AUSLOGICS DISK DEFRG Review Pro Crack Free Download
Janet Denzel
A simple visual display presents you with several options for your first defragmentation scan. If you want quick results, you can choose a light scan that corrects the largest issues first. And just like Defraggler, Auslogics Disk Defrag also lets you opt for a targeted defragging option, which lets you clean up just the hard drive and individual files.
According to the company, it generally takes about 10 minutes to defragment the average hard drive. If you want to leave your computer on during the process, you can select an option that automatically shuts your computer down once the defrag finishes. For ongoing protection, turn on the idle function to allow the disk defragmenter to scan and repair your system anytime the computer goes idle. You can also set a regular time for the defrag program to run on your computer, such as the first of every month at midnight.
The visual interface shows you problem sectors on your hard drive. If you prefer a little customization, or simply want different colors to indicate good, bad or repairing sectors, you can choose the ones you like. You also have the option to target specific sectors, or you can set the program to work only on fragments of a particular size. You can also exclude specific drives or files. On the flip side, if there is a specific file or folder you want to defrag, you can select just that one.
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Dear Donn,
Could you please rereview Auslogics Disk Defrag with the latest version?
I ask this because v1.1.2 which you originally reviewed was the company's second public release. They have had 15 updates since then! ( -defrag/history) From the looks of it, they have done some changes to the algorithm too.
It seems that they are working hard to fix the bugs for their free product. I personally believe they are worth another review.
Keep up the good work! I personally am using Perfectdisk 2008 and love it, by your recommendation.
Thanks!
The 4Gig file is a permanent fixture on my laptop, so all the defrag programs tested have had to deal with it, with varying degrees of success.
Actually, the file has grown so some defrag programs have had bigger sizes to deal with.
But, definitely also make sure you review the clustered indexes too, as they are the single most critical factor in performance, orders of magnitude bigger impact than disk fragmentation. In particular, note that an identity column is most often not the best clustering key.
The "Reorganize Pages" option does something else. It logically reorganizes the pages within the file, but it does not adjust the size, type or fragmentation of disk extents as allocated by the drive subsystem.
For example, say I have a file that has 10,000 separate allocations/"chunks" of 2MB each (total file size of 20GB) on a drive. Say also that the data is out of logical order, such that key 1000 is in the allocation 1, key 400 is in allocation 2, key 20 is in allocation 3, etc..
The physical defragging would reduce the number of allocations from 10,000 to a much smaller number, possibly as few as one. This reduces the overhead on the drive because fewer extent lookups and head seeks are needed to read the entire data.
Btw, I use (the free) utility contig.exe to physically defragment and I have never had an issue with it, even on active dbs. Naturally I wouldn't recommend using on extremely active dbs, but in theory even that should be OK.
The data file fragmentation occurred (I believe) because this database was set to the default grow by amount of 1 MB. I have increased that of course, but we still have the thousands of segments or allocations as you say.
There are only 1 to 4 active connections to this database. I will give the Contig.EXE utility a try.
Thanks. John
Yep, I had exactly the same situation on many dbs I inherited. I ran I/O tests to verify, and contig.exe did give me a decent gain in overall performance, probably because there were literally thousands of file extensions.
Auslogics functionality is rather limited and simple. Both Auslogics and Defraggler have the ability to defragment single files or folders. They also include options for scheduling defrags and excluding files. But besides these basic functions, AusLogics has very little else to offer.
Hi there. Thanks for the helpful criticism. The full timestamp of the post is visible when you hover over the "August 28th" date. It appears as a tooltip because of the title attribute. I wrote this over two years ago, and the direction of this blog has since changed.
It would be courteous for an author of a review to note if they are testing or comparing freeware or payware versions. This author might've been mixing freeware with payware. For example, Piriform's Defraggler does NOT provide a scheduler. You have to run their df.exec from a command line and add it as an event in Task Scheduler. Of course, Windows own Task Scheduler is far superior to the one provided by either Auslogics or Defraggler.
