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[Tom AZ]

Does this defragger optimize (compact) as well -- or is this just for defragging?

[Jorge Olguin]

Tom AZ, on Sep 18 2007, 01:37 AM, said:

Does this defragger optimize (compact) as well -- or is this just for defragging?

I used to think that one side effect of defraggin' was to optimize the performance of the hard disk, but as you ask this... I suspect that are they not the same anymore?... any light in this topic would be appreciated...

Greetings!!

[anonymous_user]

Heres how I see it:

Defragging - grouping all of a files segments together so its no longer fragmented

Compacting (aka consolidating) - groups free space into one large chunk so newly created files arent fragmented

Optimizing - organizing the files based on access or modification date, or by file name.

[Douds]

Hi all,

i'm just taking a look on this soft.

Seemingly, when you select "Defrag Drive", first Defraggler defrags files then it performs a (very long time) compact, "consolidation" of empty spaces.

I think it's the first freeware defragmenter to do this. But i'm not sure.
Well, is this "consolidation" very important, interesting, i don't know ???

Nice day.

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After all, it seams that Defraggler don't finish its job.

First time (all files defragmented, option Defrag Disk) :



Second :



Due to beta version ?

[JDPower]

Douds, on Sep 29 2007, 12:03 PM, said:

I think it's the first freeware defragmenter to do this. But i'm not sure.

Even the Windows defragger does that.

[Douds]

Sorry, but i'm sure that is no. Windows defragger doesn't "consolidate" empty spaces.
Perhaps with Vista ? I don't know.

[Ramzy]

Douds, on Oct 1 2007, 03:51 AM, said:

Sorry, but i'm sure that is no. Windows defragger doesn't "consolidate" empty spaces.
Perhaps with Vista ? I don't know.

Actually, the Windows defrag utility compacts your hard-drive after defragmentation, which is essentially the same as free space consolidation.