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We tested five current defrag programs and compared them with the standard Windows tool.</p> </b><br><br><p>If a computer once again slows almost to a standstill, it&#8217;s not always Windows that&#8217;s to blame. In many cases, the problem lies in a heavily fragmented hard disk. A standard disk running at optimal performance can transmit at around 60 MB per second. That&#8217;s assuming, however, that all files lie nicely in order, one after the other, on the storage volume. The reality is somewhat different: in many cases not even the contents of individual files lie in order. The &#8220;dumb&#8221; file system stores your files in small, 4 KB file segments here and there, spread out over the hard disk, where there happens to be room. The read heads are then put under extreme stress, having to jump from one place on the disk to the other, which all takes up precious time - time that a defragmentation can drastically reduce. Defragmentation programs reorganize files in individual partitions, tidying up not only single file elements but also, where required, the files themselves in name order or after their access regularity. The most speed is found through tuning processes. In this comparison test, we took five defrag tools and compared them with the standard XP function. [&#8230;]</p> <p><b>TUNING EFFECT</b><br> Over 30% more performance for your PC</p> <p>Defrag programs serve just one purpose: To make a PC quicker. In the Tuning Effect category, the programs were asked to do just that. This was no easy task, as the tools were being asked to optimize a 30 GB partition with up to 47% fragmentation and over 20,000 files. In order to measure the performance gains, we copied the partition content and put it on an empty hard disk, then set the timer. This took a while of course, as the read head had to first seek out the individual file segments on the partition. This was repeated after the defragmentation: we then copied the defragmented partition content and set the timer. The Editors Choice, O&amp;O Defrag 8, brought a system improvement of 30%. The Data Becker program got fairly close to the Editors Choice. But this is hardly surprising, as it uses a previous version of O&amp;O Defrag! The worst result came from the Windows Defrag Program with just 20%. As the defrag process here took such a long time, the tool came in last. With partitions that are almost full, it is possible to gain even more speed by running a second defrag job. The reason for this is that heavy fragmentation means there is not enough space for files to be swapped at such short notice. In our test with half-full hard disks, most programs managed to reach the maximum tuning effect. Only the XP Tool managed to gain more speed, rising from 20 to 28%. A second defrag job should not be attempted with Perfect Disk. Curiously enough, this actually made matters worse, and we reflected that with a point&#8217;s reduction. To measure the speed gains even further, we carried out a virus check of the partition and timed it, both fragmented and then after tuning. In this test the Tools performed the same: over 75% speed gains. A second defrag job was not able to improve upon this. </p> <p><b>DEFRAG SPEED</b><br> Thoroughness takes up a lot of time</p> <p>The Tuning Effect is the most important criteria, but you certainly don&#8217;t want to sit in front of your computer and watch how it moves data to your hard disk. Our next task for the candidates was therefore very clear: the hard disk should be optimized in the shortest time possible. Unfortunately, success in this test was very rare. The Editors Choice O&amp;O took over half an hour with the partition, and only the Windows Defrag was slower at almost 40 minutes. Magical Defrag 2 from Ashampoo was the quickest. This Tool took just 17 minutes to tidy up the file elements on the test partition. There were then some surprises when carrying out a second Defrag job: as the disk was now optimized, the programs ideally should not have even begun a second job. Nevertheless, only the Ashampoo Tool and O&amp;O Defrag ended the second attempt after just 2-3 seconds. Perfect Disk from Raxco went through the entire partition again, taking 23 minutes in the process and registering just a further gain of 1%, which was inaccurate &#8211; the second job actually made the results worse, not better! Diskeeper also repeated the process at around 20 minutes, whereas the remaining products gave up after a minute at the most. XP Defrag is the only program that really needed a second go, as the copy speed improved by almost an entire minute. That doesn&#8217;t sound bad, but other programs achieved this with just the first attempt.</p> <p>These programs optimize your hard disk, but they only do it correctly when you are able to find the right button &#8211; and that isn&#8217;t always so easy. That is why we also tested the user friendliness of the defrag programs. Perfect Disk shone in this category. The program interface is tidy and easy for novices too. With one clock of the Analyze button, the program scans the partition and displays a report as well as recommending the best procedure. An example of how an interface should not look: Ashampoo Magical Defrag. It offers a total of four buttons and several menus, and although the defragmentation process started with the push of a button, it did so without asking for a criteria or which partition. The user has to set this through the menus. The other candidates all performed relatively well. Their interfaces are also tidy and easy to use, with the exception of the XP Tool, with its &#8220;One Click Interface&#8221; that does not include any other options. The same goes for the detailed settings.</p> <p>O&amp;O Defrag and Data Becker with its O&amp;O previous version scored good points here. They enable users to specify how the tools should organize files on the partition, for instance in order of how regularly they are accessed by Windows. It is also advantageous when the test candidates offer suggestions, such as whether free space should be cleaned up or which defrag option is best suited for the task at hand. Perfect Disk also came out top here. The detailed analysis report gives a clear and concise indication of the status and best way forward. Almost all the programs did well in this area, although XP Defrag was the only one that told the user a defragmentation was required, without providing any further information. A time scheduler that begins a defrag process at a certain given time is also very user friendly. All programs have such a feature in-built, with the exception of Magical Defrag 2 from Ashampoo. This has a save-resistant tool operating in the background that automatically defragments new files. This may sound impressive, but it takes up a lot of precious working memory. It is much better when the user can determine when the program starts and with what settings. 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