Had a go with 1.1.44 (BETA) and it seems to work fine. The ability to defragment a single, large file is potentially useful.

Couple of suggestions:

At the moment it can take a long time to respond to the [Stop] command. If it is working on a big file, it seems to complete it before stopping - which can take some time (minutes in some cases). Windows defrag always stops instantly. It would be nice if Defraggler also responded straight away - presumably leaving the file it was working on in whatever semi-defragmented state it had got to.

Another option that would be useful would be to bring all the free space together into one block after the files have been defragmented (Windows defrag calls it "compacting"). Otherwise, if you are short on free space and that free space is itself fragmented, then the next time you create a largish file, it will be fragmented right from the start.

Thanks
Stuart

it seems to stop instantly for me....

unless I'm processing a large file. But then, windows disk defragmenter also has a delay before stopping...

We're currently looking at improving the stopping speed for larger files and hope to include a fix for this in the next release.


MrRon

--I think you will find that if you defrag the drive (right-click on drive name)
then Defraggler will attempt to defrag the freespace after it has defragged
the files. It's not perfect and sometimes takes a couple of goes, but it is
reasonably effective and a good compromise between speed and completeness.

- thm

why not uses a open source defrag program as a bases for Defraggler instead of starting from scratch here are a few ones you could look at if you want to do that

jkdefrag - http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

UltraDefrag - http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/

another suggestion would be to show the file being defragged on the bar situated at the bottom of the screen.... and an all time favorite, and performance must have, pagefile (be it offline or not) defrag

thanks
yours trully, Garrett

Edit: also moderators it would be great if u could please make this topic pined so that everyone could post their sugestions or feature reqsts in one place

Have any of ya'll tried UltimateDefrag? Unfortunately it is not free, but one of the features is the ability to "archive" files to the center core of the HD (where it is slowest) and prioritize commonly used applications like games or the Windows directory to the outer core (where it is fastest).

Been using it for awhile and it seems to be a nice feature, so why not include it?

I think your theory is reversed. Doesn't it take less time to seek data if it store on a ring/layer that is closer to the center? The circumference (the edge of a circle) is smaller the closer you are - C=2(pi)r. Smaller radii would be closer to the center. 1 cm vs 5 cm.

AJ

Here is a very simple [but hopefully useful suggestion]...

It would be good to have two Defrag buttons, for example
"Defrag Selected"
"Defrag All Files"

...the "Defrag Selected" button would act as the "Defrag" button
does now, but the "Defrag All Files" button would effectively
select all files and launch a defrag in one click. Call me lazy,
but after effecting an analysis I would prefer not to have to
go over to select all files and then back to the existing Defrag button.

Maybe an even simpler thing to do would be to select all fragmented
files by default after an analysis. After all, if you don't want to do this
you would have to click around on those files that you do want to defrag,
(so one more click to deselect the "all" box wouldn't make much difference)
but it would make things a bit slicker for those that usually want to defrag
them all !

Opinions ??

-thm

Further to my earlier post (of a few minutes ago), here is another
suggestion as a possible alternative...

1) Leave the "Defrag" button as it is, but...

2) Change the right-click context menu on a drive to replace the current
"Defrag Drive" [which currently defrags files and freespace] with
three entries: "Defrag Files" [which would just do all the files],
"Defrag Freespace" [which would just compact the freespace], and
"Defrag Files + Freespace"

Would this be a better suggestion to my previous one ??

-thm

Scheduler, or screensaver option would be nice

It does seem like it would be reverse, but:
http://www.disktrix.com/UDFaqs.htmI use the program and that's where my "archived" files are located.

Here's what I was talking 'bout in more detail.
http://www.disktrix.com/UDDescription.htm

Yes but the disk head has to move further to the centre of the disk giving a slower read time. The fastest part of the disk is the outer edge.

It still doesn't make sense to me....the drive head is moving ridiculously fast anyway, isn't it? Wouldn't it be only, at worst, tenths of a second difference?

LOL...screw normal harddrives - Solid State Drives ftw!

AJ

Yes but we are only talking milliseconds anyway.

