One of the main deficiencies of the MS defrag is that it does not defrag the MFT. Here's what Microsoft says: HTH
I've been using a freebie, no idea if it works well or not . . . however here's a review: http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Power-Defragmenter-Review-25891.shtml for Contig (+ others) see: http://www.sysinternals.com/SysinternalsSiteMap.html for Defragger (+ others) see: http://excessive-software.eu.tt/ there's also a couple of hd utilities here â somewhere: http://www.portablefreeware.com/ Q: anyone know of a hd utility that 'cleans up / fixes' the hd and any errors, used to use Norton (?) Works.
I was once in touch with the guys of "Rapid file defragmentor" (http://www.rapidfd.com/en/index.php) I've never used it, but it has a good reputation, AFAIK (and it uses a freeware logging component I wrote... ) It sells for a low price (~$15) and will do the job. However, don't dream : Disk fragmentation is far from being a real issue in performances : Available RAM, speed of the disk and design of the mother board are way more important (to say nothing about the CPU and other physical components...) You may even notice no change at all after you'll have defragmented your HD. Olivier.
With my old routine my pc's performance is pretty good. Recently my pc had a noise like ocean wave. I thought may be it is some application did it & have tried everything. After I clean the registry then the noise disappeared. My point is defrag is only one part of the pc maintenance to ensure your pc perform well for you.
Some people would pay extra to hear the soothing sounds of the ocean Did you use compressed air or a vacuum cleaner to clean your registry?
Hello... We should also defrag the registry, and the pagefile/ bootup files, apart from the usual parts of harddisk. If you run the standard WinXP defrag utility, it doesn't defrag the registry part, nor the pagefile/ bootup part. Try these free and light programs, I use them. 1. Registry defrag program: NTREGOPT http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ The zip file at the middle, 141KB. This one will not install anything, doesn't add to your startup. 2. Pagefile defrag program: PageDefrag http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html 35KB zip file. Also no installation (only files, click when use). 3. Then lastly, offline defrag program: NTFS4Dos If you notice sometimes when you use WinXP standard defrag, there will be messages like: "Drive's content changed: restarting ..." or "Windows cannot defragment this drive because ..." For this, it's a good idea to defrag the harddisk offline/ outside of Windows environment. Since no single file is in usage really all files will be defragmented, what typically is not possible for Windows based defrag tools. Absolutely no file of an NTFS volume is in use. Try this program, it will run in DOS: NTFS4Dos http://www.datapol.de/dpe/freeware/ After running the installer, click 'floppywz' to make the special floppy. Then when you bootup, use the floppy, dont go into Windows. From there run the defrag. Do 1,2,3. Sure is tight man.