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Thread ID: 100631 2009-06-15 01:10:00 Defragmenting My C drive JohnnyR (9277) Press F1
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782339 2009-06-15 01:10:00 I'm running Windows XP Home Edition. The files on my C drive are so scrambled the Windows defragmenter can't acheive a lot. I've enough free space available, so that's not an isse.

A couple of questions. Is there a more effective (preferably free) defragmenter available I could use?

And secondly, how important is it anyway? Things seem to be running Ok and I'm not a gamer.

Ta JR
JohnnyR (9277)
782340 2009-06-15 01:15:00 smartdefrag!, do a google on it! SolMiester (139)
782341 2009-06-15 01:48:00 Try Defraggler, where I did a basic review for defraggler (pcsourcepoint.blogspot.com). From the same people that brought out ccleaner, and it runs faster than windows defrag, and can defrag files separately... kahawai chaser (3545)
782342 2009-06-15 01:52:00 Defraggler, Auslogics, JKDefrag Blam (54)
782343 2009-06-15 01:55:00 There's also ultradefrag Speedy Gonzales (78)
782344 2009-06-15 02:16:00 www.iobit.com Cyberhuskey (13067)
782345 2009-06-15 04:35:00 Auslogics

I use Auslogics, others are apparently better but I've had really good success with this one. It's normally pretty quick, too.
wratterus (105)
782346 2009-06-15 05:09:00 Thanks everybody. Plenty to choose from here.

JR
JohnnyR (9277)
782347 2009-06-15 05:14:00 And secondly, how important is it anyway? Things seem to be running Ok and I'm not a gamer.
Ta JR

**Defrag can move data into a faulty area of the drive making it unreadable.
Ive seen the results of this-rare but can happen.

Defrag is more a placebo for most people using NTFS ON MODERN DRIVES.

MAY make some diff on old slow FAT drives, but certainly dont need to defrag
every month as some do.
sroby (11519)
782348 2009-06-18 13:39:00 Diskeeper09, excellent automatic defragger:thumbs: Unfortunately not free. otter (8288)
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