Defrag Your Hard Drives with Defraggler
by Norm on Thursday, December 18, 2008 22:59
Have you defragged your hard drives lately? Do you defrag on a regular basis? A lot of people don’t. Some don’t even know what it is! I’m one of those people who knew I should do it, but always set the task aside. Not anymore.
A new product from Piriform, called Defraggler, makes it easy! Best of all, it’s free!
I’ve written a handy tutorial over at MakeTechEasier, with screenshots, on setting up and using Defraggler on your Windows based PC. Here’s a sneak peak…
If you read our earlier article about tuning up your PC with CCleaner, then you already know about the high calibre of software that is developed by Piriform. I’m definitely a big fan of the CCleaner product. I’m sure you can guess that it was a no brainer that when Piriform released their next masterpiece, I just had to try it out!
Enter Defraggler, a powerful and easy-to-use defragmentation tool for your Windows managed hard drives. This defrag tool really sets itself apart from it’s competitors by being a quality product with the perfect price tag - free. This tutorial will give you a nice overview of the Defraggler tool, as well as provide you with the necessary knowledge to use it effectively on your home computer.
First off, lets get to the meat and potatoes. Why do you need to defrag? Simply put, your Windows file system frequently fragments it’s file system by placing pieces of each file that it writes to disk into the first available spots.
The result is an increase in the time it takes to access a file, because the file can be cut into pieces and spread about the physical disk. By defragging your disks, files are relocated so that all of the pieces are in the correct order and placed next to one another. Defragging can easily extend the live or your hard disks and improve system performance.
Click here to read the full article!
Now, if you’re looking to defrag servers in a corporate environment, I would strongly encourage you to look into Diskeeper from Diskeeper Corporation. The investment will be returned over and over again via increased hardware lifespan and increased server performance.
For everyone else, check out Defraggler, you won’t be disappointed!
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