Guest Cindy Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Hi gang - newbie here so please don't flame a geek grrl! MrG has been very kind helping me out with the image restore functionality on his main pages, but rather than tie him up (as much as I am sure he'd like me to!) I was wondering if you all use the new Win7 defrag or do you use IObit's free offering, or any other product? Thanks in advance, Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goLfie Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Hi Cindy! Nice to see a geeky new face around here. Some time ago the groovy guys wrote an article called Improve Windows Performance by Defragmenting your Hard Drives The Windows 7 defragmenter works, but it is slower and lacks some key features such as MFT defragmenting. However it should be enough to match any of your needs unless you are a hard-core gamer or a video editor, in that case you'll want to go for a performance third party defragger. I have to completely agree with the third party Defrag apps they have listed, although it needs a few updates. JKdefrag is now MyDefrag - It's still free and still one of the best O&O 12 has been released, and now I would recommend it over DiskKeeper anyday. I would say it is the best defragmenter on the market bar none. http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/prod ... index.html Before you pay full price though look for some coupons, the other day it was only $20 through an email code they sent me. DiskKeeper used to be king but it lost some of it's sparkle with Windows 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumanina Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Well....i use NOD32 and its working well and is updating,defraging,kiling viruses.....and etc.Try it,it is very good.My friend and sow am I work on Win7 and he have Avast but I dont LIke it much.But try them Both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw96 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Well....i use NOD32 and its working well and is updating,defraging,kiling viruses.....and etc.Try it,it is very good.My friend and sow am I work on Win7 and he have Avast but I dont LIke it much.But try them Both @Kumanina - NOD32 and Avast are antivirus programs that have NOTHING to do with defragmentation. Although it isn't the best decision, using the built-in defragger works fine: 1. Go to the Start Menu. 2. Select "All Programs" 3. Choose "Accessories" 4. Choose "System Tools" 5. Open "Disk Defragmenter" In a few steps you should be able to begin the defragmentation process. Note - On larger hard drives with lots of data, a deep defragmentation may take up more than 4 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadim Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 And with Windows 7 you can "Schedule" defrag and just set it to run on a schedule. Does a nice job for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoelPetersenIT Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I have scheduled my defrag to begin at the end of every week, (Using the built-in Win 7 defrag) would 3rd party defrag programs improve my chances of compacting more files and getting more space???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadim Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 I have scheduled my defrag to begin at the end of every week, (Using the built-in Win 7 defrag)would 3rd party defrag programs improve my chances of compacting more files and getting more space???? Probably not no. The windows 7 defrag is good enough. Plus, defrag does not compress files. What it does is take applications and data which have been fragmented accross a hard drive and puts them back together so the hard drive can read the data or run the app more quickly. Make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw96 Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Just to point out - defragging will soon come to an end, since we'll slowly start moving to SSD's (mostly as their capacity increases). And again, if you own an SSD do not, and I mean DO NOT try to defrag it. Defragging it will decrease it's lifespan and may even cause read/write errors. Untill then, let's just stay with HDD's - we won't be getting 1TB on anything else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoelPetersenIT Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I have scheduled my defrag to begin at the end of every week, (Using the built-in Win 7 defrag)would 3rd party defrag programs improve my chances of compacting more files and getting more space???? Probably not no. The windows 7 defrag is good enough. Plus, defrag does not compress files. What it does is take applications and data which have been fragmented accross a hard drive and puts them back together so the hard drive can read the data or run the app more quickly. Make sense? Perfect Sense..... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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