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Old March 5th 12, 03:53 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Paul
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Default How Often Disk Defrag

Ant wrote:
Speaking of disk defragging in Windows 7. Is the internal the best one
to use or is there a better third party (freeware preferred) to use?

Thank you in advance.


The built-in defragmenter, defragments any file smaller than 50MB in size.
It won't defragment files larger than that.

Consequently, if you're a dyed-in-the-wool defragmenter type person,
you'll want *any* third party defragmenter, rather than the built-in one.
The built-in one solves a pragmatic problem, of only defragmenting
the files that need it. Whereas the third party defragmenter, will
make your drive look "pretty" (in the on-screen map). And that's worth
an extra $39.95.

Paul
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