Any Alternative To PerfectDisk
August 4th, 2016
Any alternative to using something else faster than PerfectDisk Business Pro Version? ..running Windows 8.1 Pro,Intel Quad core ,4 Gigs of DDR3 Ram.
You can try O&O Defrag
http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oodefrag
You can try defraggler http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/download
Did anyone of you guys try it on a HD > than 3 TB and how long does it take?
BTW, after 8 1/2 hours my HD is ONLY 3/4 done !!! – still going,this is ridiculous to Defrag or Optimize HD at thii size,since HD are getting Bigger in capacity ,and HD formats for media is soooooooo………big!!
I have Perfectdisk and 5 4tb drives. I understand your grief. If I’m not mistaken, Perfectdisk is one of the faster programs. Once it finishes defrag make sure OptiWrite is turned on. Unless you do a lot of writing and deleting on the drive, things should stay in pretty good shape. I don’t use Auto-Optimization because mine are permanent storage. But, as I stated above, if you do a lot of writing and deleting it might help you keep your drive in shape. I think there should be an option to write the fragged files to another drive and then write them back defragged. That makes sense if you understand how defragging works. Almost forgot, the last time I defragged one it was about 11 hours but it was pretty much full.
You can use
http://www.mydefrag.com/
With Perfectdisk and the like, they defrag the entire drive each time! Doing this occasionally isn’t a bad thing, but you really only need to defrag the files themselves to get better access speed.
Mydefrag has an option to only process fragmented files, and not do the entire disk.
I have Perfectdisk and 5 4tb drives. I understand your grief. If I'm not mistaken, Perfectdisk is one of the faster programs. Once it finishes defrag make sure OptiWrite is turned on. Unless you do a lot of writing and deleting on the drive, things should stay in pretty good shape. I don't use Auto-Optimization because mine are permanent storage. But, as I stated above, if you do a lot of writing and deleting it might help you keep your drive in shape. I think there should be an option to write the fragged files to another drive and then write them back defragged. That makes sense if you understand how defragging works. Almost forgot, the last time I defragged one it was about 11 hours but it was pretty much full.
Thanks for the response, I do Read/Write quite a bit on this Drive,I had to do it in 2 days!!!
You can use
http://www.mydefrag.com/
With Perfectdisk and the like, they defrag the entire drive each time! Doing this occasionally isn't a bad thing, but you really only need to defrag the files themselves to get better access speed.
Mydefrag has an option to only process fragmented files, and not do the entire disk.
Thanks, I wuill look into that,seems a logical choice,btw the Homepage of MyDefrag >>> did NOT say the compatability of using Window 8.1?
It’s compatible; NTFS didn’t change.
Hasn’t in donkey’s years
Think this one could be
“Fastest”
– have NOT use it for years,have to Revisit
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It's compatible; NTFS didn't change.
Hasn't in donkey's years
Not talking about NTFS,talking about OS,in Windows 8, all 2 TB or greater , in order to be to be “recognized’ have to be formatted in UEIEFI/GPT based. Did u know that? And if one Boots a CD from CD ROM, you have to first change to Legacy in order for the Boot CD to work now for windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 is totally a different “animal”
uggg … your drive is still formatted in NTFS.
Yes the boot process has changed – but these are how the partitions work, not the actual formatting of the drive. The file system is still NTFS.
Defrag programs use the NTFS file system to do their ‘magic’, not the partition info. Thus, theoretically, a defrag program from Windows NT will work.
I use it in Win7/8/8.1 and now 10 .. still works like a charm.
uggg ... your drive is still formatted in NTFS.
Yes the boot process has changed - but these are how the partitions work, not the actual formatting of the drive. The file system is still NTFS.
Defrag programs use the NTFS file system to do their 'magic', not the partition info. Thus, theoretically, a defrag program from Windows NT will work.
I use it in Win7/8/8.1 and now 10 .. still works like a charm.
So how come,before I use a 4 TB drive Windows 8.1 ask me whether tp initialize it either NTFS or GPT?
I think you are confusing NFTS with MBR.
MBR or GPT: MBR (master boot record) is what Win 7 and earlier used. It is the record on the drive that gives it the necessary info for booting. GPT is the new version of MBR.
The MBR or GPT sit on a specifc space on a drive outside of the drives file system format.
So you can have a GPT boot drive, formatted using FAT32 or NTFS. Same goes with an MBR drive.
Windows 8 requires a GPT boot record; but the drive itself still uses NTFS for the file system.
As clear as mud probably, but hopefully you understood lol
I think you are confusing NFTS with MBR.
MBR or GPT: MBR (master boot record) is what Win 7 and earlier used. It is the record on the drive that gives it the necessary info for booting. GPT is the new version of MBR.
The MBR or GPT sit on a specifc space on a drive outside of the drives file system format.
So you can have a GPT boot drive, formatted using FAT32 or NTFS. Same goes with an MBR drive.
Windows 8 requires a GPT boot record; but the drive itself still uses NTFS for the file system.
As clear as mud probably, but hopefully you understood lol
Thanks 4 the xplanation – got it,clear as mud!!
Id go with diskeeper considering they’ve been doing it the longest and windows defrag is based off their product.
No need to be too fussy about defragging..
It’s only when you are running the OS off a HDD that you would worry about saving every millisecond