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Speedup Access To Files With Ultimate Defrag

May 27th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Back in the day at university I used to run a copy of Norton Systemworks on my PC. One of my favourite features was a defrag tool that moved regularly accessed files to the front of my hard drive. The theory here was that these files could be accessed faster because the disc heads didn’t need to move as far.

I have seen a similar feature for a while, and I assumed it was because with modern hard drives it didn’t really matter where on the disk files were stored; as long as they were all in the same place and not fragmented. However, Ultimate Defrag allows you to move regularly used files to the fastest sections of the disc. I’m not sure how important this is in this day and age, but it’s worthwhile checking out, particularly as the growth in file sizes stored seems to be outstripping developments in hard drive technologies.

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Comment by Keekoyman on 29 June 2008:

Thanks for the link. I will give it a try

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Comment by bleuken on 1 August 2008:

thanks for this post, just what I needed for my PC to make it faster.

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Comment by Faraz on 11 September 2008:

Thanks for the link. I so love freeware
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Comment by Kelvin Nikkel on 24 September 2008:

I have not used this utility but do agree with the author of this post that the Windows Defrag utility is not that thorough!
I have found one that I have had great success with for over 2 years and it does a kick ass job! It is called JKDefrag and can be found at http://www.jkdefrag.com. Check it out sometime! Highly recommended!
Kelvin has over 20 years of experience working with computers. From data entry to programming and computer optimization techniques. Kelvin runs a blog on how YOU can optimize your computer for speed and security at http://optmypc.com with information that you can use today.