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Following a discussion on the subject I downloaded the demos for several defrag programs and here's what I found:
It narrowed down to two apps, O&O and Vopt. The others, esp the freeware, had spyware imbedded or were downright bad and caused system crashes. Both of these do a more through job than the standard Windows, and both had a small net increase in HD performance, on the order of 1-5%. The Vopt was very fast and had one neat option of putting application files physically together on the drive. O&O Professional is geared to networks and has extensive defrag options. The one clear advantage of both is increased system stability under heavy load, which us overclockers love :mrgreen:
Both are around $40 and I recommend either for hardcore power users and gamers who can spring for that extra percent performance.
For everybody else, defrag all the time to stay healthy.
It narrowed down to two apps, O&O and Vopt. The others, esp the freeware, had spyware imbedded or were downright bad and caused system crashes. Both of these do a more through job than the standard Windows, and both had a small net increase in HD performance, on the order of 1-5%. The Vopt was very fast and had one neat option of putting application files physically together on the drive. O&O Professional is geared to networks and has extensive defrag options. The one clear advantage of both is increased system stability under heavy load, which us overclockers love :mrgreen:
Both are around $40 and I recommend either for hardcore power users and gamers who can spring for that extra percent performance.
For everybody else, defrag all the time to stay healthy.
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