JSKY Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I don't know how many have discovered that defragmenting Vista can be a long chore. But I have been using a third party disk defragmenter that works very well and takes little time to run.auslogics - disk-defragIt's free and works great.Just disable Vista's defrag. and your set to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 You got me thinking that I may need a defrag. I went ot check out my system, according to vista, it defragged my machine this morning. I was using it, but did not even notice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Mmmm. normally Vista is set to do early morning defrags. Yes it is a silent running in the background thing. But just try doing it manually once.. It keeps going and going and going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 mine is set to run at 1:00 am every Wednesday. Since it is my laptop I hibernate it at night. My guess is it started Wednesday morning after bringing it out of hibernation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 I recommended Auslogic to another place and got good response (so thanks, Jsky!) AND a terrific tip!"I used Auslogics on my Win 2000 drive from your recommendation. It does seem faster. It also defrags differently, so after the Win defragger was done, leaving 13% fragged, I used the Auslogics and got it down to 3% fragged, I then used the Win 2000 defragger again and got it down further. Seems using them alternately helps get a tight drive. "Kudos to Heatpro at Handyman'sLiz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bar5 Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Kudos to Heatpro at Handyman'sLizI use that Handyman site quite often to find out how to do some things around the house. Very helpful info. I never got past the plumbing or appliance section, so I did not realize it had a computer section. Thanks JSKY for the info on Auslogic, I might give it a try, as I like seeing it do defrag, not like in Vista. Barb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I, too like to see that "thermometer" so it looks like Windows is actually doing something! I even use the thermometer when I update Windows....guess I just need that "blankey" That's why I swiped Jsky's info and passed it on to the other old coots The "kid" at Handyman's has a thread called "Vista" where he's giving his opinions on it. Pat/Sidekickcat actually introduced me to Handyman's and it has a neat gardening section, too....that's how I became involved there--someone asked a question I could actually answer! I'm so much better at geraniums than I am at computers...........Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xalint1 Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Also with the disk defrag from Auslogic you should try the register defrag software it works well with Vista also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flatiron Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 I was going to try out Auslogics Disk Defrag untill I ran across this site.Insights and Rants: The Great Defrag Shootout: all the defragmentation utilities I can findI decided to try JkDefrag and it works great! Requires no installation or you can get the installer.The JkDefrag Forums Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xalint1 Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 (edited) I have the winner of that that sites shoot out Raxco Perfect disk8 also but for speed and pretty darn good defrag I stick with the Auslogic defrag.Once you have tried both you will see what I mean. Edited December 30, 2007 by xalint1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snakeyes11 Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Auslogic Disk Defrag is very nice. It doesn't take very long at all, my current PC has a 500GB SATA hard drive and it takes maybe fifteen to twnenty minutes to defrag it completely. Auslogic Disk Defrag works like a charm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trip1red Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 yes it a good free defrag program Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lachang Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) . Edited October 16, 2009 by lachang Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhema7 Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 I like MyDefrag (formerly JKDefrag) no install/ command line.http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/JkDefrag/JkDefrag.htmlThis is the most complete defrag i have ever had had. Plus you can keep it son a jumpdrive and take it to granny's house and fix her bogged down PC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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