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    Auslogics Disk Defrag Updated to 1.4.8.242

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by R4000, Oct 8, 2007.

  1. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/


    :)
     
    R4000, Oct 8, 2007
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    Thanks. I actually installed 1.3 yesterday. Glad to have 1.4.
     
    NinjaNoodles, Oct 8, 2007
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  3. leaftye

    leaftye Notebook Consultant

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    Does it still complete a defrag in 30 seconds as Calvin claims?
     
    leaftye, Oct 8, 2007
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  4. nic.

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    Cool thanks for informing...

    Defrag complete in 30 seconds!? Maybe will if you do it daily, even so if you install something or put in something huge will takes time to defrag them.
     
    nic., Oct 8, 2007
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    Great program, thanks.
     
    usapatriot, Oct 8, 2007
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    thanx for the news....
     
    bigspin, Oct 8, 2007
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  7. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Thank you! This whole notion of ANY defrag app being able to defrag a drive in 30 seconds is just ridiculous. As you said, if you are defragging each day and the defrag only needs to fix a couple of files it might take 30 seconds. But there are folks who seem to think it is magic. The speed of ANY defrag app is more limited by the speed of the hard drive and MUCH less by the app or algorithm the app uses.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Oct 8, 2007
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    Alright you non-believers, i am getting a video capture program to let you guys see how long it takes, i will also capture how much space i have on my HD. Also i knew about this update a few days ago but the mirror download link wasn't updated yet, thanks for the info.
     
    Gintoki, Oct 8, 2007
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  9. icecubez189

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    thanks, i actually had 1.3 installed but i haven't used it yet.
     
    icecubez189, Oct 8, 2007
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  10. Gintoki

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    Hmmm, the mirror download doesn't work for me, i keep on getting a 503, i guess i'll have to wait until later on today.
     
    Gintoki, Oct 8, 2007
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  11. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    I am not saying I don't believe it is fast. I am saying your testing regimen is flawed. Running any defrag a second time is going to be like lightening because there is nothing to do. As I posted in the other thread, there is a way to test these using the same image for each test. Or there is also a better measure than just elapsed time. The better measure is the number of bytes defragmented in an elapsed time. That lets you get a portable measurement across different machines or even the same machine at various times or with various apps. The elapsed time measurement really is meaningless without ALSO knowing how much work was done in that elapsed time.

    Auslogic may indeed have the fastest defrag out there, I just haven't seen any measurable proof of that yet. Has anyone seen any magazine articles or web sites that have done any experiments to compare the relative speeds of the defrag apps?

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Oct 8, 2007
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  12. Gintoki

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    Well i haven't seen any experiments, or tests on the web to prove what i say but as i said in the other post you'll have to research this on your own.
     
    Gintoki, Oct 8, 2007
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  13. R4000

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    The Cnet link is now updated for the correct version. :)
     
    R4000, Oct 8, 2007
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  14. Gintoki

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    Again thanks for telling me R400, i'll go try it out now. Nope it doesn't work, it's still the same version.
     
    Gintoki, Oct 8, 2007
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