Again, this is comes from the same developer, Piriform, as with CCleaner, Defraggler takes on the task of defragmenting your hard drive’s data. Aside from the fact that it defragments your drive, that’s really where the similarities between it and the standard Windows defragmenter end. Defraggler will analize your drive and then allow you to either defragment the whole drive or just individual fragmented files…not bad when you know you have tried to defrag that one AVI file about 8 times and it just won’t get any less fragmented than it is.
The interface is very simple to use, just select the drive, click analize and if you see a lot of red squares or white spaces between the blue, just click the defrag button and minimize. Though it would be better to not use the machine while running it, this Defraggler isn’t as picky about not touching the machine like the Windows version. Keep working, go do something else or just sit and watch it move your data around. Your choice.
Another key feature for me is that it works to move your most used files to the front of the drive. For those of you that need a refresher course, the closer to the center of the drive a file is kept, the slower the read/write speed. So if you just emptied your recycle bin (or run CCleaner), it would be wise to use this program. Your files that you use on a daily basis after a CCleaner run will probably be anywhere between 300MB to several GB toward the middle of your drive.
Now on most of the newer machines, I don’t notice too much of a difference after running, but I still consider it good practice. I have noticed faster boot times on most of the machines tested on, and if it’s an older machine with a smaller hard drive, the speed increase of daily tasks can be substantial.
So if you are a believer, or even a non-believer of defragmenting, give this program a try. It gets 2 thumbs up from me. Download it from here.
