What is the Best Defrag Software for Windows 8?

[DrSloop]

Some people say that certain programs are better than others when it comes to defragging while others say that it doesn't matter and the original windows defragger works the best. So what defrag software should I go with?

 

[clutchc]

I like Auslogics Defrag. It's free, FAST, and have used it for years... from Vista, thru Win7, and during my short unhappy experience with Win8. Works great.
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download/

 

[Cesar Luna]

HIi.
Wait for the launch of the Perfect Disk 13,compatible with Windows 8.1.

http://www.raxco.com/business/products/perfectdisk-professional

Cesar Luna,from Brasil.

 

[melen]

There are many defragmenting tools out there and many are free. My experience has been positive using MyDefrag having acquired optimum performance with this excellent tool.. I have lowered my boot time and my PC is much more snappier when loading software and booting...

 

[toyosaurus]

auslogics is pretty good. i've been using it for a while with no problems.

 

[Karadjgne]

I've been using Norton products (Symantec) since before Win95 ever showed up (no comments plz!) and never had a problem with Norton's Optimizing suites, so I'm a lil bit biased to say the least.

 

[Jadequest99]

I like Auslogics Defrag. It's free, FAST, and have used it for years... from Vista, thru Win7, and during my short unhappy experience with Win8. Works great.
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download/

Does that mean you re-installed windows 7? When you said "during my short unhappy experience with Win8" Can you tell me
why WIN 8 was such a failure to you, I also still use WIN 7 Ultimate 32-bit OS, I am very happy not upgrading to another Windows version..YET...but since you've already tried it what are the PRO's & CON's if its no trouble? Thank you

 

[johnbl]

not a good idea to replace the windows 8.x defrag with a 3rd party tool.
Mainly for the simple reason that if Microsoft breaks the software, hundreds of thousands of machines will fail and Microsoft will make a fix in a few days. Often some other poor slob will have their system break before yours and you will have a fix before your system even has the same failure condition. If you install a third party program, you have to detect and recognize any failure and go and find the fix and install it from the vendors website.
(that process does not work well for most people, how many people know to update their USB ports drivers when 2 of their CPU cores hang.)

Some people say that certain programs are better than others when it comes to defragging while others say that it doesn't matter and the original windows defragger works the best. So what defrag software should I go with?

 

[clutchc]

I like Auslogics Defrag. It's free, FAST, and have used it for years... from Vista, thru Win7, and during my short unhappy experience with Win8. Works great.
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download/

Does that mean you re-installed windows 7? When you said "during my short unhappy experience with Win8" Can you tell me
why WIN 8 was such a failure to you, I also still use WIN 7 Ultimate 32-bit OS, I am very happy not upgrading to another Windows version..YET...but since you've already tried it what are the PRO's & CON's if its no trouble? Thank you

I was an early adapter of Win8; before 8.1 even. I had it on 2 PCs and a Surface Pro. It wasn't ready for prime time back then, and the Surface Pro was a lousy excuse for a tablet with its tiny screen at 1920x1080 (IMO). The Pro went back to the store, and the PC's got Win7 re-installed. I've still got an unused copy of Win8.1 on the shelf that came with a new Thinkpad I bought. It came with both 7 Pro and 8 Pro. Naturally, it has 7 Pro on it.

I had many complaints. My biggest complaint with Win8 was... well, Koroush explains it much better than I can: http://www.tweakguides.com/Windows81_1.html

 

[Jadequest99]

I like Auslogics Defrag. It's free, FAST, and have used it for years... from Vista, thru Win7, and during my short unhappy experience with Win8. Works great.
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download/

Does that mean you re-installed windows 7? When you said "during my short unhappy experience with Win8" Can you tell me
why WIN 8 was such a failure to you, I also still use WIN 7 Ultimate 32-bit OS, I am very happy not upgrading to another Windows version..YET...but since you've already tried it what are the PRO's & CON's if its no trouble? Thank you

I was an early adapter of Win8; before 8.1 even. I had it on 2 PCs and a Surface Pro. It wasn't ready for prime time back then, and the Surface Pro was a lousy excuse for a tablet with its tiny screen at 1920x1080 (IMO). The Pro went back to the store, and the PC's got Win7 re-installed. I've still got an unused copy of Win8.1 on the shelf that came with a new Thinkpad I bought. It came with both 7 Pro and 8 Pro. Naturally, it has 7 Pro on it.

I had many complaints. My biggest complaint with Win8 was... well, Koroush explains it much better than I can: http://www.tweakguides.com/Windows81_1.html

Wow that was a very lengthy explanation from the tweakguide.com link, thank you for the response.

 

[clutchc]

From my perspective, Koroush Ghazi is the best. He used to write the game tweaks for Nvidia's Gforce.com site until they had a falling out. You can still see his older tweaks on his site under 'game guides'.

 

[monkeylovlov]

I avoided the problems concerning Win 8 by installing Classic Shell. Also, I decided to use Win 8 because I read that many improvements were made with the internals, including defragging. That's why I am using the defrag program that comes with the system.

 

[agawtrip]

i hope this one will be helpful to you

http://www.gamingpcbuilder.com/free-disk-defragmenters-tested/

i says O&O Defrag Free is the best

 

[noknojon]

I would follow johnbl on this.
Since Windows 7 was released, and up to today, I have never had use for a 3rd party Defrag program. I find they all cause unwanted problems. This includes the very good Piriform program.

With XP there were 2 internal dll's or exe's that may have been corrupted, but why not use the program that is part of your O/S and will Auto - Defrag every few days.

Learn to Set your internal program, and do not bulk up on extras that are not needed

Regards -

 

[Karadjgne]

It's basically a matter of personal preference. Defrag is Defrag, its not rocket science. One of the major bonuses of 3rd party Defrag is speed. Always, in the past windows versions anyways, stock windows 98SE (last time I used windows defrag) would take over an hour on my 240Gb hdd. Norton would do it in 20 minutes.

Not sure about Windows 7/8, but I Defrag my 1Tb in less than 3 minutes with Norton now, which has 5 partitions.

If my Norton wasn't free, I'd probably be tempted to use piriform, or even windows, but Norton for me is easy and painless and comparatively very fast compared to the Windows predecessors.

 

[monkeylovlov]

I just realized that the software needed is based on usage. That is, for some, the program included is good enough. For others who add, more, or modify lots of files and large ones in the HD containing the operating system, another program might be better.

Other options include using hard drives or partitions other than the one containing the operating system, using an SSD for the operating system and important programs, etc.