Defragging Software?

[Frank Jr.]

I did some house cleaning on this computer today and also removed PerfectDisk 2008. I got rid of a bunch of stuff. I gained about 1g of space on the hard drive. I started this because I got hit with a trojan that Norton blocked. Anyway I would like some of you who know a lot about this stuff to give your opinions on what's the best defragger out there or if it is really needed in addition to what Windows has.

 

[whiplash123]

Auslogics makes some good freeware that will do the job.

Auslogics Products

 

[charper1]

I have had good results with defraggler: Defraggler - Defragment your files!

Ccleaner is a good tool to have as well by the same company.

 

[FunkyBoss]

The easiest is to just use the defrag util built into Windows. Though it doesn't do as thorough a job as some others, it is still fine for most people's use.

Otherwise, a free one that I have had good luck with is UltraDefrag.

 

[Foxbat]

We use Diskeeper at work, but the features that I like there don't come with the home edition.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

We use Diskeeper at work, but the features that I like there don't come with the home edition.

I haven't upgraded it in a while but I have the professional version of Diskeeper. It has worked well except it always seems to want to degrag (and slow the machine down right ) when I am in the middle of something important.

 

[charper1]

Can you change the sched time to idle or manual to a specific time?

 

[Frank Jr.]

After running trials for a lot of different defraggers I'm back with PerfectDisk. It's simple and works well.