Comments on: Defragment locked system files with PageDefrag

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:12:05 +0000

@Nihar

Nope, hadn’t checked that one. Almost all of defrag apps use native Windows API for defrag. Meaning derag effect is similar, it’s interface and usability that matter (at least for home desktop).

By: Nihar

Nihar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:16:37 +0000

How about Auslogics defrag. have you checked it? if yes, is it better than JKDefrag?

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:48:30 +0000

@Lyndi

Glad to help. :) Which app you decided to use Windows native? JKDefrag?

By: Lyndi

Lyndi — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:29:25 +0000

Thanks for the prompt reply. I will follow your advice. I will set it up to run automatically once per week.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:04:32 +0000

@Donace

I have to defrag numerous computers at times so it’s different story. :)

By: Donace

Donace — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:43:23 +0000

yes it may be a slight hassle to install etc at first…but all I did was set it on stealth mode and forgot about it..been a year and my HDD and barely fragmented….a true solution in my opinion.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:32:38 +0000

@Donace

I tried OO Defrag in the past but it’s way too much bells and whistles. Also shareware and not portable (it has pretty troublesome instal/uninstall with own service).

Why bother with complex solution if JKDefrag does everything? :)

By: Donace

Donace — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:28:06 +0000

I personally use O&O it does it all in the background and works well without slowing anything down.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:25:29 +0000

@Lyndi

In my opinion weekly defragmentation is about fine but doing it regularly is important. With most of such stuff it’s better scheduled and forgotten than trying to remember it. :)

As for speed improvement – partition that holds Windows must be definitely defragmented. Windows uses a lot of files and when they are a mess it is considerable performance hit.

As for other stuff it depends on nature of file system use. Bigger files, frequent changes and low free space make drives more likely to fragment.

By: Lyndi

Lyndi — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:07:45 +0000

This operating system stuff is a little too close to the hardware side of things for me and I know very little about it. I would like to ask 2 questions though. How regularly should one defragment, and does this really provide you with a speed improvement on your system?