I run the current version of Piriform Defraggler on a Win XP PC. I note that defraggling a drive often does leave quite a significant number of files/significant amounts of data fragmented.
If I then run MSoft Disk Defragmenter, the drive is then significantly further defragmented. WHY IS THIS?
Any help/advices appreciated.
Thanks to all in advance.
currajong
Which method of defragging are you using?
Which method of defragging are you using?
I use whole drive defrag with the option - move large files to end of drive during whole drive defrag.
Is this what you mean?
regards,
currajong
Yes, that's what I meant. I do not use "move large files to the end of disk" option, but using Defrag Drive defragment 100% all my drives. Do you have a lot of programs running in the background? Any programs that may be accessing the disk?
Yes, that's what I meant. I do not use "move large files to the end of disk" option, but using Defrag Drive defragment 100% all my drives. Do you have a lot of programs running in the background? Any programs that may be accessing the disk?
Thanks for help. I had problem with that.
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Yes, that's what I meant. I do not use "move large files to the end of disk" option, but using Defrag Drive defragment 100% all my drives. Do you have a lot of programs running in the background? Any programs that may be accessing the disk?
eL_PuSHeR,
Thank you for your input. I have switched off the Defraggler option regarding the relocation of large files.
I do have a number of programs running in the background, e.g., Personal Firewall, Anti Virus and Windows Security Essentials - these are first to come come to mind.
But I still wonder why Windows Defragmenter seems to be more thorough - or is it just my imagination?
Regards,
currajong
For me, Defraggler is more thorough when running in Full Defrag mode (not quick) but IT TAKES AGES to defragment any partition bigger than 30Gb.