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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by mike b1954 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Ok, so I defragged my pc using Iobit recently .. which led me to wonder something ...

The PC which I use the most has only 1 CPU - athlon 3200 - and I HD 120 gig - no games , and mainly Object Desktop installed ... 

~ Yet it still took almost 4 hours to defrag and optimise ... this leads me to my question ..

 ~   What is the QUICKEST defrag program that I can download and use ... as Iobit takes such a long time .. an Hour and half is quite acceptable .. or less would be brilliant ....

 

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ShelbyGT_The_Car
Reply #21 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:35 PM
Diskeeper Pro Premier 2008 here and I never have to defrag manually at all. It runs in the background while I'm not using the computer automatically. So could never tell just how long it really takes. But it works OK for me.

SGT  

Phoon
Reply #22 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:24 PM
As Jafo said, there are quite a bit of variables to each system. Personally, Windows Defrag will suit your needs just fine provided that you exercise proper maintenance schedules. The first time defrag will take a long time. Run it overnight. From then on, perform a weekly defrag and you will not suffer long waiting times under NORMAL usage circumstances. It's still best to perform these on a scheduled basis during non-use hours though.

rustysam
Reply #23 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:53 PM
Diskeeper 20089 home addition is the best for my money. it degrags in the background constantly

mike b1954
Reply #24 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:27 PM
Thank you very very much for all your input, guys and gals I truly appreciate it ... And thank you also for ataking the time out to Fill me in a little ..

I have decided to look at the free ones first , so This morning I went for the Auslogic recommended by WebGizmos , thanks man !! hetr is a copy paste of what happened ..


Auslogics Disk Defrag Version : 1.4.14.300 (DiskDefrag.exe)
Disk Size : 114.48 GB
Free Size : 64.66 GB
Clusters : 30011420
Sectors per cluster : 8
Bytes per sector : 512
Started defragmentation at : 01/05/2008 03:45:50
Completed defragmentation at : 01/05/2008 04:12:24
Elapsed time : 00:26:34
Total Files : 336045
Total Directories : 16824
Fragmented File Count : 1929
Defragmented File Count : 1926
Skipped File Count : 3
Fragmentation Before : 4.77%
Fragmentation After : 3.70%


It took just under 30 minutes .. which is excellent ... !!

I will road-test the others too ... and keep you all updated as to how I got on ...

Once again thanks again folks !!

mike b1954
Reply #25 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:37 PM
PS Has anybody else lost the edit button for their posts ?

woops mine just re-appeared ..Weird !

Chasbo
Reply #26 Thursday, May 1, 2008 1:38 AM
WebGiz is the Wiz my friend. I've been using Auslogic for quite some time now and for free it can't be beat. Why fix it if it ain't broke? Does the job in just under 30 min.

WebGizmos
Reply #27 Thursday, May 1, 2008 7:43 AM
And really....if it does take a bit longer...start it just before you go to bed or something and let it do its thing. Unless of course you like watching the little blocks moving around.

vStyler
Reply #28 Thursday, May 1, 2008 9:25 AM
Honestly.. its pretty much impossible to compare.. it completely depends on how fragmented your drive is to begin with.

lesvind
Reply #29 Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:01 PM
Each defragger has it's own algorithm for defragging and optimization, so defrag times may vary greatly. I personally prefer the newest fully automatic defragmenters that defrag in real-time unlike older manual defraggers that need to be scheduled for late nights. Since the auto defraggers run using only idle resources, I can use the PC as usual even when multiple drives are being defragged. Very efficient and convenient- i never have to worry about when defrags begin or end, or spend any time defragging.

WebGizmos
Reply #30 Thursday, May 1, 2008 2:18 PM
Honestly.. its pretty much impossible to compare.. it completely depends on how fragmented your drive is to begin with.


I agree!

WebGizmos
Reply #31 Friday, May 2, 2008 3:32 PM
So your saying the prog you use can defrag any amount of fragmentation in 30 mins pfffft me thinks a few minor details are missing sonny


Nope....never said "any" amount....said it works for me....sonny

neophil78
Reply #32 Saturday, June 7, 2008 8:10 AM
Diskeeper Pro Premier 2008 here and I never have to defrag manually at all. It runs in the background while I'm not using the computer automatically

Well, i get the 2007 version and it defrag as well in background.
But i'm not really sure it does it correctly ...
Just one example: i use PageDefrag from SysInternals for system files defragmentation that Windows can't do ...
I just saw that Diskeeper, with the automatic background mode, is fragmenting back all those system files   

I think i'll have a try with Auslogics Disk Defrag and for those interested in i found Auslogics Disk Defrag version 1.4.15.306 avaible in english, german & french
WWW Link

Wizard1956
Reply #33 Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:47 AM
I think i'll have a try with Auslogics Disk Defrag


I've used it for several months,very good program.

AtlanticCanadianScot
Reply #34 Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:05 AM
without exception, & I have pretty much tried every app to totally defrag + compact my drives, the O&O Defrag from Berlin, Germany has my endorsement as an incredibly powerful, efficient, user friendly + intuitive defragger loaded with options with a very clean + professional interface a la Office 2007 ;mind you it lays the foundation + is my default defragger & in tandem with occcassional manual sessions of DiskeeperLite + IObit Smart Defrag to enable total compaction, I enjoy O% ! frag ;bonus points the O&O works automatically in the background selecting the most appropriate actions to keep my drives frag free - it is high end but hey, one gets what one pays for ! . .. the Germans do it once again in setting the standard in tech excellence; hello Nero + DivX . . .

LittleBearJason
Reply #35 Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:24 AM
I use Auslogics Disk Defrag and its super quick.

pastier
Reply #36 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:07 AM
Diskeeper has worked the best for me so far. Even the background defrag feature works without any issues. And yes i think its very fast.

neophil78
Reply #37 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:21 AM
I just throwed away Diskeeper (2007) to the bin   
OK it runs in background without trouble BUT, i just found it split up the System Windows files (specially hiberfil.sys & pagefile.sys + some others) which i defragment with Sysinternals PageDefrag on boot WWW Link, and above all, i also founded that even running in background 24/24 i got a statistic off "average fragments number per file = 1,02" (which is a lottttttttttttt)
Note: a manual defrag on same disk (which is a very new one) which is about 40 Go used on a 150 Go partition, takes nearlly 24 h  

Though i just installed Auslogics Disk Defrag version 1.4.15.306, and it defraged 100 % of files in about 30 mn ...   it's freeware, and brings me back 6% of free RAM   

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