Defraggler
March 20, 2009 at 5:41 pm Leave a comment
Those accustomed to earlier versions of Windows may miss the more informative defragmentation tools. Defraggler is a utility I’ve used on and off for years. [The main reason for the “off” is switching computers, and generally because one died, and my memory really isn’t perfect. I also lost a great deal of data due to a theft about five years ago, during a torturous moving process (advice: don’t get epilepsy, and be prepared for a painful process in getting Social Security because of disability–even temporarily).]
Defraggler gives a graphic picture still. Unfortunately, with the huge programs today (a 2-gig program is hardly unusual, after all, and 10 gigabyte programs are far from rare), defragmentation has become a different process. However, we aren’t working with the File Allocation Table (FAT32, primarily) process any more with the NTFS files, but a far more arcane and involuted one. Defraggler is still faster than the Windows program, and is in my experience–still more efficient.
Did I mention it’s freeware? It’s also extremely easy to use.
–Glenn
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