Comparison of defragmentation software

Comparison of defragmentation software

The following is a comparison of notable file system defragmentation software.

Comparison

Program Author License Supported file systems Supported platforms GUI CLI Script Scheduler Boot time Stable release
Ashampoo Magical Defrag Ashampoo Commercial NTFS Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes v3.0.2 (February 2, 2010)
Auslogics Disk Defrag Auslogics Shareware FAT16, FAT32, NTFS Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes v3.2.1.10 (May 11, 2011)
Contig Windows Sysinternals Freeware NTFS Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and higher No[1] Yes No No[note 1] No v1.6 (February 1, 2011)[1]
Defraggler Piriform Freeware FAT32, NTFS, exFAT Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes No Yes Yes v2.07.346 (September 13, 2011)
Diskeeper Diskeeper Corporation Commercial[2] FAT16, FAT32, NTFS Microsoft Windows XP and higher Yes[2] Yes[note 2] 2011 (March 22, 2011)
mst Defrag mst Software Commercial[2] NTFS Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes Yes Yes v3.6
MyDefrag Jeroen Kessels Freeware FAT16, FAT32, NTFS Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes Yes Yes No v4.3.1 (May 21, 2010)
O&O Defrag O&O Software Commercial[2] FAT16, FAT32, NTFS Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes Yes Yes v14.1.431 (February, 2011)
PerfectDisk Raxco Software Commercial[2] FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, Home Server, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes Yes v12 (June 8, 2011)
UltimateDefrag DiskTrix Commercial FAT32, NTFS Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes Yes v3.0.100.39 (25 April 2011)
UltraDefrag Dmitri Arkhangelski, Justin Dearing, Stefan Pendl GNU GPL FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, UDF Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes No Yes Yes v4.4.0 (September 24, 2010)
Vopt GoldenBow Commercial FAT32, NTFS Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) Yes Yes v9.21 (August 25, 2009)
Program Author License Supported file systems Supported platforms GUI CLI Script Scheduler Boot time Stable release
  1. ^ Contig can be scheduled using the Windows Task Scheduler.
  2. ^ Diskeeper Corporation claims its InvisiTasking technology eliminates the need for scheduled defragmentation.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Russinovich, Mark (February 1, 2011). "Contig v1.6". Windows Sysinternals. Microsoft. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Dragan, Richard (May 4, 2005). "Defraggers". PC Magazine (Ziff Davis). http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1811972,00.asp. Retrieved November 22, 2010. 

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