There was omission of several feature comparisons between the Auslogics and Piriform defragmenters. For example, Auslogics says it will move normal files out of the MFT reserve area. When disk space is low, this reserved area (it's reserved for later use, if available, not allocated solely for use by the MFT) will be used for normal file storage and not be available to the MFT as more files are added hence fragmentation of the MFT. By clearing the MFT reserve area of normal files, further additions to the MFT will be contiguous instead of fragmented. The idea is to prevent future fragmentation of the MFT. This feature is missing in Defraggler (both freeware and payware versions). In fact, there is little feature-by-feature comparison in this review, just what the author happens to touch upon for his personal and limited use of the product(s).
Another missed feature is Defraggler can be scheduled to perform a boot-time defrag (in its freeware version). For Auslogics, you have to buy their payware version to get that feature. Defraggler can be configured (a global option, not a setting per defrag job) to run in normal or low priority. This prevents the defrag operation from interfering the use of your computer due to impacted responsiveness while defragmenting. This is a global option and not settable via command-line switches when using their df.exec to run scheduled defrags using Windows' Task Scheduler. If you only defrag using scheduled jobs (for when you won't be at the computer) then you'll probably want to leave priority at normal.
Tis a pity that blog-like reviews, like this one, don't bother putting the year in the time stamp. It's Feb 2012 as I write this and have to guess that the Aug review was performed in 2011 to omit having to show a year in the time stamp. Otherwise, this could be a really old review - especially since the revisions of the products was never mentioned - and features were changed since then. Without proper date stamps and the omission of product versions, readers really have no idea if the comparison is of value.
The freeware versions of both are adware because both default to installing foistware (software bundled in the installer), like the Google Toolbar (Defraggler) and Ask Toolbar (Auslogics). Be sure to do a custom install or review the installer's screens so you DESELECT this foistware during the install.
This turned out to be a lightweight overview review and not of much value for users that want an in-depth comparison between these products. They are close competitors so more should've been covered on each product to compare against the other, plus it really does matter if the freeware or payware versions were being compared as many features are missing from the freeware versions.
Thank you!. This comparison made it very clear, on which one I chose as my defragmenter. And I'll go with Defraggler, just cause it seems to be more efficient and in functionality. That's what I looking for on a Defragmenter to do the job well, not to do it fast!.
Auslogics Disk Defrag is a free tool which can be used to speed up your PC's hard disk drive(s) by rearranging files from a fragmented state to a better organized state where frequently accessed files and closer to each other.The interface of Auslogics Disk Defrag couldn't be easier to use and it's completely straight forward.To get started defragging your drive, simply choose the hard drive you want to defrag from the drop-down list and Auslogics Disk Defrag will quickly display the size along with current free and used space including a pretty pie graph. From there, click away and start defragging you drive OR analyze it first to see whether it even needs to be defragged.The program is speedy fast and beats the defragmentation tools currently found on Microsoft Windows systems. When testing Auslogics Disk Defrag, the program was still fast as lightning. Auslogics has done a wonderful job on creating a true freeware solution for anybody who wants to increase the performance of their system.Features of Auslogics Disk Defrag
- Boot-time defrag: Allows defragmenting system files even when the system is in use.
- Customization: Allows selecting different defragmentation methods, file types and other settings.
- Disk backup: Allows creating a backup before defragmenting the drive.
- Disk errors: Automatically checks for disk errors and repairs them if needed.
- File exclusions: Allows excluding certain files from the defragmentation process.
- Fragmentation prevention: Analyzes disk fragmentation patterns and optimizes file placements to prevent fragmentation before it happens.
- Low resource usage: Uses minimal system resources.
- Report generation: Generates detailed reports about disk status and defragmentation results.
- SSD optimization: Optimizes SSD drives to increase their lifespan and performance.
- Scheduling: Automatically defragment in the background for maximum speed and efficiency.
- Smart optimization: Identifies and reorders the most frequently used files and directories for faster access.
- Space restoration: Reclaims wasted disk space caused by fragmentation.
- Task queuing: Allows queuing multiple defragmentation tasks and executing them one after another.
- Visual representation: Colorful diagram displays disk fragmentation levels.