Auslogics Disk Defrag

Probably the most important of the key system (metadata) files that define an NTFS volume, the Master File Table or MFT is the place where information about every file and directory on an NTFS volume is stored. The MFT is in essence a relational database table, containing various attributes about different files. It acts as the 'starting point' and central management feature of an NTFS volume--sort of a 'table of contents' for the volume, if you will. It is somewhat analog to the file allocation table in a FAT partition, but is much more than just a list of used and available clusters.

Currently AusLogics, Inc is working on the MFT defragmentation support, so that your MFT can also be defragmented by the program.

Disk Defrag is absolutely free of charge for home users.

Corporate users can learn about licenses available on the Disk Defrag business page.

Yes, it can. Auslogics Disk Defrag supports the following Windows versions:

Windows XP with SP2 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

It does not support Windows 2000, 95, 98, 98SE or Windows ME.

Yes, Disk Defrag supports command line and has a scheduler.

The command line tool is called 'cdefrag.exe' and can be found in the program folder once you download and install the program.

Home users may find that they are more comfortable with the feature-rich built-in scheduler. Run the program, then click on View in the program menu and select Scheduled Defragmentation.

Sometimes Disk Defrag skips certain files because they are locked by another running program. Common solution would be to exit all running applications when you defragment your disk. Some files (MFT, etc.) are skipped because they are system files and cannot be defragmented by this program.

Disk Defrag also needs a contiguous disk space for each file to be defragmented. If your disk has a lot of free space, but it is broken into small free space intervals, Disk Defrag is unable to defragment some of the large files (such as movies, etc.). To tackle this problem, you can run 'Defrag & Optimize' mode. It will consolidate free space into a contiguous block and defragment even the largest files on your disks.

Disk Defrag can defragment hard drives with as little as 1% of free space available. However, better results can be achieved if there is at least 10% of free space on the disk.

Yes. Disk Defrag is supplied with a powerful engine that allows defragmenting multi-terabyte drives.

Unlike simple defragmentation, 'Defrag & Optimize' mode applies several optimization techniques:

- Free space consolidation

- System files smart placement*

- Moving regular files from the MFT Reserved Zone to the rest of the disk space

*This feature is disabled by default. You can enable it under the Algorithms tab in the program settings.