Disk defrag software

[cc2150dx]

Is there any other free defrag software that will 'defrag & Optimize' your hard drive besides Auslogics / Iobit?

Thanks,

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

There is Defraggler from Piriform.​

 

[roger_m]

No specific software comes to mind, but just about any defrag software will do that these days.

 

[HarborFront]

I thought Windows has a built-in defrager?

 

[roger_m]

I thought Windows has a built-in defrager?

It does, and since Vista, it automatically runs a defrag weekly. However, some of the third party alternatives have more options, and in some cases they can improve disk performance more than Microsoft's defrag too. I say in some cases, because Microsoft's own defrag software works very well, and benchmarks show better performance from it than some of the alternatives.

 

[XhenEd]

Puran Defrag
Puran Defrag - Automatically Defrag your Hard Disk Drives

 

[TairikuOkami]

Use Windows defrag at boot for the best results, it is also way faster.

Boot Windows USB - Repair - Troubleshoot - CMD - type/enter
c:
cd windows
cd system32
defrag c: /u

 

[Vasudev]

Use Windows defrag at boot for the best results, it is also way faster.

Boot Windows USB - Repair - Troubleshoot - CMD - type/enter
c:
cd windows
cd system32
defrag c: /u

Yeah great idea. I use WinPE sometimes.

 

[Jaspion]

You can try O&O Free. It's quite good.

O&O Defrag Free Edition

 

[Node]

I personally suggest Defraggler from Piriform!

 

[jasonX]

Using Puran Defrag (used to be paid but now its freeware!).

 

[mlnevese]

I tried many defraggers, I even own a license to O&O. In the end I decided to keep Auslogics. It's the fastest one I found and I can actually feel a difference in performance and boot speed after using it.

 

[212eta]

The Windowa 10 Built-in Defragmentation Tool,
as I saw no significant System Performance Gain
with these 3rd party Defrag Tools.

 

[The paranoid one]

I use Auslogic Disk Defrag Free really good and it has a portable version

 

[AnonMan]

For a SSD...what is the current consensus....to defrag or no?

Short answer is no, Windows will do it for you once per month - Read here and here to know more, just sit and enjoy your life.

 

[The paranoid one]

For a SSD...what is the current consensus....to defrag or no?

Sorry, i have not a SSD I don´t know

 

[mlnevese]

For a SSD...what is the current consensus....to defrag or no?

Do not defrag an SSD unless you want to throw it in the garbage soon...

 

[212eta]

Still confused as I'm using a new SSD as C: drive for quick booting.....what is the current consensus....to defrag or no?

With SSD = NO Defrag

 

[212eta]

Don’t Waste Time Optimizing Your SSD, Windows Knows What Its Doing

 

[monkeylove]

From what I remember, one set of tests shows MyDefrag doing best, although for some tests the differences were not significant across various defrag programs.

In my case, I decided to get an SSD for the boot system and then use the built-in defrag in Win 8.1.