Answer» Free (released under the GNU General Public License) disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with TWO optimization strategies, and can handle floppies and USB disks/sticks. Included are a Windows VERSION, a commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from administrator scripts), a screensaver version, a DLL library (for use from programming languages), and versions for Windows X64.
http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/Very, very useful. Thanks a lot.Looks interesting but I'm still wondering why switch from Windows Disk Defragmenter? The comment on that website that JkDefrag handles floppies and USB disks/sticks implies that Windows Disk Defragmenter can not handle them. But, it certainly does. And, as far as speed goes, my OS partition will usually defrag in under 3 minutes. OK, an update. I have used JKDefrag, and it rocks. The advantages that I can see, compared to the built in Windows defrag, are that it is faster(the default option is anyway, the quick one), defragments more efficiently (the more involved option that takes a little longer), and has more options. It requires no installation either and is free, so it's worth a look.It does sound interesting. I may give it a try. My hard drive is partitioned (6 total) with both FAT32 and NTFS partitions, since I have a Win 98SE/Win XP dual boot configuration. Have you used it on both FAT32 and NTFS partitions?Just NTFS, I have no FAT32 partitions anywhere. Just a note: I recommend using the command line options. I created a SHORTCUT to the main program with the option "-a4" which does the best defragment. There are other options (check the site for details) which you may want to add, as once you start the program it starts defragmenting, you can't configure it. It also defragments all of your drives/partitions by default, and skips removable drives. I noticed when I looked at the log, I thought it would just do one but it defragmented C and then skipped my DVD drives D and E.Sounds interesting. I think I will try it. I could use it during my screen SAVER time. (As long as it doesn't interrupt my games)
Whats with the messed up GUI?
[old attachment deleted by admin]COL. Yeah, that's almost enough to keep me away from it.Most people just leave it in the background, I imagine, so who cares how it looks? Yeah, but why is it operating like that? Its a bit weird...EH, it got the job done. Personally, I couldn't care less how something looks, as long as it works. It works, therefore I am happy. If it didn't work, or the way it looked interfered with me using it, I wouldn't be happy. Besides, I like the look of it.I use PowerDefragmenter (+ GUI) from Microsoft /SysinternalsI tend to just use JKDefrag (used to use Windows defragmenter) every so often (maybe once every few days) and use DIRMS once a week as part of my weekly maintenance. Works for me.
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