Auslogics Disk Defrag vs Windows Defrag vs others

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Thanks for all the information, on Defrag progams

It will take me a while to get through them all.

 

Perfect Disk user here! its performance is awesome!" specifically the SYSTEM FILES defragmenter which reboots your pc and defragments your MFT, start up files for a better boot time.

 

UltraDefrag is an open source disk defragmenting utility for Windows. The software was originally written by Dmitri Arkhangelski in 2007, who was later joined by Justin Dearing who is responsible for the manual among other things. UltraDefrag is released under the GNU General Public License.

Features:
* Both command line interface and GUI version.
* Ability to generate html reports of fragmentation status.
* Ability to include/exclude files based on simple filters.
* Work is done by a kernel mode driver.
* Very small engine written in pure C.
* Full source code available under the GNU General Public License.
* Boot time defragmentation of system files besides Registry and Page files.
* Native x64 support.
* For running on Vista64 you need to turn off Vista driver signature checking. Otherwise its unsigned 64bit driver will not be loaded.
* Full NTFS junctions (reparse points) support.

UltraDefrag uses the Windows defragmentation API and works on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Operating Systems. It supports FAT12/16/32 and NTFS file systems and on Vista Universal Disk Format.



Ashampoo Magical Defrag is a disk defragmenting utility for Windows.

Features:
* Automatic defragmentation
* Fragmentation Protection
* Dynamic graphical display
* No-configuration operation
* Statistics
* Service-based defrag

Magical Defrag uses the Windows defragmentation API and works on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Operating Systems.



DiskTune is a freeware defragmentation program for Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista (32-bit and 64-bit). It supports FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file systems.

As common with other defragmentation programs, DiskTune uses the Windows defrag API. DiskTune is capable of moving the MFT (online). DiskTune provides boot and application launch optimization utilizing the Windows layout.ini (Prefetcher). DiskTune counters interaction between the Shadow Copy service and defragmentation I/O by offering a VSS safe-mode option.

Unique to DiskTune is its capability to monitor the temperature of the host disk using Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.

Features:
DiskTune offers 'normal' defragmentation as well as an optimization mode. The goal of optimization is to improve boot-time and faster application as well as frequently used files loading times. To accomplish the latter DiskTune moves those frequently used files and directories and the MFT in what it calls the 'system area' at the start of the volume.

DiskTune can be run with command-line parameters (Shortcuts created by DiskTune itself employ this capability).

* Works in Microsoft Windows XP, 2003 Server, Vista (32-bit and 64-bit).
* Supported file systems: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS.
* Safe to use: utilizes Windows defrag API and other high level APIs only.
* 3 operation modes: defrag, optimize and compact.
* HDD temperature monitor; DiskTune will pause when your disk gets too hot.(how hot?)
* Includes module to create jobs.
* VSS safe-mode to reduce interaction between defragmentation and shadow copies
* Background and low priority mode.
* Context menu integration, can defrag selected folder only.
* Boot optimization utilizing the Windows layout.ini file.
* MFT defragmentation and optimization (online).

 

I personally use Microsoft's built in defrag in XP and I use Vista's defrag program via command line. I've tried others and I have never seen a difference so I stick with what came with the OS.

 

On XP I tend to prefer using third-party degfragmenters, because the built-in defragmenter is not particularly efficient (heck, you know it's bad if even I can spot the difference ). So far, I haven't had any issues with _Vista's built-in defragmenter, and since I'm running 64-bit, I'll probably stay away from third-party defragmenters until I'm 110% sure there's one that's had enough work-it-out time to feel comfortable that it's not boing to bork my file system.