All Things PerfectDisk – and Defrag - Technobuddy Column -- The must-have computer programs

You get what you pay for. And sometimes paying nothing is good enough, sometimes it's not. If you're looking for defrag downloads, you can find some free stuff. That might be okay for you...but maybe not.

Writing in his Naples News Technobuddy column, Bill Husted writes often about free software programs that do a great job. Indeed, he writes that "one of the things I enjoy most with this column is recommending free programs that do a great job. From an early age I’ve been a great believer in the “if it’s free, it’s for me,” school of thought."



However, Husted goes on to write that "there are programs I do buy. That’s what we’ll talk about today, those rare programs so good that I’m willing to pay for them." As for the Windows built-in defragger, Husted says "it works OK. Perfect Disk 10 is better — so much better that I am willing to pay $40 for Perfect Disk 10 Professional." And the bottom line for Husted -- "my computer runs faster because of it."

Most Windows defrag software, including the free stuff, won't defrag metadata completely. Won't defrag system files completely. Won't optimize your drives, won't do a good job of consolidating free space...won't do much more than basic defrag of files. A disk defragmentation tool can do a whole lot more, and benefit users a whole lot more.

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Comments for Technobuddy Column -- The must-have computer programs

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by Buffet:: Nothing beats PerfectDisk - NOTHING! I've used it for several years now and couldn't do w/o it.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by Irakli:: In my opinion, PerfectDisk is a must have for Windows 7 computer. I noticed that for some reason, Windows 7 likes to arbitrarily change location of MFT Reserved Zone. As a result, MFT fragments quickly. Most defragmenters (including built-in defrag) manage to defragment MFT. However, ONLY PerfectDisk return MFT to its performance-optimal location (i.e. Microsoft recommended MFT location). Which means that PerfectDisk restores more lost performance than any other defragmenter does. Period.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Joe Abusamra:: Buffet, Irakli, Thanks for your comments! Joe
Sunday, November 22, 2009 by sashak:: Irakli is wrong. PD MFT placement is only on Windows 2000. Window 7 places MFT already. PD just places extents back next to existing MFT structure same a built-in defrag.
Sunday, November 22, 2009 by Irakli:: @Sashak To make sure I understand you you correctly: are you saying that Windows 7 defragmenter will not only defragment MFT but will also place it towards beginning of a disk (3GB to be precise) just like PD does? If so, something must be wrong with my Win7 system, because built-in defrag on my system seems defragments MFT but does not move it towards the beginning of a drive.* * Note: I used HDView utility in order to know exact location of MFT: http://home.arcor-online.de/alexander.freudenberg/dev_en.htm#HDView