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From: VanguardLH on 18 Feb 2010 20:00 Tony wrote: > Mind you as J K Defrag > works fine why change it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jkdefrag "Unlike JkDefrag, MyDefrag is closed-source, but still can be used free of charge." When open-source freeware goes closed-source, be leery that it will remain freeware, or not become crippleware with a payware full-function version. The big change for v4 seems to be "it has a scripting language". Maybe whatever the author used for a scripting library and the other new functions (screensaver defrag) weren't open-source.
From: Tony on 19 Feb 2010 03:41 "VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:hlkne4$tle$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Tony wrote: > >> I see that J K Defrag has been replaced my My Defrag - Is it still a good >> defrag program or are there better ones? >> >> Tony > > Assuming you are asking only about freeware: > > JKdefrag > trialed it but found it no better than Windows' own defrag > switched to Defraggler > Piriform Defraggler > better and used it for a couple years > scheduled via Task Scheduler gives me good scheduling options > IObit's SmartDefrag > trialed it but found it less than optimal for defrag results > switched to Auslogics > Auslogics Disk Defrag > have stayed with that > have an event in Task Scheduler to run it via command-line > > JKdefrag didn't give me any real advantage in its results. > IOBit's SmartDefrag was too simplistic and non-optimal > Piriform Defraggler is very good > Auslogic's Disk Defrag is better > > If I find that I no longer like Auslogics then I'd go back to Defraggler. That's really helpful, thank you. Yes I am interested in freeware & will have a look at both Defraggler & Auslogics Defrag.
From: Nil on 19 Feb 2010 11:19 On 18 Feb 2010, "Tony" <TonyBattle(a)tesco.net> wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > I see that J K Defrag has been replaced my My Defrag - Is it still > a good defrag program or are there better ones? I don't know if others are "better", but MyDefrag works very well.
From: apistomaster(nospam) on 19 Feb 2010 12:00 On Feb 19, 8:19 am, Nil <redno...(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote: > On 18 Feb 2010, "Tony" <TonyBat...(a)tesco.net> wrote in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > > > I see that J K Defrag has been replaced my My Defrag - Is it still > > a good defrag program or are there better ones? > > I don't know if others are "better", but MyDefrag works very well. In what way(s) are third party defrag programs better than the native defrag function in XP? Defragging doesn't increase the available disc space, right? It just consolidates fragmented files. So why add what seems to me to be a redundant utility that takes some small decrease of space on the hard drive?
From: Leythos on 19 Feb 2010 16:30
In article <49028461-766d-41fb-9f84- 1ce6be58609e(a)v20g2000prb.googlegroups.com>, apistomaster(a)clearwire.net says... > > On Feb 19, 8:19 am, Nil <redno...(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote: > > On 18 Feb 2010, "Tony" <TonyBat...(a)tesco.net> wrote in > > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > > > > > I see that J K Defrag has been replaced my My Defrag - Is it still > > > a good defrag program or are there better ones? > > > > I don't know if others are "better", but MyDefrag works very well. > > In what way(s) are third party defrag programs better than the native > defrag function in XP? MyDefrag permits you to leave gaps between LARGE files and old-less used files, it also permits you to leave slack space between often used files and those that are rarely used - I always set the arguments to leave slack space. > Defragging doesn't increase the available disc space, right? > It just consolidates fragmented files. > So why add what seems to me to be a redundant utility that takes some > small decrease of space on the hard drive? Defrag has nothing to do with more/less space, it has everything to do with decreasing the R/W HEAD SEEK TIME - the head moving and not reading data is a performance hit - if it can read contiguous segments it's faster than reading X number that are scattered all over the disk. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) |