Defrag in Windows XP

[ninja007]

Hello, I thought there was a free disk defrag tool in Windows XP? When I click on the defrag tool im sent to "Diskkeeper Lite" page. It scans my HD and tells me I need to defrag. I click Defrag drive and im sent to a "Diskkeeper Lite" page again where it tells me to pay $29 for the program.

Anyone know what this is all about?

Thank you

 

[wolfeking]

defraggler (http://www.piriform.com/defraggler) is very good and free. Its built by the same people that do Ccleaner.

 

[ninja007]

Thank you, Wolfeking.

 

[TrainTrackHack]

I'd recommend uninstalling Diskkeeper first (it should be in add/remove programs), unless you plan to pay for it it's just taking up needless space. That should also let you use the built-in defrag tool.

 

[voyagerfan99]

There is a tool in Windows. It's called Disk Defragmentor.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

You can use Disk defragmenter from CMD:

defrag.exe C: /F /V

"C:" is the drive letter you want to defragment.



Cheers!

 

[FrillyBits]

2 other free defraggers, these contain boot time defrag, optimization and other goodies

Puran Defrag
http://www.puransoftware.com/index.html

IObit Smart Defrag
http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html