Contig and Power Defragmenter GUI 2.0.125 Reviewed

[screwballl]

Got it and running it on my secondary partition now... we will see soon

[Tyreal]

How would you rate this compared to a more "professional" program like Diskeeper or O&O Defrag?

[Quakindude]

Originally Posted by Tyreal

How would you rate this compared to a more "professional" program like Diskeeper or O&O Defrag?

I've been getting some feedback, in the form of PM's and Emails, about this article. The amount of feedback has been quite surprising I must admit. There's been one theme through-out the messages I've received, spanning the spectrum from out-right amazement at how well these app's perform on their machines to appreciation. One constant has been that folks like it. I've had two people specifically mention liking this method of defragging better than O&O's program.

Personally, I'm a cheap bastidge. If I can have a program for free that does just as good, or better than, a program that costs money, you can bet I'll pick the freebie every time. For the home user, even though you can't schedule defrags (I never schedule anything but my A/V suite anyway), this is an awesome alternative to a program you would otherwise not acquire due to the built in defrag.

"Why get something better when you have one built in" is the prevalent school of thought.

Those computer users who are fairly new to this wonderful world of PCB and electrically charged components of wonder have inquiring minds. So if we can offer them an alternative, a small "perk" of being amongst our readership, and said "perk" is free and IMHO, far better than what's included in the OS, I'm all for recommending it.

For a "professional" requirement, I'd suggest purchasing a "professional" grade product that allows you to schedule tasks, manage across a network as well as offering other functionality and benefits such as Internet customer support and updates.

Me personally? I prefer this one to Norton's utilities suite and other "paid for" programs.

[Tyreal]

Thanks for the information Quakindude. I guess I'll have to give it a go.

[screwballl]

Ok I ran it on my secondary partition which is mostly storage: music, videos, saved setup files, etc... using a few of these files has opened quicker if even just by a second or two
I also ran it on my main partition which has windows on it and I can notice a definite increase in system responsiveness and the little bits of time that it opens my programs faster.

[Quakindude]

Originally Posted by screwballl

Ok I ran it on my secondary partition which is mostly storage: music, videos, saved setup files, etc... using a few of these files has opened quicker if even just by a second or two
I also ran it on my main partition which has windows on it and I can notice a definite increase in system responsiveness and the little bits of time that it opens my programs faster.

Screwballl has spoken! :ridinghorse:

This means it's safe for mass consumption!

[screwballl]

I am the guinea pig... er I mean the beta tester and if it runs stable on my machine then it should work on 99% of yours.

[Panda Man]

Works well on my system. You know you could automate this if you wanted.

open notpad and type:

"C:\Defrag\Contig.exe" C:\ -s -v
"C:\Defrag\Contig.exe" D:\ -s -v
"C:\Defrag\Contig.exe" E:\ -s -v

Change "C:\Defrag\Contig.exe" to wherever the contig executable is. Be sure to include the quotes, especially if there are any spaces. And you only need as more lines each drive as there are hard drives, so if all you have is C:, the only line you will have is

"C:\Defrag\Contig.exe" C:\ -s -v

Now, go to File>Save and look at "Save File Type" right below the file name. Change this to "Any File" and add the extension ".bat" to the file. Esample, I named my batch file defrag, so the filename is "defrag.bat". You can now use the Task Scheduler to automate this batch file

Go to the COntrol Panel > Scheduled Tasks > and add new task. Tell it where your batch file is and when you want to run it.

How to Schedule a Program Using Task Scheduler

[Syngensmyth]

I have used many but now use this exclusively. Love it.

Your review is very well done. Congrats and thanks.

[Quakindude]

Glad we could be of service for you. That's what makes writing these things so much fun is helping someone out along the way.