Defraggler is an excellent defragmentation tool that like the CCleaner is also FREE!! Defraggler is also very light-weight, easy-to-use and we can setup a scheduler for the defragmentation to run automatically from here on out, automation at its best!
Download Defraggler here: www.piriform.com/defraggler/
After you install the Defraggler start it and it will look like this:
If you want to see what your current fragmentation status is just click Analyze.
The maximum recommended fragmentation percentage for Windows running an NTFS File System (which any modern Windows operating system does (XP, Vista, 7)) is %15. If your computer is anything above %10 you can be sure there is a performance impact but don't worry defraggler will defrag your hard drive and your computer will be running fast again. Either way the less fragmentation the better ideally you want the fragmentation to be %0 however in some cases this simply isn't possible because of large files such as ISO's, Audio files and Video files.
After you click the Analyze button the screen will then look something like this:
Now the Analyze button just gives you current information about the status of the fragmentation on your hard drive. To actually fix that fragmentation we have to click the Defrag button. Once the defrag is started it can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours to finish. The time frame for the defrag depends on the Health of your hard drive, Size and % fragmented.
If you have multiple hard disks which need to be defragmented you can select, analyze and defrag each hard disk at the top of the Defraggler window where it says Local Disk (C:), Local Disk (D:), etc.
Now the best part about defraggler is how easy it is to automate it so that you can set and forget about your hard drive ever becoming fragmented again. However, we do recommend checking the fragmentation manually from time-to-time in-case the scheduler fails for some reason.
At the top of the Defraggler screen click Settings --> Schedule.
At the top of the scheduler window you will see Drive: Here you can select which drive you would like to schedule the defragmentation to occur on and at what time and with what frequency.
Typically we setup a client with a period of Daily and a time of 12:01:00 AM starting the following day from setup. The reason that we do this is because not everyone will have their computer on at a scheduler time. So, we usually tell people leave your PC on overnight once or more a week and the defragmentation will run regardless of the day. So, even if you forget to leave it on overnight for a month straight it will still run the next time you do leave the computer on overnight.
That's it for Defraggler it's THAT SIMPLE :)
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