The lost art of defragging

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited February 2009 in Science & Tech
The lost art of defragging

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  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Thanks. I'm testing it now. I'm one of those strange people who enjoy watching the colored squares rearrange themselves in the graphic representation of the defragmentation process. Cool.
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    You're not the only one, Leo. It's like a game to me. I try to figure out which piece is going next and where it's going.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Get it while the getting's good... defragging once you move to SSD will be a worthless (and possibly damaging) venture.
  • parlant
    edited February 2009
    I'm a Diskeeper user and its definitely top class. I believe defragging has contributed to keeping my drives organized and the PC prompt and consistent in performance inspite of heavy use.
  • Johnson
    edited February 2009
    I've used PerfectDisk for years - also not free but very good. SSD defrag is debatable - some say they need free space defragging to help write performance.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    You definitely don't want to defrag an SSD. This article explains why doing so will greatly shorten the lifespan of the disk: http://icrontic.com/articles/how_ssds_work
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