Years ago, in the days of FAT and slow disks (access times ~25 ms) obtaining a whole file was a lengthy process. If you wanted to store a 1 MB file, it would find a spare bit of space, save what it could, then find another spare bit of space, etc. Eventually the file would be saved, albeit fragmented all over the place. As files were deleted, they would free space for other files. It was common for a large file to be split 20 or 30 times.
Fast forward to today where we have access times of ~9ms and with SSD drives, faster than that. Also, most PCs use NTFS file system instead of FAT. When a file needs to be saved, NTFS finds a space large enough for the file. Obviously files can grow over time (log files, etc) so fragmentation can still occur, but at a lot less frequency than before. With the fast access times, most users wouldn't even be aware. And with SSD drives, you don't want to defrag at all - this can cause unnecessary writes to the drive, which for SSDs are finite.
In summary, while the software has a nice GUI and does work (Windows has defrag software built in, and does schedule defrags when idle) it does seem a bit superfluous - a bit like registry cleaners. Probably good once, but times and computers have moved on.

Chris tarafından yorumlandı  –  3 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+105)

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I was going to comment until I saw Chris' comment (#1). He hit the nail on the head. Two years ago I switched to an SSD and have not defragged since. Windows has a built trim feature and it works great. Get this software if you want but I will pass.

Jeffrey Price tarafından yorumlandı  –  3 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+9)

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