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Optimize Performance by Automatically Defragging on Idle
Hard drive speed is one of the biggest performance bottlenecks for computers today. File fragmentation slows things further if left unchecked.
Until recently, I rarely recommended defragging because the difficulty and time required for running manual scans, but now I recommend Smart Defrag. It’ll automatically defragment your hard drive when it’s idle. And if you’re going to be away from your computer for a few hours, running a ‘Fast Optimize’ will help as well.
So, what is defragging anyway? If you’ve ever read a Choose Your Own Adventure book, you know that at the end of each page you are presented with a couple of choices, and you continue reading by flipping to the page for that choice. Likewise, when files are fragmented, your hard drive has to skip forward and backward to finish reading a file, which slows down performance. Defragging fixes this problem by moving files so that they can be read sequentially. It also optimizes performance by placing the most frequently used files first on the hard drive.
Thanks again, Jason! Love these free programs that are making my ‘puter faster!
Hay nice article I will be sure to have a look at that programme as I really like the idle defragging option
I have been using Defraggler to defrag my computers of late have you used it?
Just started to blog a bit also so I am reading up on what other people are writing on similar topics
Have a look and pop over and say some nice things
http://www.iping.org/blog/2009/11/01/defragging-your-computer/
Cheers from Ireland
Mark
Program looks visually appealing…and the concept of defragging when the system is idle certainly makes sense…
HOWEVER, because it is produced by IObit, I’m afraid that “Free” is too high of a price. Stated another way, the cost in terms of risk outweighs the value of the program.
For details about the ethics of IObit see:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Malwarebytes-IObit-Stole-Our-Signatures-Database-125928.shtml