currajong Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 I run the current version of Piriform Defraggler on a Win XP PC. I note that defraggling a drive often does leave quite a significant number of files/significant amounts of data fragmented. If I then run MSoft Disk Defragmenter, the drive is then significantly further defragmented. WHY IS THIS? Any help/advices appreciated. Thanks to all in advance. currajong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Which method of defragging are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currajong Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 Which method of defragging are you using? I use whole drive defrag with the option - move large files to end of drive during whole drive defrag. Is this what you mean? regards, currajong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Yes, that's what I meant. I do not use "move large files to the end of disk" option, but using Defrag Drive defragment 100% all my drives. Do you have a lot of programs running in the background? Any programs that may be accessing the disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easypain1 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Yes, that's what I meant. I do not use "move large files to the end of disk" option, but using Defrag Drive defragment 100% all my drives. Do you have a lot of programs running in the background? Any programs that may be accessing the disk? Thanks for help. I had problem with that. ___________ buy Klonopin alcohol and klonopin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currajong Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 Yes, that's what I meant. I do not use "move large files to the end of disk" option, but using Defrag Drive defragment 100% all my drives. Do you have a lot of programs running in the background? Any programs that may be accessing the disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currajong Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 eL_PuSHeR, Thank you for your input. I have switched off the Defraggler option regarding the relocation of large files. I do have a number of programs running in the background, e.g., Personal Firewall, Anti Virus and Windows Security Essentials - these are first to come come to mind. But I still wonder why Windows Defragmenter seems to be more thorough - or is it just my imagination? Regards, currajong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 For me, Defraggler is more thorough when running in Full Defrag mode (not quick) but IT TAKES AGES to defragment any partition bigger than 30Gb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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