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Screenshots: Five excellent Windows defrag tools

By Brien Posey August 26, 2015, 7:38 AM PDT

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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
Screenshots: Five excellent Windows defrag tools

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
Screenshots: Five excellent Windows defrag tools

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
Screenshots: Five excellent Windows defrag tools

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
Screenshots: Five excellent Windows defrag tools

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
Screenshots: Five excellent Windows defrag tools

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.

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