page defrag is necessary if you allow your pagefile to grow as windows feels necessary. this actually serves to slow your entire machine down, so you should go into your virtual memory settings for your windows box. it suggests a reccommended pagefile and you should set that as the minimum and maximum values. no more need to defrag your page file.
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
This is true for the Page file and does keep it defragmented. However PageDefrag defragments many other system files that are not available once Windows starts. PageDefrag works on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb897426.aspx
you say you defraggle before you cclean but maybe you should actually cclean first. then you wont have to defraggle the files that get deleted.
I used to believe that myself. Defragmenting all the fragmented files before CCleaner means that larger contiguous areas will be released for use instead of more and more, and smaller and smaller free spaces being produced. This holds true for my System volume files as well.
I end up with larger free space areas in many places on the disk. I don't defrag the whole disk because then the first files to be changed or added must be put only to the inside of the disk. This area is slower and results in constant head movement. Whereas, having many large free spaces all over the disk results in less head movement.
you say you let windows do any disk optimizations. i assume you are running vista? otherwise windows doesnt do anything... which is why we need programs like defraggler.
I am running WinXP. XP and Vista both optimize where the most used or important programs and files are kept. I can see my most used files and programs being moved to the outside of the disk. It does this automatically. I can also see that my daily browsing files are filled in closer to the outside of the disk. Like most users Windows does a good job for me. My 80 GB hard drive is 88% full but you would never know it because I have larger free spaces available everywhere.
This method will work for most users, especially those with mostly full hard drives and small amounts of RAM like I have.
Specialist users and IT professionals use other methods. Many It professionals use Defraggler because of it's fast file defragmentation.
Most times when I am testing or checking where certain files are being put I use the Defraggler GUI.
If I am doing manual cleaning in Windows Explorer or adding large files, I will use Andavari's Defraggler Shell. I can defrag files and folders as I go.
Andavari's Defraggler Shell
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=17287
As a result, my Defraggler file defragmentations only take a few minutes. Most of my fragmented files have very few fragments.
I will use Defraggler "whole disk" defragmentation when it has developed options to "Do not do free space defragmentation" and/or use strategies similar to Windows Disk Defragmenter.
For now Windows Disk Defragmenter is what I use for "whole disk" defragmentation. It always tells me that I don't need to defrag my drive and I don't. I have not needed to do one in months. This all results in less wear and tear on my old hard drive.
Each user has his own approach to defragmenting and disk optimization. I like to keep things simple and this works best for me and my PC. Many users get along fine using only Windows Disk Defragmenter or Vista's improved version.
Then there are some users that see no difference whether they Defragment or not.
I believe them. ![:P]()
Best wishes,
davey