Uh?..Ive never seen Defraggler after right-clicking on a drive...Am i missing something here?

...Ah...perhaps I wasn't very clear: you need to right-click on the drive's
name in the Defraggler window to get to this context menu.

The attached screenshot should make this unambiguous...

-thm

The speed is probably noticeable if you are reading/writing large, continuous file. Since the disk is spinning at a constant speed, one revolution covers several times more distance at the edge of the disk than at the center, so the read/write speed is a lot higher at the edge.

Auto-Update Feature: Just like CCleaner has, that way it is easier to keep up-to-date. Also, make options in a feature to let you know if the update is Beta or a Major Release.

Portable Version: Just like CCleaner has so that when the program is installed, there is nothing left on the host computer, including an association that lists the program in the Add/Remove Programs list.

Registry Defrag: Add an item in the list that shows the drives to defrag that lets you also defrag the registry upon reboot. Also add an option to automatically defrag the registry and auto-reboot after defragmentation of the selected drive is complete.

Perhaps add options to do one of the following once defrag of the current drive is complete:
- Close Program
- Log Off User
- Shut Down
- Restart

And make it possible to queue other drives for defrag. For example, I could set it to defrag my internal hard drive first. Once complete, begin defrag of my external hard drive, then defrag my USB drive.

Add a feature to run a scheduled defrag every day, week or month. I know this is possible thru a feature already included in Windows but integration of the scheduling feature would be nice.

Since this is a BETA software program and touching the REGISTY is almost blasphemy, LOL, is it really wise for us to be using a BETA program on our delicate and sancorsant registries?

I just wonder about the logic and wisdom of such an act. No offense or disrespect intended as I love PIRIFORM immensely, truly.

Since this is a BETA software program and touching the REGISTY is almost blasphemy, LOL, is it really wise for us to be using a BETA program on our delicate and sancorsant registries?

I just wonder about the logic and wisdom of such an act. No offense or disrespect intended as I love PIRIFORM immensely, truly.

How about addin the option to just defragment the free space, instead of waiting fo it to defragment files first. This can be useful if you are defragmenting a portable USB Thumb Drive.

Do you really notice a difference if a flash drive is fragmented? I never have, but I don't think mine are very fragmented either.

That is for you to decide and is the decision you take when using/testing any beta software.

The Regsitry Defrag can be put in a Stable Version. A Beta version with that feature can be released to testers with a warning that it is Beta and the feature may or may not work properly. TuneUp Utilities has a RegDefrag Option but I would rather have that option in a portable, lightweight version that a large suite of apps that TuneUp has.

Great product so far!

I know that this is nitpicky, but can you update the status bar when doing a defrag (most useful when doing a drive or multi-file defrag) to show which file is currently being defragged?

When I run a full defrag, it sometimes takes a long time for an individual file to defrag, so it would be nice to have a realtime status of what file is taking so long to defrag.

SET IT AND FORGET IT (SCHEDULE) and CHECK FOR UPDATES options will b nice to c speed 4/10

It would be nice if the drive map legend could be shown all the time, maybe a show/noshow option. I agree that showing the file-in-process name would be nice.

Maybe a ETA?

Hey there, first, sorry for my english.

I wonder if it will be possible to choose where to move defragmented files. I do prefer having "much accessed" files at the begining of my hard drive and "less accessed" files at he end of it.

For example, i'm a gamer and i expect having much performance as possible for a particular program.

I hope i made myself clear. Keep on the good work Piriform team.

My best regards

I know exactly what you're talking about. See my post here (Post #7) Glad you agree.

Fist, sorry for my english, well, i was thinking in some ideas for defraggler:

• Maybe an ETA for the defrags
• After the alalysis ends, the program says if a defrag is recomended or not...
• A option to defrag more than 1 disk at the time
• Maybe an option to turn off the pc when the defrag ends

it would be great to add 2 things

1. Make available to replace default windows (win xp for example) defraggler on these one
2. Add a schedule support

You have got to add key for the coloured blocks to know which blocks (files) are fragmented etc. That could go underneath the stop button.

