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Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

By Erik Eckel October 24, 2009, 2:19 AM PDT

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Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3 Main Window

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3 Main Window

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3 Main Window

After installing Disk Defrag, users are greeted with this window. From the main Auslogics pane, support techs can specify disks (or even specific files or folders) to be defragmented.

For a full review of Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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Auslogics Disk Defrag 3 Main Window
Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

Disk Defrag 3 Analysis

Disk Defrag 3 Analysis

Before performing a defragmentation, Disk Defrag 3 can analyze disks and drives (including flash memory) to determine which files, folders and drives require defragmentation. Here you can see an analysis of two drives is 50% complete. The entire process on these two half-terabyte drives took approximately 20-30 seconds.

For a full review of Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

Complete Disk Analysis

Complete Disk Analysis

When the Disk Defrag 3 drive analysis completes, this window is displayed. In addition to displaying a graphical representation indicating a drive’s fragmentation status, the utility provides additional statistics (including the number of fragmented files and an overall fragmentation status).

Keep in mind that this Windows Vista Business system is supposed to automatically defragment its hard disks, yet the Disk Defrag utility found 35% of the files on the C: partition are fragmented. The D: partition is solely used to hold Vista’s compressed backup files, hence its 0% fragmentation.

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Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

Disk Defrag 3 File Information

Disk Defrag 3 File Information

Clicking on the Files tab displays additional information. For example, you can view a list of fragmented files, determine the number of file fragments, determine their size and learn their actual hard disk path location.

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Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

Defrag & Optimize

Defrag & Optimize

Disk Defrag 3’s Defrag & Optimize option, which can be selected from the console drop-down menu as shown here, offers additional functionality. The feature consolidates free space, relocates system files for optimal performance and removes regular files from MFT Reserved Zones.

For a full review of Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

Auto-Defrag

Auto-Defrag

Administrators and support technicians can choose to automatically defragment systems. Using the Auto-defrag option, systems can perform defragmentation according to the options selected within this menu.

Here the system is configured to perform auto-defrag operations whenever the system is idle for 10 minutes. Other options include pausing Auto-defrag whenever the CPU and disk usage exceeds a specified threshold or auto-defragmenting only the system drive. Auto-defrag will only run once every 12 hours, too, to help reduce drive wear and tear.

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Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

Defrag Priority

Defrag Priority

Defragmentation routines must coexist with numerous other systems and tasks, including backup operations and antivirus scans. Administrators and support technicians can set the defragmentation priority using the options found within the Settings menu, as shown here.

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Spotlight: Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3

Defragmentation Scheduling

Defragmentation Scheduling

Possibly the most helpful feature within Disk Defrag 3 is its support for scheduled defragmentation operations. Using the Schedule tab, admins and support techs can specify the frequency, down to the exact time of day, at which they’d like the operation to occur.

For a full review of Auslogics Software’s Disk Defrag 3, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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