The Dude Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 What are the benefits and advantages of doing a defragment at boot time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodles Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Usually: Less processes/services/programs running/open = less data in use/locked ("more to defrag") = better defragmentation results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted May 24, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 24, 2012 no actually boottime defrag is a quick thing, it only defrags files which are immediately locked by windows (page, Hyber and some other system files I believe) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodles Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 no actually boottime defrag is a quick thing, it only defrags files which are immediately locked by windows (page, Hyber and some other system files I believe) Forgot to mention pagefile etc. Yeah with Defraggler it's like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 The Dude, to sum it up, the benefits of a boot time defrag are: Consolidated files yield better performance. Defraggler doesn't defrag all your files on a boot defrag, but rather only the ones locked by Windows. IE, Page, Hiber, etc. Normally, these files are in use by Windows, so even when they get fragmented, they can't be defragged. By defraggling them before Windows loads, it is defraggling them before Windows has a chance to use them, which would end up locking them. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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