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Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.2 gets smarter, faster
Auslogics Disk Defrag has been part of my system maintenance toolkit for quite some time. With the release of version 3.2, it's now even better at tidying up and optimizing your system's hard disk drives. In addition to a cleaner, easier-to-use interface, Disk Defrag 3.2 offers improved single file and folder defragging, better processing of multiple disks, a simplified scheduling screen, and more informative tool tips. Auslogics has also fine-tuned the program's defragmentation and file consolidation algorithms.
For laptop users, there's a new option to lock the program if your system is running on battery power -- so scheduled operations don't kick in and drain your power source at an inopportune moment. If you happen to have an SSD installed in your PC, you can head to the Disk Defrag options and exclude it from scanning (many think that defragmenting an SSD is a very bad idea).
Auslogics Disk Defrag is a free download and works with most versions of Windows.
For laptop users, there's a new option to lock the program if your system is running on battery power -- so scheduled operations don't kick in and drain your power source at an inopportune moment. If you happen to have an SSD installed in your PC, you can head to the Disk Defrag options and exclude it from scanning (many think that defragmenting an SSD is a very bad idea).
Auslogics Disk Defrag is a free download and works with most versions of Windows.
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Subscribe to comments__smooth__Apr 11th 2011 11:45AM
Actually, what would be the point of defragging an SSD drive? I thought the memory was flash stored, therefore no needles to go about looking for the info. But I may be wrong. Anyone care to correct me on the matter?
MxxConApr 11th 2011 11:58AM
@__smooth__ you are absolutely correct.
SSDs work with cells/blocks and they always read and write full cell/block at a time. It doesn't matter if your file's blocks are sequential or spread all over the disk. SSD have exactly the same access time no matter which cell you try to read/write.
Furthermore, by forcing SSD to put file's block into a fixed sequence you can potentially undo SSD's wear-leveling algorithm and shorten you drive's lifespan.
MxxConApr 11th 2011 11:54AM
now who to trust there? http://i.imgur.com/3izZ6.png
for now i'm leaving a bit towards windows' builtin defrag. auslogic has an inherited interest in showing things worse than they are to encourage the use of their product..
microcosmApr 11th 2011 12:04PM
Good point @MxxCon. I've been wondering the same. You can basically defragment your harddrive as often as you want with Auslogics. It will always do some work, then tell you everything is perfectly good :/
DrakkenfyreApr 12th 2011 1:30AM
That's because Auslogic will report fragmentation of any level. A single file? It will tell you it's fragmented. 20 files? 50 files? It will tell you.
The Windows built-in defragger won't even tell you if one file is fragmented. Windows defragger has always been a bit off. Back in Windows XP days, I remember seeing a computer report "60% fragmentation. Defrag does not need to be run now." And that was Windows own defragger. It's gotten better over time, but it still doesn't have some of the features and options some other defraggers have.
idiot101Apr 11th 2011 12:08PM
How do you compare Auslogics to the one from Piriform? Which one is better?
PeteApr 11th 2011 1:37PM
Running Windows 7 here, so have no need for a third party program; defragging happens automatically.
RogueJedi86Apr 11th 2011 4:17PM
*reads tags*
Defraggler? We going down to Defraggler Rock? *sings Fraggle Rock theme song*
jfjbApr 11th 2011 7:33PM
I guess nobody has ever heard of MyDefrag...
http://www.mydefrag.com/
Check also the reviews, it's free, fast and you won't be looking back. Unless something better comes about.
Nonetheless, I will never compare a defragmentation program with the poor Windows equivalent.
My two cents, I may be wrong.
Can someone help me here?
jfjbApr 11th 2011 7:38PM
P.S. Of course I was referring to hard disk defragmentation.
Forgot also to mention that if I don't mind the advertizing of new products, I still have to make an educated choice. And for that, one needs more than a PR spiel. What about comparative analysis?
MxxConApr 11th 2011 7:47PM
@jfjb *sarcasm* sure. nobody heard of mydefrag
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2007/07/31/jkdefrag-gui-windows-screen-saver-lets-you-defragment-your-hard/
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/07/20/mydefrag-the-disk-defragmenter-formerly-known-as-jkdefrag/
*sarcasm* nope. absolutely nobody heard of mydefrag.
XP's builtin defrag was bad. Vista's better. Win7's even better. MS has a blog post in detail explaining Win7's defrag engine, how it works, what's different from previous version, etc etc.
Some programs might be better, but Win7's defrag is "good enough" to set it run and forget you ever had fragmentation problems. 3rd party tools have to invent all kinds of marketing terms and scenarios in order to scare you into buying their product.
Creating defrag benchmarks is a very complicated task. There is a huge number of various parameters to consider and decide what's important and what isn't.
Jason BuntingApr 15th 2011 1:17AM
@jfjb - If anyone does their due diligence, they may come to the same conclusion that I have, namely that MyDefrag is the best defrag software available anywhere! Positive reviews are numerous, and having used it for years (since before the name change), I have enough of my own anecdotal 'proof' to confirm that it's better than the rest. And free to boot!!!
jfjbApr 12th 2011 9:04AM
@MxxCon
Thanks for your words, although they do not add to nor answer my question about comparative information.
Reread, rethink, rephrase.
You seem eager, is it the right word?
david.mcclellan.sdApr 13th 2011 11:10PM
@MxxCon Really, if you are talking about a great defrag software, Iobit's Smart Defrag ( http://www.softwarecrew.com/2011/03/smart-defrag-2-released-promises-faster-performance/ ) is the only one on the market that is worth its weight. It is a free defrag software that is fast and allows you to customize the exact files that you want to defrag.
MxxConApr 12th 2011 9:18AM
@jfjb they are not supposed to add to the "comparative information". it was to inform you that your statement "I guess nobody has ever heard of MyDefrag." is plain wrong. that software was covered on this site multiple times.
did you read my last paragraph?
jfjbApr 12th 2011 6:56PM
@MxxCon
goodbye, downloadsquad.
I can read also between the lines.
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