This seems painfully slow compared to IObit Smart Defrag.. not that I've done painfully thorough comparisons.
When Defraggler said it would take over a day to finish, I did several passes with IObit to compare going back and forth between the programs
1st pass with IObit (9 min).. the time for Defraggler was brought down from over a day to 10 hours with the number of fragmented files going from 717 to 114.. thou admittedly the total fragments went higher from 2800 to 3700.
2nd pass IObit (4 min) the time for Defraggler was brought down from the previous 10 hours to 8 hours.. similar experience .. fragmented files decreased and fragments increased
3rd pass (20 min) this had a retroactive effect and the Defraggler time went back to over a day
Summary.. there's probably more efficient Defraggers out there, but if you must stay with Defraggler, 2 passes of IObit first might improve its efficiency greatly.
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Defrag while idle and you can zero in to specific files.
On my latest version, it has other functions & properties not mentioned in the main topic. Unsure how the disk benchmarks compare to other programs or the 'real world'. Benching is a complex business.
Scamware. Starts downloading & Installing Google Chrome without any option to opt out as soon as you start the installer.
This seems painfully slow compared to IObit Smart Defrag.. not that I've done painfully thorough comparisons.
When Defraggler said it would take over a day to finish, I did several passes with IObit to compare going back and forth between the programs
1st pass with IObit (9 min).. the time for Defraggler was brought down from over a day to 10 hours with the number of fragmented files going from 717 to 114.. thou admittedly the total fragments went higher from 2800 to 3700.
2nd pass IObit (4 min) the time for Defraggler was brought down from the previous 10 hours to 8 hours.. similar experience .. fragmented files decreased and fragments increased
3rd pass (20 min) this had a retroactive effect and the Defraggler time went back to over a day
Summary.. there's probably more efficient Defraggers out there, but if you must stay with Defraggler, 2 passes of IObit first might improve its efficiency greatly.
Spamware, malware, bundleware, bloatedware, or whatever you want to call it, better check for alternatives.
You do not need this software unless your primary drive is a disk
SDDs do not benefit
Installer version can defrag the system.
By setting up defrag for system boot (not available in portable Defraggler).
has improved all my PCs performance considerably
Windows is not available during this deep defrag, but in my experience well worth the wait.
Can be configured to shut down after defrag completed, so run it an night
About once each year is enough
August 2019
This program has been turned into a cash cow by the new owners.
Be very cautious when installing, always do a custom install.