free disk defrag that works?

[dbarton]

Perfect disk doesnt seem to work well for some odd reason on my system, and the Xp defrag complains that I ont have enough free space to run it.. (Ii guess this basically Diskeeper)

Is there a decent free defrag prgram out there?

 

[Steve]

I use Windows' own defrag. If you're low on space run Disk Cleanup first. I find WinDefrag gives a better result if run in Safe Mode.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Diskeeper Lite

 

[HeddaLora]

Why not just pop for the Pro version of Diskeeper? It's a wonderful piece of software.

--Hedda Lora

 

[RVN]

I've used O&O 2000 v3.5.562 for several years from 2000 to XP. It's a champ! They had a pay version 4 that allowed boot time and MFT defragging among many other features, that was great too. They stopped offering the free version and their newest pay version has some very questionable big-brother, over-the-shoulder practices.

The old free version 3.5.562 is available here ...scroll down to the sixth one on the list. I highly recommend it.

 

[Andvari]

www.dirms.com

Be sure to "analyze" in the bult-in Windows one before using DIRMS, so you can then analyze again afterwards and see how big of a difference it makes.

 

[randumb]

Diskeeper Lite works nicely.

 

[osmoo]

Are these defrag progs actually better than the default windows one?

 

[John]

Originally posted by: osmoo
Are these defrag progs actually better than the default windows one?

The Windows 2K/XP (2K3?) defrag utility is a special version of Diskeeper Lite.

 

[computerABUSER]

Why not just pop for the Pro version of Diskeeper? It's a wonderful piece of software

Now thats good advice!! I bought Diskeeper 8.0 and love it

 

[CTho9305]

I use this to clean up really large or fragmented files, then the Windows defrag program for the rest.