Hi there,
How do you experienced members’ rate & compare:
Auslogics Disk Defrager vs Perfect Disk…AD is a freeware light but cannot defrag boot time or metadata…am I correct?
Haven’t ever used it……been using Disk Keeper earlier & now PD…which according to some is pretty bloated software. The only plus point is boot time, meta data, free space & smart consolidation features?
Hoping to hear your thoughts?
Regards!
I prefer Auslogics by a wide margin. I tried "Perfect Disk " and it was far from that. It was very bad at optimizing my files and actually left more fragments behind than there were before. Auslogics is very fast and good. In my opinion, there is no need for either a boot defrag or scheduled or background defragging. All those things just cause unnecessary wear and tear on the HD. A defrag and optimize once a week at the most with Auslogics is all you should ever need. Today’s fast HDD’s benefit far less from defragging than the ones of the past.
Thanks again Dch48 for your tried tested views & thoughts. Boot time as you said is not needed Does it defrag meta data & space consolidation……I’ll give it a try?
Regards!
Why dont you give defraggler a go, made by piriform the same people that do ccleaner and i find it very fast and efficient.
I shall craigb…just wanted to know how important boot time is?
Regards!
I find My defrag very good. The latest offering that used to be JKDefrag.
Works very well.
Puran Defrag Free Edition works very well and has boot time defrag.
http://www.puransoftware.com/Puran-Defrag-Download.html
+1
Also interesting: http://www.piriform.com/blog/2010/9/6/ccleaner-v30-and-defraggler-v20
asyn
+1
I use the regular defrag, and then if needed I use the boot-time defrag. Not only is it fast, but very efficient. I’ve tried most of the others, but stuck with this one.
I use both Auslogic and Puran Defrag.
Different featureas, both freewares 
I used Auslogics an Australian Aussie made most trusted Disk Defrager ;D, Puran Defrag Free Edition has boot time defrag mmmmm this look very interesting 8) I better check this out.
I am very grateful & thank all Avast members who contributed by their recommendations based on their practical, tried tested experiences.
Best Regards!
You’re welcome…! 
asyn
Thumbs down to defraggler!
It was very very nice defragment tool, but with every new release it’s defrag speed become slower and slower, no more good at all. Auslogics is far better these days. Have you tried it when you say you prefer defraggler?
You cannot defrag boot time files whilst windows is running
Windows is not running when doing a boot-time defrag with Puran. It works similar to the Avast boot-time scan.
Yes, I use it…!
Didn’t see any slowdown…
asyn
@SafeSurf
My comment was for people who never run boot time defrags
Starting with Vista Microsoft introduced management of system files, but this only works if you do not turn your box off.
Win Vista has a schedule of X days (can’t remember the actual number) but if it was 7 and you shut down your PC daily then the optimization would never take place as the count keeps restarting
A similar thing happens with the page/swap file
If you leave the setting as default (Let Windows manage) then each time you shutdown/reboot windows deletes the file and creates a new one on boot. It is a security feature, any nasty hiding in the file is deleted.
However, if you manage the page/swap file yourself this does not happen.
Even the XP defragger does a periodic boot optimization automatically. Auslogics has an option to place system files at the front of the disk as well and it does an excellent job of consolidating free space and eliminating gaps.
WinXP uses Diskeeper Lite
From Diskeeper.com
Diskeeper Lite is back in a new improved version. Diskeeper Lite is a fully operational, free manual-only version of Diskeeper. Diskeeper Lite can rapidly analyze fragmentation levels and detect them automatically. This version includes the same advanced defragmentation technology used in Diskeeper 7.0 and it runs on all Windows operating systems from 98 through XP. [u]All "Set It and Forget It"® scheduling, system management functions and network controls are shown and explained, but rendered inoperative.[/u] Diskeeper Lite is an ideal download for everyone serious about automating defragmentation but would like to know more about Diskeeper first. Lite will help everyone select the right full-featured Diskeeper version(s) for their homes and/or business sites.