Auslogics Disk Defrag New Version 1.3.7.235

Auslogic Disk Defrag update available & now you can remove temp files before the defrag

Download Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.3.7.235

 

Awesome... Definite must-use for performance enthusiasts . Personally, the built-in Windows defragger will suit me fine. But since Auslogic's Defragger has faster performance, I'm tempted to at least give it a try .

 

Windows built-in defrag utility is crap for me .Auslogic really fast + free without spyware or adware

 

Well, to each their own, my friend .

 

Of course I prefer the always-on, on-demand defragging of Diskeeper 2007 (which automatically disables while under battery power), but as Triple_Dude said, to each his own.

 

I absolutely agree with you.

 

Is there an alternative d/l link? Download.com still has version 1.2.

 

http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php
choose the "mirror download"

cheers ...

 

Wouldn't that pretty much kill the already sub par performance of Notebook 5400RPM drives ?!

 

Nope. It doesn't do it as you write files...rather, it waits until periods of no activity (or light activity) and works in the background using a low priority. Any real disk access suspends the automatic defragging process and waits until the next time the system is idle. You can specify periods of time where it won't run at all, and as I mentioned earlier, by default it's disabled when running on battery power to reduce power consumption.

Don't ask me how it really works but it does work, and remarkably well too.

 

Sweet! I'm a big fan of good, fast, and free.

 

I have used this and its undeniable that it is faster, but I have questioned whether or not it is as effective compared to PerfectDisk or Diskeeper, etc. I don't know if it does a good job at defragging compared to other programs.

 

Who isn't?

I'm sure all the major, well-known programs do a roughly similar job of it. I'm willing to bet any differences will only show up in benchmarking (if they do it all) and that they'd almost certainly be undetectable by users doing most tasks.

I suppose that brings up the question of why someone would pay for something like Diskeeper or O&O or PerfectDisk, if Auslogics is doing a perfectly good job. For me, it's a matter of experience with the Diskeeper product (been using it for many years and have always been satisfied with it) and the fact that the real-time on-demand defrag feature isn't available on any other program. There's something to be said about never having to manually defrag or even to schedule an automatic one.

 

At the risk of repeating myself for the nth time, I also like the autodefrag feature on Diskeeper 2007 a lot. Set it and forget it and DK takes care of the rest..even suspends the defrag when on battery power. No manual defrags required except an occasional quick boot-time defrag.

Auslogics may do an okay job, and sufficient for most people who are looking for freeware apps. But personally, I'd much trust my data to a well established defragger that comes with proper tech support. Not everyone is so paranoid lol, and I can understand that.

 

I know Diskeeper for a long time but only recently i decided to try it properly.
They have a different approach to defrag than perfect disk; which is right i don't know.
But to be honest i didn't like autodefrag; maybe because recently i had to replace my HD and i don't like programs constantly accessing it (no indexing programs, disable anti virus most of the time,...)
If i turn it off i lose one of the advantages people claim against other programs freeware or paid.
And it had a (very) small impact for example while watching some youtube videos (that where already fully loaded in cache).
Not saying the program is bad, probably is the best one, but i don't feel "comfortable" with it.

 

I just gave Auslogics a try and it is really fast! Its definately better then the built-in Windows defrag. Awesome find!!

 

To be fair, anything is better than the built-in Windows defrag. It's a stripped down Diskeeper, at least two generations old (quite possibly more), with no real UI to speak of. I'd almost rather not defrag than use the built-in defragger.

 

well, to be fair, XP and Vista's built-in defragmenter also reorders your files based on the OS's boot.ini to make booting/rebooting faster.

 

And to me that is a REAL important factor. Under XP it also ordered files based on your usage. Not sure if that is in Vista or not.

I asked before if any of the others apps utilize this info to order files as the defrag does its thing. But I haven't heard anyone say that any of the others do this or not.

Gary

 

Where oh where is the new version of the OLD Norton Speed Disk ??? Currently, I am liking the Auslogic myself. Dave

 

I know Diskeeper is able to do this. (When you consider the built-in Windows defrag is based on Diskeeper, this isn't surprising.) In fact, it can do it for any file(s) you specify, not just specific boot-related files.

I can't speak for any other defrag product as I have been using Diskeeper exclusively for years.

 

But the point is, I don't WANT to specify the files. I want it to use the data collected by the OS. Does it do that?

Gary

 

Specifying files is just an option. By default it takes care of everything by itself based on what it feels will provide the best boost to system performance. There's an upside and a downside. The upside is that it's not limited to system files, so it'll re-order whatever the program deems necessary. The downside is that the feature is not available in the lowest end versions of Diskeeper.

Are you sure that Vista's built-in defragger is capable of moving files to the front of the hard drive? I know Vista (and XP) has a function that moves system files for faster access, but AFAIK that's a function of Vista/XP itself and not of the defragger.

 

Vista/XP's defragmenter makes use of the layout.ini file (made a mistake by calling it boot.ini), to reorder the files based on the frequency of access.

as taken from wikipedia -

 

Yep, another reason why I simply use the default defragmenter . You seriously cannot go wrong with it.

 

Hmm interesting, didn't know that's how it worked. Guess it's pointless for me to manually use the "Defrag.exe %systemdrive% -b" method since Diskeeper does it automatically, but that's nice to know for those using alternative defraggers.