IObit SmartDefrag

IObit SmartDefrag

IObit SmartDefrag

IObit SmartDefrag cures the primary cause of slow/unstable PC performance -- disk fragmentation. It defragments your hard drive more efficiently than any other product on the market –– free or not. With the "Install it and forget it" feature, IObit SmartDefrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at maximum speed. After installation, slow downs, freeze-ups, and crashes will be a thing of the past. IObit SmartDefrag is 100% free for personal, home and small business use.

I really like them and best of all, they are completely free. They do not pop up ads and they do not spy on you. IObit freeware products have received very positive reviews from publications such as CNN, Forbes, CNET and PC World. You can download them for free at http://www.iobit.com/.

"IObit SmartDefrag is a smart tool to maintain your system performance, speed and stability for no cost at all."
- Editor's Choice, FreedownloadsCenter.com, October 2006

"IObit SmartDefrag is a free defragment tool and worth investigating. It’s also rather fast."
- Editor’s Review, Feb 2007

Extremely Easy to Use
Install it and forget it. This powerful, free utility works continuously, automatically and quietly in the background on your PC. Its intuitive interface makes IObit SmartDefrag the ideal utility for complete computer dummies.

Exceptionally Efficient Defragmentation
IObit SmartDefrag has the world’s fastest defragmenting engine. It’s been specially designed for modern, large hard drives, so it eliminates long waiting times.

Optimize Your File System
IObit SmartDefrag doesn’t just use simple defragmentation. It also streamlines your file system, enabling your computer to run at top speed with the most stability.

Always-on to Work Automatically
IObit SmartDefrag works automatically and quietly in the background, so it continually and constantly keeps your computer fragment-free.

Free Defrag Forever
IObit SmartDefrag is 100% freeware. You can download it and update absolutely free –– it won’t cost you a penny.

Please check them out.

Defrag Freeware

It is only this one!

http://bestdefrag.blogspot.com/2008/01/sysinternals-contig.html

Commercial defrag utilities for Windows

Commercial defrag utilities for Windows:

* Abexo Defragmenter Pro Plus [review: thumbs down] $34.95
* Ashampoo Magical Defrag [review: thumbs down] $14.99
* Buzzsaw (on the fly defragmenter) and DIRMS (removes tiny spaces) [article] $10 for 5 licenses.
* Defrag-A-File [review: thumbs down] $7.97
* DefragMentor Outlook Accelerator 2.0 [review: thumbs down] $19.95
* DefragMentor Premium $24.90
* Defrag Timer 1.1 $19
* Diskeeper Pro Premier 2007 [review: thumbs down] $49.95/$99.95 [benchmark] no longer sold.
* Diskeeper Pro Premier 2008 $49.95/$99.95. First Impressions of DK 2008 and preliminary results. [benchmark]
* hsDefragSaver free/$29.95
* Mindsoft Defrag $34.95
* mst Defrag [review: thumbs down] $15.90/$29.90
* Norton Speed Disk - part of Norton SystemWorks [review and benchmark] $49.99 (basic)/$69.99/$99.99 (premier)
* Nova Development - Disk Accelerator Pro $39.95
* O&O Defrag 10 [review:thumbs up] [review: version 8.6] $44.95 [benchmark]
* Paragon Total Defrag 2007 [review: thumbs up] $29.95
* PC Mesh Defrag for Windows 4.0 $19.95
* Power Defrag $29.95

* PerfectDisk 8 [review version 8: thumbs up] [PerfectDisk blog] $39.99
Best Commercial Defrag Program winner. [benchmark]

* PerfectDisk Rx Suite $29.99 [benchmark]
* Puran Defrag 4.0 [review 3.0: thumbs up] $24.95 - $19.95 special offer. [benchmark]
* Rapid File Defragmentor $14.95
* UltimateDefrag [review: thumbs up] $39.95 [benchmark]
* Vopt [review: thumbs up] $40 [benchmark]
* Winternals Defrag Manager 4.0 no longer sold

Freeware defrag utilities for Windows:

* Auslogics Disk Defrag [benchmark]
* Contig* [article]
* Defraggler [first test] still in beta, review pending.
* DefragMentor Lite CL
* fragdown 2.4
* IOBit SmartDefrag 3.1 beta [review: thumbs down]

* JkDefrag* [review version 3.8: thumbs up] [links] (GPL)
Best Freeware Defrag Program winner. [benchmark]

* Microsoft's Windows Disk Defragmenter [benchmark]
* Multiple Applicator 6.8
* PageDefrag* [see JkDefrag review]
* Partition Logic [short review]
* Power Defragmenter GUI [review: thumbs up]
* Rapid File Defragmentor Lite
* Puran Defrag 1.1 no longer available: see 3.0 above.
* SpeeDefrag
* SpeedItUp FREE
* UltraDefrag 1.0.5 [review:thumbs down]
* UnityPro Disk Idle Optimiser [benchmark]
* WinContig 0.75 [review: thumbs down]
* Windows PowerTools 1.3 [review: thumbs down]

Sysinternal's CONTIG

I uses Sysinternal's CONTIG to defrag. I found a GUI frontend called Power Defragmeter for CONTIG by eXcessive Software. Power Defragmenter/CONTIG will defrag just one file or entire drives. You can also elect to run the Windows defrag after making sure all files are contiguous. I'm not sure if this process will gather all the free space at the end of the drive, however.

DIRMS

DIRMS. A friend of mine mentioned this to me a month or two ago, I tried it out, and I've been very pleased. I don't even harness it to its full potential, as there are many command line arugments that will do different things, but its standard defrag does a great job. Sorta one of those set it and forget type things; depending on the size and how fragmented your drive is, it can take a while. And from what the website says, it does look like it can gather up the free space and place it at the end of the drive, but don't hold me to that. I just tried downloading it again, and I didn't see any sort of donation request or anything of the sort, so it's free as far as I can tell.

But now may be you need a license.

http://www.dirms.com/home/homepage.asp

Diskeeper

I personally use Diskeeper (http://www.diskeeper.com) which, due to the massive option set and idle-defragmentation, I find to be worth the price. Explicit free-space consolidation is a pro and up feature, unfortunately.

I suggests diskeeper defrag (www.diskeeper.com) to my clients, as it was created by the same company that actually built the defrag that comes with windows and defrags automatically. In fact, diskeeper corp created the API that most other defrag softwares use to defrag windows.

PerfectDisk

I like PerfectDisk a lot. Unlike (most?) other defraggers, It defragments the MFT.

Ashampoo

It's $29.95 Ashampoo is another good one and comes in cheaper at $12.95

O&O Defrag Professional

I use O&O Defrag Professional and I find it to be pretty good. There are five different defrag modes that arrange all your data differently. I think two of them arrange them so that all of the space is at the end of your drive. It's not freeware (currently a one off payment of $44.95), but it's the best defrag tool I've come across. It's definitely the most efficient defrag tool I've used (and I've used many).

http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oodefrag/

Windows Defrag Tools

Many people do not like to use windows defrag tools. The Windows defrag tool does a decent job but not a good job. Many people are looking for a defrag tool that will not only defrag my hard drive, but also gather the free space at the end of the drive.

What is Defragmentation

Defragmentation of a hard drive will improve a computers performance. It will also (in theory) increase the reliability of a hard drive.

A file is fragmented if the entire file is not located in the same location on the hard drive. When a file is fragmented, the computer must search for each fragment separately. Large files can have hundreds or thousands of fragments.