is if they move most frequently used files and directories into the fastest area of the disk. Smart defrag does that (as does PerfectDisk mentioned above).That can noticeably improve speed on your rig (when you first do it at least).

Defragmentation itself really isn't a big deal. Forking out money for a Defragger is almost certainly a complete waste, and the built in Defragmentation routine in Win 7 is probably plenty good enough!

Defragging the registry is IMO complete snake oil and absolutely unneccesary. Much more dangerous than any claimed benifits you might get. But really there are no benefits, just as there are no benefits from a registry cleanup tool. Removing a few hundred lines from a Registry Hive will have absolutely NO effect on speed or efficiency. None has ever been reported because it doesn't work.
 
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Windows Defrag actually defrags quite well. The reason you still see other defragmenters pointing out fragments is because they have another way of defragmenting. I suggest Smart Defrag which is quite a good defragmenter and is very fast. You can download it from Defragment Disk | Smart Defrag | Free Disk Defragmenter Download
 

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I prefer to stick with Microsoft programs for this department... I use one called Contig which has done me well for many years...

Contig
 

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FWIW I user Perfect Disk 10. Although it's not free it does give you a fully functional 30 day trial. It does the most thorough defrag in my experience - including the pagefile and system files - and I've used them all over the years. PD 10 does not defrag the registry though. There are dedicated programs for that, but so far Windows 7 support is limited.
 

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EVGA 132-CK-NF79
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Xonar DS
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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Gateway 24" HD UltraReponse 2MS UltraColor 92% Glossy
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977GB Western Digital WDC WD10 01FALS-00E8B0 SCSI Disk Device (SATA)

USB Storage: Seagate FreeAgent USB Device

USB Storage: Seagate FreeAgentDesktop USB Device

USB Storage: STECH Simple Drive USB Device
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CyberPower 1350AVR Batter Backup
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Cooler Master HAF Full Tower
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Cooler Master V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm
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LogiTech Wave Wireless
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Logitech HID-compliant G5 Laser Mouse
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