Smart Defrag 7

[Maricel Fergason]

SmartDefrag 3 hits all the notes you'd expect from a defragger, but it is too aggressive in terms of advertising. It throws recommendations for other programs at you at every turn. Still, it makes up for that pestering with performance that rivals most defrag programs for Windows.

This program tries to replace Windows' default defragmentation widget by being more advanced and offering more style, features, and customizations. We're not kidding about replacing, either -- the program will turn off your usual defragmenter and install other programs if you don't uncheck those options during install, so be careful. Once you have Smart Defrag 3 installed, you'll be very happy with its futuristic layout that offers some customization and a nice hard drive map that is a delight to read. It lets you set automatic and boot time defrags, as well -- but you might want to program those to happen when you're not using your computer, as the program took upwards of 30 minutes to defrag when we tested it. It was smart enough to recognize our SSD and not defrag it, though. The program has an "action center" that claims to recommend performance fixes, but they are all just recommendations for other programs made by the app's developers.

It's not as if those programs are bad, by any means, it's just a little obnoxious to see nonstop advertisements for other programs. Outside of that and somewhat slow performance, Smart Defrag 3 offers everything you'd want in a defragmenting program. It's a fine replacement for Windows' default and compares favorably to top programs like Defraggler.

With the improved IObit disk defrag engine, Smart Defrag not only defrags your HDD but also trims your SSD to accelerate disk access speed and enhance disk durability. And Smart Defrag specially optimized the file organization algorithm on Windows 10. To make it more powerful, Smart Defrag 6 also delivers several other useful features. Boot Time Defrag can defrag Windows registry to release more occupied RAM and ensure the system stability while you can customize Boot Time Defrag as per your needs. Meanwhile, Auto Defrag and Scheduled Defrag ensure your disks are always optimized to their top performance. Furthermore, Game Optimize is designed to offer gamers ultra-smooth gaming experience. The last but not the least, Disk Health can help you monitor your disk status in real-time.From CNETIn partnership with SoftonicAboutAbout DownloadAdd Your SoftwarePoliciesPrivacy PolicyTerms of UseCookies PolicyDo not share or sell my personal informationFollow usDownload.com2024 Download.com, a Red Ventures company. All rights reserved.

Disk fragmentation is the main cause of slow computer. With enhanced multi-threading defrag engine and improved defrag speed, Smart Defrag provides better solution for faster data access and outstanding disk performance. Then you can enjoy faster game launching speed, copy files in half the time, etc.

As your computer getting older, it takes longer to startup your computer and begins to work. Smart Defrag helps fix this problem easily. Configuring Boot Time Defrag feature, those files on HDD that cannot be moved while system is running can be quickly defragmented for faster startup.

"IObit Smart Defrag optimizes your PC to take full advantage of SSD performance while defragmenting your hard disks. Its SSD Trim tool automatically enables system tweaks that typically require experience to apply. Smart Defrag's updates include a new defrag engine, specialized Game Defrag, a cool new look, and many more language options (35 and counting)."

"I have been using Iobit products for a good many years now. Because I am running an older machine with 6 drives, including 2 external, I find that Iobit's "Smart Defrag 8 Pro" has served me very well. Being an older machine,, my computer system tends to become fragmented quite easily. Having My "Smart Defrag 8 Pro" set to auto defrag, and running a "Defrag and Optimize" once a week, keeps my system running smooth and well. Iobit is constantly upgrading and striving to make the product even better as time goes by. I am well pleased with this product."

"I run a combination of RAID 0 SSDs and RAID 0 HDDs and use Smart Defrag Pro to analyse, defrag and keep my drives running at peak performance. As with all IObit software it is easy to install, use and very reliable. Just set it up and forget it. Smart Defrag has a very small memory foot print so it won't slow down your system. Definitely recommended!"

"I use Smart Defrag since its creation on several PCs and from the beginning with the members of my computer club we were able to see the continuous improvements. It was perfect for them, except the English language. So I invested for IObit in the French translation. From now on, the French IT magazines strongly recommend Smart Defrag, including with Windows 10 Optimiser, for a more robust and accurate diagnosis with options to speed up the system startup."

"I don't know how I could be more satisfied with Smart Defrag v8. It works like a charm everytime, and all I have to do is run the program and everything is clean and I'm absolutely 100% satisfied, not only with the program, but also with the quick reply when I needed advice on how to manage the problems I might have had. That I appreciate very much."

I don't want to update to the pro version of smart defrag and I don't want to have the smart defrag update message nagging me to update it each time windows starts. I am content with the defrag contained in ASCU. So, how do I disable this update message?

May I know why you don't want to update Smart Defrag to the latest version to enjoy better features, please? If you don't want to get the update message, you can click the button "Remind me later" at the left bottom of the update message screen.

Well it's like this... my C: drive is a SSD and as far as I know ASCU takes care of the trim and there is no need for more defrag functions there.Then I have a 1.5TB storage drive (D:) that doesn't get fragmented enough to justify any defragmentation software at all, or at least the ASCU defrag takes care of this well enough for my needs. On another note I think it is far to expensive for MY needs. And as a small parenthesis I have (when I needed it several years ago) found a freeware that was totally awesome at defragging, did it so completely and at such speed it totally blew the competition out of the drives. I won't name it here, but I could give it to you in a personal message if you'd like.

Yeah, I want to know this as well. It seems like the app is updated, what seems like, twice a week. And then we are harassed into updating the app. I paid for all of these apps, but I am still harassed constently!

Smart Defrag can trim your SSD to improve your disk performance. Althought Advanced SystemCare can care your disk, Smart Defrag can provide more comprehensive optimization of all your disks. That is, Smart Defrag can improve the disk more professionally. Please send me a PM about name of the program you got and the better features you valued.

That's nice, Cicely, but how do I keep it from running at all? It's not on the startup list where every single other company puts their update checkers. How do I stop Smart Defrag from running anything on startup? At what point did IObit decide that I shouldn't be allowed to keep it from running anything unless I wanted to? What else is it doing that I'm not allowed to have any control over?

Hi! I seen an old post here and its look like that there is no option to disable the auto-update . I am looking for a chance if we can disable the update through the firewall settings. but i think this is how their system works.

May I know why you don't want to update Smart Defrag to the latest version, please? It won't pop up after you update. If you are a Smart Defrag Pro user, it is recommended to enable Auto Update in Settings.

found a way that works --right click the shortcut (in this case driver booster because i don't have smart defrag installed) open file location find AutoUpdate.exe. use the program IObit Unlocker (it's free) and rename the file to something like AutoUpdate.exe.bak so it will never run. but you can still use the check for updates manually to update all iobit programs

I'd never boot up Windows 11 if Adobe products worked on Linux. I get 500Mb download speed in Linux (the fastest speed my connection is capable of) and in Win 11 I get 100Mb despite inhaling every update and updating the WiFi driver. Even tried TCPOptimiser. No dice. I may have to get an M1 Mac just for Adobe stuff :/

My Son's Windows 8.1 Laptop is Stuck in "IOBit Smart Defrag for Boot Time". When you switch on the Laptop it comes up straight away into "IOBit Smart Defrag for Boot Time". It asks if you want to exit (ESC) or Start the defrag (Y) or (Enter). Either way it will complete the defrag or not and then shows Exiting.......... Then after a few minutes it Blue Screens and reboots and starts again.

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