Disk Defragmenter

I have been very pleased with both the price and performance of Raxco Perfect Disk.

For home use, the Perfect Disk RX Suite is a good deal.

Diskkeeper from Executive software also works well and has a long history.

Chas

it wont defragment the Registry like DiskKeeper but I am happy with it.

Here are a couple of ways to keep your PC tidy and help to speed it up. Just create them and add them to the desktop as a Shortcut. Run deltmp and then run def. You can even use TaskSchedular to run them.

This Batch file will empty your PC of Temp Files. Make sure that you copy all the information as if you get it wrong you will end up with a PC with a lot of empty folders.

Copy and paste between the ******* to notepad and save the file to the Root directory C:\> as deltmp.cmd

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:USERPROFILE

c:

cd \

cd %USERPROFILE%\"Local Settings"\"Temporary Internet Files"

del *.* /s /q

rmdir . /s /q

goto PREFETCH

:PREFETCH

cd \

cd %WINDIR%\PREFETCH

del *.* /s /q

goto INIT

:INIT

@echo off

setlocal

set cStatflag=0

C:

:USERTEMP

cd \

cd %TEMP%

:REMOVE

del *.* /s /q

rmdir . /s /q

:CHECK

if %cStatflag%==1 goto FINISH

:WINTEMP

cd \

cd %WINDIR%\TEMP

set cStatflag=1

goto REMOVE

:FINISH

endlocal

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This is a Command line version of the Defrag Utility follow the above steps and save it as def.cmd, you will have to create a text file and save it to the root directory as well it will be named DrvLtr.txt and it will list the Drives that you want to Defragment. EG: C: and press Enter D: and press Enter it is one line for each Drive.

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REM chkdsk and defrag automation

for /F "eol= tokens=1 delims=( " %%i in (DrvLtr.txt) do set DrvLtr=%%i& call :dsKchk

:dsKchk

If %DrvLtr% == end goto :eof

chkdsk %DrvLtr%

If not errorlevel 3 goto :defrag

If not exist %DrvLtr%\winnt If not exist %DrvLtr%\windows If not exist %DrvLtr%\pagefile.sys goto :dskchkon

:dskchkoff

cd\

%DrvLtr%

echo Y chkdsk /F /R

goto :defrag

:dskchkon

chkdsk %DrvLtr% /F /R

:defrag

cd\

%DrvLtr%

defrag %DrvLtr% -b

defrag %DrvLtr%

:EOF

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It will probably run through twice the first time that you use it.

< Big Typo bloody format >

Paragon Total Defrag. Shutsdown the computer, starts a Linux base and completely defrags the entire hard disk, both file and free space, and then reboots Windows. This is entirely offline and takes a while, but it does get the files that others can not and moves EVERYthing as far towards the outer edge of the platter as it can.

O & O Defrag. This program achieves the fastest boot time of any defrag utility that I have tested. It does this by reordering all of the files needed to boot Windows in the order that they are called at the front of the disk. It does not do as good of a general job as Perfect Disk, but it is acceptable. The biggest drawback is that if you have a LARGE file, say a movie, that is fragmented, it will defrag the file but create freespace where the parts do not fit and nothing else will fit.

Perfect Disk. This IMHO is the best general defrag utility of those that I have tested. Although it does not achieve as fast of a boot time as O & O, it is acceptable and far better than any of the Windows utilities (You know, XP, Vista, etc).

Perfect disk and O & O will allow you to keep working as it works in the background. The difference is that O & O locks the active files whereas Perfect Disk creates a snapshot and switches you to the snapshot when it needs to defrag an open file.

You can also try Diskeeper 2008 for free, by downloading the 30-day trial versions from the Diskeeper website.

Diskeeper is optimized as a fully automatic defrag solution and it is recommended to run it in the automatic mode for the best results. InvisiTasking technology ensures that the defrags never interfere with your normal computer usage. It ofcourse, also features manual and scheduled defrag options if that's your preference.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to answer them.

Best regards.

Representative
Diskeeper Corporation