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    free disk defragmenting software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hoosier, Jul 12, 2006.

  1. hoosier

    hoosier Notebook Guru

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    Do you guys know of any good ones? :)
     
    hoosier, Jul 12, 2006
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  2. Tiger-Heli

    Tiger-Heli Notebook Evangelist

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    I like Diskeeper Lite - Fast but sometimes leaves 1 or 2 fragments.

    O&O Defrag 2000 Freeware is more thorough, but very slow.

    Page Defrag is also good for defragging the page file.

    I generally check the page file with Page Defrag (although if you set it to have the same min and max size (as I do)), I don't think you need to worry about this again, then run DiskKeeper, then if it still leaves fragments, run O&O, although if you were less obsessive, you would likely be fine with just diskkeeper lite.
     
    Tiger-Heli, Jul 12, 2006
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  3. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    I wouldn't bother with downloading any defragging programs. You're looking to download someting free, so I take it you don't need anything professional.

    I would just use the windows defragmenter. It is quite excellent and does the job perfectly.
     
    Lil Mayz, Jul 12, 2006
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