Sounds like they dont seem to fix the issue of not analyzing 2TB Hard Drives,
more the rare issue of Laptops coming with 2 HDD of 500gb and sometimes gives error when clickin on 2nd HDD.
Forgot alternatives for this one so thanks in advance.
You’re using Windows 7 so your operating system is already defragging your hard drive automatically.
Why do you need an alternative ???
3rd party defraggers do a faster job then Windows 7 default defrag. Auslogics is the best free defragger out there. Just disable Windows 7 defrag scheduler. Ultra Defrag is also very good.
Faster ??? would you care to state by how much ???
I hear the same comments about speeding up your computer by cleaning up your registry but they also never mention by how much. ;D
Since the defragging happens in the background in Win 7 and 8, I don’t really need to run anything.
It will only happen mainly when your pc is at idle. Cleaning the Windows registry is a different topic. Yes Windows 7 defrag is better then XP’s but its still a snail and does not provide a nice GUI progress indicator. I tried every free 3rd party defragger out there. Windows 7 took 30 minutes with a 5% fragmentation. Smart Defrag took about 20 min. Both Ultra and Auslogics took about 12 min. Google around for best 3rd party defraggers and you will see that Auslogics is the top pick. I would rather have an on demand defrag then a scheduled one. Yes Windows 7 defrag can be disabled. If 3rd party defraggers we not so necessary then why are they so popular? Also Bob…The OP HDD is only getting defragmented automatically if the scheduler is on. Windows 7 Defrag CMD switches can be beneficial.
You obviously haven’t tried all defraggers out there otherwise there would have been some mention of Puran or Defraggler which are both more highly rated by user’s and not net marketing, both of these also include boot time defragging and also use the windows file placement ( as long as you dont use Puran’s - piozr )
http://www.puransoftware.com/Puran-Defrag.html
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
Otaku Ichise iv never had any problems with Defraggler not scanning the second harddrive of either of my systems which both include twin 500Gb drives plus a 1.5Tb and 3Tb external drives, is there some link you can provide to this if a known problem or does it only happen on your system.
There is a good reason I did not recommend Puran. Yes I have tried it. Its very good. But once you perform a boot defrag its will delete ALL your system restore points. Its a bug that has been there for years which never gets fixed. Dont wanna recommend something then have someone complain that it deleted there restore points.
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Anthony :
I cant say iv noticed it removing my restore points before ( been a year since iv used it ) but i only use system images these days and have restore disabled, there is also a new version of Puran released recently.
The new version does the same. ALL system restore points will be removed upon using a boot defrag. I also keep a system image with Paragon handy but most pc users don’t and only know of system restore.
Sorry to again rock the boat but Windows 7 and 8 have a built in function for doing Image backups.
It’s reliable, works while your sleeping and doesn’t require additional software.
Lol. Bob please refrain from posting unless you have the same degree as me. Paragon is great but I also use Windows 7 disk image. Windows 7 disk image had failed several time where as Paragon never has. Also Bob where you are wrong is that evey disk imaging program has a scheduler. But that means you MUST leave your external HDD plugged in at all times. That’s a bad move cause you can image your drive which has a malware infection. I always do a full scan before any on demand disk images. Also leaving your external HDD plugged in 24/7 puts more wear on it. Need to backup…Plug it in and do it. Also Bob some people prefer to backup to DVD’s. So how can that run in back round. Never saw a computer insert a DVD by itself and start to burn.
I wish I had your skill sets ;D
Go to college and earn a degree as a systems engineer and you can. We can all benefit from each other. I watched your video Bob. It’s time to join the real world and not be stuck in the past. Issues with Norton sucking the life out of your machine were addressed back on 2009. Norton products are now veryight. Using a mere 15-20MB.
Where did you download Defraggler from ? if you got it from the vendors site “Piriform” there should be no problem
http://www.piriform.com That’s where I downloaded it. I would post the red popup but can’t remember how to do that.
Right click on the avast ball and click show last popup, then you can use whatever screen shot tool you have, when posting use the “Attachments and other options” below where you compose the post.
Even a discription of the detection and what shield alerted would be helpful.
I downloaded Defraggler again but this time from CNet. It’s running right now but shows that it’s going to take 1 day. Does it really take that long?
Mine says that to for the first couple of minutes then it drops to hours then minutes ( also depends on how fragmented the HD is ), the first scan with defraggler might take a little longer than consecutive scans as it will be putting things in order on its first run, you can also set it to run automatically once a week if you like just to keep the hard drive frequintly defraged