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Defragmenter Performance questions
I was wondering if anyone had recently looked at the performance of defragmenting software?
I've use PerfectDisk (PD) for years now on my desktop PC but use the built-in defrag tool that comes with Windows 7 on my laptop. I bought PD in the first place because it seemed to be fast and efficient and to me at least, it did a good job. With recent versions and builds of PD I've noticed that it takes forever to run a defrag pass on my PC and some of their automated features are real resource hogs. For example, recently I noticed that it was taking forever for my PC to completely boot and have the network adapter ready for use. After seeking some help I determined that if I turned off 2 background features of PD, my system booted really fast and my system performance is now great. I can keep running PD in this manner and running defrags whenever I want but it makes me question whether PD without the bells and whistles is any better than other defrag tools or the defrag tool that comes with Windows itself that's free. In addition I wonder if the PD defrag algorithm is any better or worse than other defrag algorithms. If anyone has any insight into this, please let me know. Thanks!