UltraDefrag Submitted by spaztastic on May 1, 2008 - 2:36pm
Program: UltraDefrag License: Open Source/Freeware Description: UltraDefrag is an Open Source disk defragmentation tool that offers fast defragmenting, using a kernel based driver. It offers a simple GUI with a cluster map display, as well as a command-line interface and scheduling option. The program supports full defragmentation and space defragmentation (compacting), and allows you to include/exclude files or folders based on their name or size. Other features include HTML reports and boot time defragmentation. Website: http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/ Download: http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/ultradefrag/ultradefrag.html ( categories: )
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We already have JKDefrag in
We already have JKDefrag in development, what other benefits does UltraDefrag offer?
Also, why link to the snapfiles download, their sourceforge page has the official download on it.
This project may not work out well as a portable application because it appears to require some drivers
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
It comes with a folder with
It comes with a folder with a portable version in it but I prefer it be in PAF format. Also, JkDefrag does not have boot-time defrag for the registry and page file. UltraDefrag does. And I linked to the SnapFiles download because it works. If you would prefer to download from SourceForge because you trust it more, be my quest. The requirements for the request form do not state that the download link has to be the one that the developer provides.
Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with Windows.
I saw that it comes with a
I saw that it comes with a folder that has a portable version, but again, I don't think it can be truly portable because it has to install drivers to run. Also, boot-time scans aren't really a portable feature.
I wasn't trying to attack you for using an alternate download, I was just curious. And you are correct that the guidelines do not say you have to use the developer's download, but it's typically preferred.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
I will remember that for
I will remember that for future requests. I know that boot-time defrags are not necessarily a feature that one would seek in a portable program but if you were to use a defrag program as a portable app, you would be using the app to increase performance on the host computer. Then you could also schedule a one-time boot-time defrag with UltraDefrag to increase the performance of the computer even more. The boot-time defrag can be set to run every time (for installations of the app) or a one-time boot-time defrag (perfect for the portable version).
Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with Windows.
Boot time defrag.
I would really like if there was a boot time page file/hibernation file defrag on a portable app. Maybe if you set bios to accept flash drive to run at boot time, it would launch a small OS (maybe something like DOS) and make the defrag. I know it must be hard, but that´s a possibility.
Anyway, a normal defrag prog would be useless, since it already comes with Windows.
cya!
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well i'm sure it can be done but this site doesn't really do bootable apps. a defrag program wouldn't be useless because JkDefrag is better and faster than the windows defrag plus vista doesn't have a manual defrag, only an automatic one.
"defrag for the registry and
"defrag for the registry and page file." sounds very useful. I would appreciate if someone would look into this.
actually
JKDefrag can and does defragment the registry files, and virtually everything else, too, for that matter ;)
For the page file, try http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx
But that also involves a reboot, and neither that nor Ultradefrag's boot time pass could ever really be portable, since they involve installing files to the boot volume, making specific registry changes to cause their app to run extremely early in the boot process.
That, in and of itself is extremely non-portable.
You would then need something else that ran later in the boot sequence to clean out the changes above, and clean up itself, which is non-trivial without leaving something behind.