What is a good Windows 7 defragmenter?

Windows 7 defrags in the background unless you disabled it.

The defragger that comes with the OS is all that you need. Unless you are always installing and uninstalling you should not do it more than about 3 times a year. Turn off the weekly default in the task scheduler.

I have used CCleaner ("Run Cleaner" and Registry tab) and the Auslogics Disk and Registry defraggers for ten years+ on hundreds of installs without issue and with great results. I consider them an inseparable package.

These are state-of-the-art free tools from industry leaders widely regarded as best in their field. When you use them monthly they will keep your HD's perfectly cleaned and ordered.

I use Auslogic Disk Defrag mostly. I also use My Defrag. And I use Power Defrag, it is a GUI for Contig:

Power Defragmenter is a very advanced GUI for the Sysinternals core application which takes defragmentation process to a whole new level.

Power Defragmenter is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) application for program Contig by Sysinternals.

Contig is a very powerful defragmentation application designed for Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems.

Contig created by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell.

Contig



Whats new in version 3.0?
- Simplified Contig download and setup (now almost fully automatic)
- Removed PowerMode(TM) because of compatibility problems with Windows Vista
- Introduced TriplePass(TM) mode replacing obsolete PowerMode(TM)*
- Added ability to defragment removable drives (mostly floppy and USB hard drives**)
- Fixed few glitches
- New Vista style graphics

* TripleMode(TM) runs Contig in 3 passes defragmenting any remaining fragmented files
** don't use on USB flash and SSD drives as they are basically immune to the file fragmentation due to almost non existent access latency. Defragmenting flash devices also decreases their lifetime.

Power Defragmenter

A Guy

Puran Defrag.

gregrocker said:

I have used CCleaner ("Run Cleaner" and Registry tab) and the Auslogics Disk and Registry defraggers for ten years+ on hundreds of installs without issue and with great results. I consider them an inseparable package.

These are state-of-the-art free tools from industry leaders widely regarded as best in their field. When you use them monthly they will keep your HD's perfectly cleaned and ordered.

I second this.

I use both CCleaner & Auslogics Disk Defrag on a regular basis on both mine pc and on client pcs as portable apps

richc46 said:

Unless you are always installing and uninstalling you should not do it more than about 3 times a year.

+1. I'm always amazed with how often people defrag their drives and feel they got a huge performance increase. I've never been able to prove any tangible difference.

Thanks for the Support, pparks. It amazes me that so many make constant defrags. It amazes me even more that so many maintenance software defrag once a week.