About defragging

I see no reason why defraggler wouldn't work with Vista. Although I don't understand why you'd need it, given windows already has its own defragger. Simply go to 'my computer' right click on 'C' drive select 'properties' then 'tools' tab then press 'defragmentation now' button and a box will show the date when the last defrag occurred. If its been over 6 months then hit 'defrag disk' but before you do make sure your not running any apps or antivirus software for a drama free operation. Defragging every 2 months is about right.
 
There is no reason to defrag every two months in Win 7 , It does this. It self. Now Vista. You can set up to defrag itself once a week or once a month. Depending on how you want it. Some people prefer Defraggler over windows defragger.
 
When it comes fragmentation you can use what comes with Windows or I use Ultra-defrag 64-bit. So that program will tell you how badly the HDD is fragmented. You can also defrag the MFT. Now to Defrag the Registry (one a month) JetClean Pro does a great job doing that. To defrag the RAM or Swap File RAM HDD Free Windows Cleaner V2.0.1.3 does that.
 
First of all why would you need to defrag the registry ? Or the ram for that matter. I have never done either. Just my hard drive. Computer runs fine. I see a lot of computers come threw my shop. That have had windows messed up over these so called cleaners. If you just do a regular clean up with a temp cleaner and Defrag. The computer will run fine. This is just my opinion.
 
When it comes fragmentation you can use what comes with Windows or I use Ultra-defrag 64-bit. So that program will tell you how badly the HDD is fragmented. You can also defrag the MFT. Now to Defrag the Registry (one a month) JetClean Pro does a great job doing that. To defrag the RAM or Swap File RAM HDD Free Windows Cleaner V2.0.1.3 does that.
I agree with @Cobalt006 & go with @jobeard as far as using mydefragger but thanks for your input. :)
 
First of all why would you need to defrag the registry ? Or the ram for that matter.
Actually, the five files that make up 'the registry' get massively fragment if they are never defragged!
As most tools don't attempt that - - well, you can guess the results.

I remember back in XP when I discovered Defraggler, that the first time I ran it on the registry there were many fragments (ie: N * 10, but I don't recall the detail now). As the registry is so central to Windows, you really ought to defrag it at least once a year.

Defrag RAM?? Makes not sense, even if you attempt to cloak this as a RAM disk.

Defraggler on the registry is: Settings -> Boot Time Defrag -> Run Once
 
Actually, the five files that make up 'the registry' get massively fragment if they are never defragged!
As most tools don't attempt that - - well, you can guess the results.

I remember back in XP when I discovered Defraggler, that the first time I ran it on the registry there were many fragments (ie: N * 10, but I don't recall the detail now). As the registry is so central to Windows, you really ought to defrag it at least once a year.

Defrag RAM?? Makes not sense, even if you attempt to cloak this as a RAM disk.

Defraggler on the registry is: Settings -> Boot Time Defrag -> Run Once


Maybe the registry. What your saying makes sense. But not the ram. Like I said I have seen . Computers come threw the shop. Where just about every type of cleaner . Been use on them. Their OS is really messed up. Then the owner can not understand why there computer is not running right. This ranks just below the Malware infested Computers.
 
First of all why would you need to defrag the registry ? Or the ram for that matter. I have never done either. Just my hard drive. Computer runs fine. I see a lot of computers come threw my shop. That have had windows messed up over these so called cleaners. If you just do a regular clean up with a temp cleaner and Defrag. The computer will run fine. This is just my opinion.

Everyone input is a value here. We all should take note of that! I been at this for a very long time. But everyone going to do things a bit differently.

RAM as you know Windows is suppose to release RAM when the Application is ended. That's not always the case. Thus the need for what we call Virtual RAM (aka Swap File) Where Windows developers decided back in the Windows 3.x days to use part of the HDD as RAM. Thus Write/Reads were slow back then.

So day that part of the HDD is still be use to store data in a buffer as RAM but really it's storing it on HDD. Thus that area get fragmented.

Registry when you install and remove software the registry keeps a index record of the application once you install it or decide to remove it. So the registry has space in there. So the idea is to Defrag Registry. All it's doing is remove that extra space and compacting the Registry file. Thus the idea here is since all the space is compressed the system will run faster.

Also not really a good idea to run a lot of cleaners on the system. You should really choose 1 or 2 of them you trust. For me I've tried pretty much them all. I've narrowed my favorites too.

1. JetClean Pro (Free version is available to download from Techspot)
2. UnCleaner V1.7 (Free small program) Use google to search for it.
3. Ultra Defrag (Outsource (FREE)

That's about it you don't want to run too many cleaners. Just keep it simple. On yes best to start when you first get your PC too. Keep up the cleaning just think of it like owning your Vehicle. You keep the up-keep on it. So the same with the Windows. Android has no HDD but sort of SSD (RAM/ROM) mix so you would still need to flush out the junk files too.

Again, everyone input is a value here! We all should take note of that! But everyone going to do things a bit differently. But in the end you find the common solution to your most effective cleaning method.
 
Thus the idea here is since all the space is compressed the system will run faster.
Hmm; size of the file(s) is not a big issue, but as fragments cause the HD to reposition the r/w head, each repositioning has a 10x impact to the data transfer time. Degragging into one contiguous cluster allows sequential reads :)
 
Never had a reason to defrag Register
Everyone input is a value here. We all should take note of that! I been at this for a very long time. But everyone going to do things a bit differently.

RAM as you know Windows is suppose to release RAM when the Application is ended. That's not always the case. Thus the need for what we call Virtual RAM (aka Swap File) Where Windows developers decided back in the Windows 3.x days to use part of the HDD as RAM. Thus Write/Reads were slow back then.

So day that part of the HDD is still be use to store data in a buffer as RAM but really it's storing it on HDD. Thus that area get fragmented.

Registry when you install and remove software the registry keeps a index record of the application once you install it or decide to remove it. So the registry has space in there. So the idea is to Defrag Registry. All it's doing is remove that extra space and compacting the Registry file. Thus the idea here is since all the space is compressed the system will run faster.

Also not really a good idea to run a lot of cleaners on the system. You should really choose 1 or 2 of them you trust. For me I've tried pretty much them all. I've narrowed my favorites too.

1. JetClean Pro (Free version is available to download from Techspot)
2. UnCleaner V1.7 (Free small program) Use google to search for it.
3. Ultra Defrag (Outsource (FREE)

That's about it you don't want to run too many cleaners. Just keep it simple. On yes best to start when you first get your PC too. Keep up the cleaning just think of it like owning your Vehicle. You keep the up-keep on it. So the same with the Windows. Android has no HDD but sort of SSD (RAM/ROM) mix so you would still need to flush out the junk files too.

Again, everyone input is a value here! We all should take note of that! But everyone going to do things a bit differently. But in the end you find the common solution to your most effective cleaning method.

Was just trying to understand why you defrag the registry and ram. I understand the registry. But see no reason on the ram No. I have always just ran a good temp cleaner, Clean up my browers catch and history. Let in defrag it self. I have never ran into my computer not running right. Or slowing down. This is why I ask as I did. I have seen people come in here who have used just about every cleaner there is. Who ended up with their system Not working right. Now grant some of the machines I get are malware infested. But that is a whole other story.
 
Why would you defrag RAM? Any values present won't survive a reboot cycle anyway.

Even if they did, all you have to do is kill the PSU switch, and hold the power button to bleed the PSU capacitors. That would nullify any retained values.

Besides, I'm not certain fragmented RAM is as much of an issue as memory leaks in an application.
 
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