Defrag your Windows PC For Free with Defraggler

11 March, 2010 - 07:00 AM - 8 Comments

I am always looking to test out and try freeware and software that will help improve and optimize my Windows 7 Ultimate machine and recently I stumbled across Defraggler from Piriform which is a really nice and fast free disk defragmentation tool.

The program is very small and light weight and installs in seconds, and one of the things I liked about Defraggler is how fast it was able to analyze my hard disks. It analyzed my 1 TB hard disk and found 27gb of fragmented files in less than 2 minutes. It defragmented the entire 1 TB hard disk in just under fifteen minutes which is fairly fast.

The one thing the program lacks is threading and as a result you cannot analyze and defrag multiple drives at the same time, which you should be able to do to save time when doing it manually. It does however allow you to set custom defrag schedules for each drive and as a result you can make sure all your defragmentation work is being done after hours while you are not actively using your computer.

The program will also scan your disk and check for errors and I don’t know how accurate it is as it didn’t find any errors on my disks (I don’t have damaged hard disks at the moment).

In Summary:

If you are looking for a free hard drive defrag tool for windows, Defraggler is one that should do the job and I enjoyed testing and running. If you use the program and enjoy it, I recommend you donate a buck or two to the company to show them support in providing such a decent program.

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Olawale Daniel@Technology Blog

This is super EPIC! thanks for sharing this tips

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Rommel@Man and Van Twickenham

It seems a good software. Since you have added the download link in your post. I think I'll give it a try. My hard disk capacity is not that huge so I think this will work faster.

Dennis Edell

I've heard of it's inefficiency, but it works well for me. :)
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morton@industrial pumps

Perfect timing! My Vista machine has been acting up lately and I was going to defrag it when I got home tonight. But I didn't realize that the Windows defrag tool is inefficient. I'll try this one instead. Thanks!

Michael@Edinburgh Removals

Without sounding like too much of a smart ass I always find that the standard Windows tool does the job just fine.

I'm running Win7 on my laptop and have defragged recently, it was surprisingly quicker than my last machine with Vista installed (same amount of files though).

jared@wall decals

Awesome! I will have to use this Defraggler right now! :)

Klaus @ TechPatio

I haven't used Windows since Win XP, but it already came with a defragger application built-in. How's this better?
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dragonblogger

Default Windows Defrag utilities are notoriously inefficient, slow and consume more resources than alternative ones. You really don't realize how much until you compare a high quality defrag against the default windows defrag too.