Screenshots: Five excellent Windows defrag tools
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Introduction
Introduction
The Windows operating system has included defragmentationrncapabilities for decades. Yet there are lots of third-party applications thatrninclude features not found in native Windows tools. This article lists five commercialrndefrag apps.
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PerfectDisk Professional
PerfectDisk Professional
As a bonus, PerfectDisk displays your hard disk’s SMARTrninformation and includes a nice dashboard view that consolidates statusrninformation, SMART information, scheduled tasks, and alerts.
PerfectDisk Professional sells for $29.99, but a free trialrnversion is available for download.
Ashampoo Magical Defrag
Ashampoo Magical Defrag
The other cool thing about this application is that itrnincludes a screensaver that uses a world map view to show the machine’srndefragmentation status. The screen saver is a little bit tough to explain, butrnit is worth a look.
Ashampoo Magical Defrag sells for $14.99, but a free trialrnis available for download.
O&O Defrag Professional Edition
O&O Defrag Professional Edition
O&O Defrag Professional Edition sells for $29.95, but arnfree trial version is available for download.
UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition
UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition
UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition is a handy defragmentation program. The cool thing aboutrnUltimateDefrag is that it allows you to choose the type of defragmentation yournwant to perform.
UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition
UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition
UltimateDefrag lets you defragment files only, perform a consolidated defragmentation, or base defragmentation on filename and folder name, recency, orrnvolatility.
