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best defrag for FSX on a hdd

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Hey everyone i ran a search and came up with very little 

 

i'm sure its been beat to death 

 

can you guys recommend a good defrag for fsx on a mechanical hdd

 

thanks 

JHo

Jaime Horton

Hello,

I use Ultimate drefrag since ...and I like it

disktrix.com

 

Hight Perf on the external, Archives on the internal

Emile EBBR Z590 Aorus Elite, i9-11900K 3.5Ghz Nvidia RTX 5070, 32 GB Mem, SSD 3 Tera , 3 monitors Win11 Pro X64 LM P3D V6.1 Little Nav Map Hifisim Nvidia 591.44

Both the Disk Defragmenter, and Disk re-Aligner functions in System Mechanic 10, especially the former when Consolidate Free Space is checked.

O & O defrrag is very good. You can try it out.

Using UltDefrag, too, not the latest version, though.

 

I haven't experienced any problems myself, but heard of users occasionally, who indicated some file corruptions, blamed at UltDefrag.

 

Again, no problems of that kind on my side. To me it's quick, efficient and configurable to my needs.

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Mydefrag is free and I've been using it for years.  It also has an optimize option.

 

IAN

Ryzen 5800X3D, Nvidia RTX5080 - 32 Gig DDR4 RAM, 1TB & 2 TB NVME drives - Windows 11 64 bit MSFS 2024 Premium Deluxe Edition Resolution 2560 x 1440 (32 inch curved monitor)

SmartDefrag, free and actually better than Mydefrag which I used for years also!

I like smart defrag

ATP MEL,CFI,CFII,MEI. Type Ratings B-737, ERJ-190,ERJ-170

 

im using default defrag that comes with Windows.. its enough for me and theres also one that getting very good reviews, from.. creators of CCleaner -> "Defraggler" its freeware i think 

flag_small_russian_federation.png Jaroslav Kolesnikov

UltimateDefrag has a feature that allows you to arrange the files on your partition in alphabetic order, which reduces the initial loading time. However, when actually flying, defragging your HDD or even moving to an SSD makes very little difference. I find the built-in disk defragmenter scheduled to run automatically once a month to be enough.

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UltDefrag

 

1) defrags (amazing!) - just like the Windows default defrag does

2) consolidates - places files close to one another which are used in conjunction with each other

3) optimizes file placement in general - seldom used archive files are placed at the slower inner tracks; frequently used 'high performance' files at the quicker outer tracks

 

Frankly speaking, I can' tell how much #2 and #3 improve the situation over #1 stand-alone.

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I've also been using Defraggler from the creators of CCleaner, for a few years now. Does what it's advertised and fairly simple UI. Also, free. 

Doesn't PMDG recommend O&O Defrag?

 

FaxCap

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