For a very quick gui improvement, I would prefer when I resize the window to see the disk visualization expand automatically instead of the file list. Currently, the file list expands to fill up the space, but if I maximize the window and then use the split bar to expand the size of the disk visualization (I like watching the colors while defragmenting ), the size of the visualization remains fixed when I restore the window to its original size. That hides the file list and main buttons and chops off the bottom of the visualization whereas resizing the visualization (or at least setting a minimum height threshold to the file list to ensure that the buttons are visible) would be more desirable.

This is only a minor issue and should be a minor change to the code. I like the product, found out about it after clicking the flashy new Piriform pear icon in CCleaner

One thing I don't get.. where can you defrag the registry? can't find such a button..
It's probably posted in the wrong sub-section, but I saw someone mentioning it here, that's why..

About the GUI..
How about putting the Drive Map Legend horizontally just beneath the analyzed blocks?

Another thing.. I know that when he is defragging it's.. well.. quite busy.., but it would be nice if you could
adjust the width of the collumns with the file info while defragging.. it's sometimes good to know what files are
fragmented, and it's not very handy stopping the defrag, adjust the width, and then restart..

These two would be very useful.

Seeking for 'Defrag All' + 'Defrag Selected' (multichoice, using CTRL button).

Also - 'Analyze&Defrag' (one button for two operations) - it's quite strange now when you just press 'Defrag' and it doesn't show you what's on your HDD.

The reason you cant find the button is because there is none. Defraggler doesnt defrag the registry.

...although it should do this ;)

My only suggestion is to add an option to defrag all drives with the click of a button... Like do C:\, when that's done, move to D:\, etc. That way I was start it and walk away

suggestion can it be possible defrag system files on reboot?
like raxco Perfect Disk or like avast antivirus that do scan on next reboot.
And they also arrange files in some kind of order i think they put boot files first, then system files then other file by the most use to the less use.
Also other OS support would be Great

Defraggler Seems to be taking quite along time as of late. 10 hours to get to 94%. I still love how defraggler can defrag pretty much anything. Speed would be a big one here thou.

I'd love to see the ability to utilize multiple partitions/disks when defragging. My largest partitions are nearly always nearly full (under 5% free), but the smaller ones are about half full only (~50% free). The free space on the bigger ones is hardly sufficient for effective defrag, but by utilizing the free space on the smaller ones it could be done -- and faster too.

Thus far I've never come across this kind of feature, but it would certainly seem logical.

Just a few "simple" suggestions:

1. Defrag all folders and move to the front of the drive.
2. Respect "layout.ini" during consolidation phase.
3. Option to relocate installer, setup, and archive (zip, rar, etc..) to near the end of the drive.

We all have many more items on our "wish" lists but, those items become increasingly difficult from a programming standpoint. Hopefully, these few are reasonable from an implementation perspective....

And...THANKS FOR ALL THE EFFORT !!!!

I have an idea that would near completely abolish fragmentation.

The free-space defragmenting process should move all of the old unmodified files that are likely to not be deleted or modified to the front of the drive, and the newer files to the end. My purpose is this: when a file is deleted it leaves a whole; when a file is modified, it either leaves a whole, or fragments the modified file. but if you put all of the unchanging files in the front, and all of the changing/new files at the end, there will be a gap between where all* fragmentation happens. this can be cleared up much more quickly, because you simply defragment it to the end of the drive, and move the unchanging files in the "new" section the the beginning of the drive.

For this to work, there must be absolutely no gaps in the "old" section.

*some of these fragments may be a newly modified piece of the files in the "new" section.

I would like a simple "minimize to system tray" feature.

Atm, all I want is 3 things:

Free-space defrag (having to use Windows Defragger for this)
Pagefile defrag (currently 2GB across 13 fragments)
The ability to move around whole files and freespace so large files (I have 5 1GB files that can't be defragged further than 2/3 parts despite having 7GB free space) can be defragged easier.

Keep up the good work.

It's in all the other products, my guess would be it will be put in for the release.

Defraggler can already do that. When you defrag a drive, Defraggler will first defrag files/folders and then it will defrag free space.