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Posted 04 May 2011 - 05:01 PM

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  Posted 04 May 2011 - 06:43 PM

I use Crystal Disk Info quite a bit for SMART monitoring. It has recognized things that smartctl has missed and also detected my Seagate 1.5TB SATA in my external USB enclosure. Best part is it's free and open-source.

I also like Piriform's Defraggler for defragging, it's a pretty useful utility and provides a nice display as it is working.
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  Posted 05 May 2011 - 07:19 AM

As usual very helpful and informative!
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  Posted 05 May 2011 - 11:28 AM

Good article. I actually prefer diskeeper to all the defraggers mentioned here. It is the most advanced the only defragger smart enough to prevent most fragmentation before it happens.
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Posted 05 May 2011 - 06:27 PM

View Postflyingtiger4aui, on 05 May 2011 - 11:28 AM, said:

Good article. I actually prefer diskeeper to all the defraggers mentioned here. It is the most advanced the only defragger smart enough to prevent most fragmentation before it happens.

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Posted 05 May 2011 - 06:31 PM

View PostDavinator, on 05 May 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:

View Postflyingtiger4aui, on 05 May 2011 - 11:28 AM, said:

Good article. I actually prefer diskeeper to all the defraggers mentioned here. It is the most advanced the only defragger smart enough to prevent most fragmentation before it happens.



Yeah - I was wondering when Diskeeper would be mentioned as I scanned through the article. Sure, the Home version costs (I think) 20 bucks to start with, but for a while they were running $10.00 license specials!!
I have it on all my XP machines, and will be sure to install it on 7 when the time comes.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 12:42 PM

View PostDavinator, on 05 May 2011 - 06:31 PM, said:

View PostDavinator, on 05 May 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:

View Postflyingtiger4aui, on 05 May 2011 - 11:28 AM, said:

Good article. I actually prefer diskeeper to all the defraggers mentioned here. It is the most advanced the only defragger smart enough to prevent most fragmentation before it happens.



Yeah - I was wondering when Diskeeper would be mentioned as I scanned through the article. Sure, the Home version costs (I think) 20 bucks to start with, but for a while they were running $10.00 license specials!!
I have it on all my XP machines, and will be sure to install it on 7 when the time comes.

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Has anyone used MyDefrag? I have been using it for a few years and think it does a great job.
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