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    Windows Defragmenter

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Clutch, Sep 19, 2008.

  1. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    How long are your defragmenters taking? I am using the one that came with my laptop and do it about every few weeks. I have about 170GB-200GB on the disk and do 70GB transfers once a week. It takes along time (more than over night).


    How long is it taking you? What are you using?
     
    Clutch, Sep 19, 2008
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    You mean the built in defragger? I use and most people here use JKDefrag. It is the best defragger, imo. Obviously it depends on how many files are on your system, for me it takes around 15-20 minutes.
     
    McGrady, Sep 19, 2008
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  3. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I also use jkdefrag. With 100 GBs used on my HD, it usually takes 5 or less minutes.
     
    jin07, Sep 19, 2008
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  4. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    As far as I can tell the default Windows defrag tool does just as well as the others in terms of end quality, but just takes a little longer...

    If you can handle the times I would just stick with what ya got. ;)

    Just my $0.02...
     
    shoelace_510, Sep 19, 2008
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  5. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    100% agree with the other posters, ditch Windows Defragmenter and use JKDefrag.
     
    SmoothTofu, Sep 19, 2008
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  6. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Vista has an auto-defrag feature that defrags your system depending upon the scheduler, and has a low priority in terms of resource usage. So you don't really need to worry about defragging your HDD as auto-defrag comes "on" by default when Vista is installed.

    JKDefrag(GUI) is good as a freeware, and you can also checkout PerfectDisk 2008.
     
    Andy, Sep 19, 2008
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  7. CalebSchmerge

    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

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    I use auslogics disk defrag, works in about 10 min on average for about 100gb used out of 250gb.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Sep 19, 2008
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  8. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    The defragger in Vista is pretty good, albeit somewhat secretive in that it doesn't graphically show much of what it does.

    I recommend going into the Task Scheduler and modifying the schedule.

    I went with PerfectDisk 2008, myself.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Sep 19, 2008
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