Best defragger?

bigG · 8 Apr 2009 at 15:57

Hi All,

I'm sure this has been asked before, but in your opinion what is the best defragger program for vista.

Cheers

AHarvey · 8 Apr 2009 at 15:59

i used to use defraggler but tbh i've found the windows defragger to be better!

Swordfish · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:00

Only problem with the Windows defraggler is a lack of a progress indicator.

archer_dan · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:00

my current favorite is PerfectDisk

vince3 · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:10

I like Defraggler for its ability to defrag individual files which (inexplicably) finish up with large numbers of fragments.
Windows defragger is whole disk or nothing.

OLDPHART · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:19

I recommend JKDefrag it's very good the best one I've tried yet.

Link - http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/

knowlesy · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:20

perfect disk

Ratbag · 8 Apr 2009 at 17:33

Yes, jkdefrag is the best freeware defragger.

jbloggs · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:10

I found the defragmenter in Vista to be good, but if you want to spend some money, then O&O Defrag Pro is really decent, for more freeware ones have a look in the Defrag/HDD Monitoring Software section...

J.B · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:19

Personally I like Auslogic Disk Defrag, always seems to give me a noticable increase in speed when I used it.

swinnie · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:26

Defraggler for me.

Ratbag · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:36

The downside to most freeware defraggers such as defraggler and auslogic is that they make no attempt to optimize drive layout by usage or whatever, they merely consolidate all the files to the outer tracks of the drive which is hardly the most sophisticated of defrag algorithms. Jkdefrag makes some effort at file placement, but for the ultimate in file placement frippery check out Ultimatedefrag Free.

bigG · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:04

Thanks for the views.

I currently use defragler, but it tends to leave 10gb on average of fragmented files,

Going to try jkdefrag

TomElZ · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:29

Perfectdisc

Noel Gallagher · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:57

JKDefrag because it's free, and does the job.

Greenlizard0 · 9 Apr 2009 at 02:05

OLDPHART said:
I recommend JKDefrag it's very good the best one I've tried yet.

Link - http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/

This. Very fast efficient little gizmo. You can get GUI's for it too.

1337z0r · 9 Apr 2009 at 13:34

Greenlizard0 said:
This. Very fast efficient little gizmo. You can get GUI's for it too.

Yup I use JKDefrag GUI, one of the best freeware defraggers I've used.

C64 · 9 Apr 2009 at 13:39

JkDefrag

GrantJ · 9 Apr 2009 at 15:20

I use and like Diskeeper 2009 Pro. It's an excellent defragger...set and forget.

JimAroo · 9 Apr 2009 at 23:54

Used loads.

Distrix, Defraggler, Diskeeper, JKDefrag, O&O, Just to name a few.

I honestly can't see the difference between either. So I've just settled for JkDefrag because it's small, no need to install, free and 64bit ready.