Windows Disk Defragmenter vs defragmentation softwares

mt12345 said:

richc46 said:

I use and suggest that you try Ausglogics. It is one of the best defraggers. It has an analyze feature that shows how much needs to be defragged. It is suggested to wait until it reaches about 10%
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Auslogics' analyze feature obeys custom rules (eg. skip fragments >100MB)
That's what I miss in Piriform.

Is 'moving system files to beginning of disk' really important? how about disk speedmap? defrag & optimize? smells like snake oil

What it does is move files so they are in the right place, taking less time for the computer to do its thing.
Not just the system files.

mt12345 said:

wouldn't be better to REPLACE ms defrag with piriform's then?

The choice to replace native utilities is up to each user. I choose to keep native utilities in place and supplement them on an as needed basis with one additional utility.

There are many things to consider with a defrag utility such as the feature set.
Piriform's set includes:
only free space
only folders
only fragmented files
move large files to end of disk (another defrag utility will move them to where it thinks is best)
turn off VSS
skip hibernation and restore points (turns out that the process of defragging might delete restore points - even MS defrag)

I'm sure that other utilities by different publishers provide a rich set as well.

I think I've exhausted my input to this discussion.

Bill
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