Decent defragger?

Wryel · 08-07-2008, 22:12

My hard drives are chugging away and even with the side on they're making more noise than usual. I defragged my windows partition but it still says total fragmentation is 12% and file fragmentation is 24%, not good. When I run a defrag it takes about 30 seconds and says 'Some files on this volume could not be defragemented. Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.' There are no files in the report!

So, can anyone reccomend something better than the Windows defracker that might help?

divine · 08-07-2008, 22:41

Diskeeper http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp
O&O Defrag http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodefrag/
Perfect Disk http://www.download.com/PerfectDisk/...43.html?hhTest

...seem to get a few mentions about the place

LeperousDust · 08-07-2008, 23:11

I don't like paying, and usually cna't be bothered stealing defrag software, so use this:
http://lifehacker.com/392933/ultimat...quicker-access
Does the job pretty damn well, does everything i rudimentaly need anyway.
These are also good though:
http://lifehacker.com/software/featu...gui-284680.php
http://lifehacker.com/software/featu...ler-306393.php

Tbh just read lifehacker, comes up top trumps everytime

Greenlizard0 · 09-07-2008, 00:01

JK degrag with a seperate GUI. Does the job I want brilliantly.

Wryel · 09-07-2008, 00:01

Cool I'll give those a try (the free ones only methinks).

divine · 09-07-2008, 00:09

hmmm

I'm gonna give jkdefrag a try.

UltimateDefrag was crap, left my drive 35% fragmented :/

LeperousDust · 09-07-2008, 01:04

It's always worked fine for me, JKdefrag works great too, its just a little bare-bones

Wryel · 09-07-2008, 01:07

Just used Ultimate defrag and Windows is still saying its the same, I'll try another next time a desperately need something to occupy me late at night!

LeperousDust · 09-07-2008, 01:14

Haha, maybe they've screwed up the latest version. If i'm honest i'm never in a "rush" to defrag and leave it to the vista one. But i've installed Ultimate on 3 other machines and its not had a problem... Just try and different one i can't remember why i chose that, it seemed best at the time, but i'm sure theyre all much or a muchness...

LeperousDust · 09-07-2008, 01:21

Actually i take the above back, try this one: http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag

08-07-2008, 22:12	#1
Wryel Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,148	Decent defragger? My hard drives are chugging away and even with the side on they're making more noise than usual. I defragged my windows partition but it still says total fragmentation is 12% and file fragmentation is 24%, not good. When I run a defrag it takes about 30 seconds and says 'Some files on this volume could not be defragemented. Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.' There are no files in the report! So, can anyone reccomend something better than the Windows defracker that might help?

08-07-2008, 22:41	#2
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Diskeeper http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp O&O Defrag http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodefrag/ Perfect Disk http://www.download.com/PerfectDisk/...43.html?hhTest ...seem to get a few mentions about the place __________________

08-07-2008, 23:11	#3
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I don't like paying, and usually cna't be bothered stealing defrag software, so use this: http://lifehacker.com/392933/ultimat...quicker-access Does the job pretty damn well, does everything i rudimentaly need anyway. These are also good though: http://lifehacker.com/software/featu...gui-284680.php http://lifehacker.com/software/featu...ler-306393.php Tbh just read lifehacker, comes up top trumps everytime __________________

09-07-2008, 00:01	#4
Greenlizard0 Vodka Martini Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 717	JK degrag with a seperate GUI. Does the job I want brilliantly. __________________

09-07-2008, 00:09	#6
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	hmmm I'm gonna give jkdefrag a try. UltimateDefrag was crap, left my drive 35% fragmented :/ __________________

09-07-2008, 01:04	#7
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	It's always worked fine for me, JKdefrag works great too, its just a little bare-bones __________________

09-07-2008, 01:07	#8
Wryel Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,148	Just used Ultimate defrag and Windows is still saying its the same, I'll try another next time a desperately need something to occupy me late at night!

09-07-2008, 01:14	#9
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Haha, maybe they've screwed up the latest version. If i'm honest i'm never in a "rush" to defrag and leave it to the vista one. But i've installed Ultimate on 3 other machines and its not had a problem... Just try and different one i can't remember why i chose that, it seemed best at the time, but i'm sure theyre all much or a muchness... __________________

09-07-2008, 01:21	#10
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Actually i take the above back, try this one: http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag __________________

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