Archive for September, 2009

Defraggler is a simple and user friendly utility that allows you to defragment your disk entirely, or just a folder or file.  Defragmenting lets you reorganize the fragmented files on your disk to improve performance.  In this tutorial we will familiarize ourselves with the interface and learn how to defragment with the software.
 Discovery Interface

 Defraggler The interface is divided into three parts:
menu bar allows you to run defragmentation on your disk, folder, or file (Action menu), and you can configure Defraggler (Settings menu), …
Below this bar, you have the list of units that you can defragment,
Just below, you have information on the status of your disk, the list of files fragmented … Looking at the diagram you can see the non-fragmented (in blue), and broken parts (in red) so you can see the status of your disk.  To see the legend of this chart, click Help, click Caption diagram of the disc.

 Analyze your hard drive

 Before defragmenting, it is important and interesting to see the status of your hard drive and see if defragmentation is necessary.  To do this, click the Scan button and wait until the end of this process.  At the end of this process, look at the chart to see the fragmented parts (red squares).  For a list of files you need to defragment, click the List of fragmented files.

Defraggler avec Defraggler

 To defragment a disk in full, you simply click the Defragment button, or click the Action menu, then click the Defragment option disk.  Depending on the size and condition of your hard drive, this process will take more or less time.

 Defraggler also allows you to defrag just one file or a file so you do not run the defragment the entire disk and thus save time.  To defragment a file, click the Action menu, then click Defragment a file.  In the window that appears, use the tree to find the file to defragment, and then when you found it click it and press the OK button.  To defragment a file, the method is virtually identical: click the Action menu, then click Defragment a file. It’ll just choose to defragment the file and click Open to defragment.

 You can also defragment files from the list of files fragmented.  To do this, click the List of fragmented files, select the files you want, then click the Defragment button checked files.  If no files are checked, while the disc is defragmented.

 Set Defraggler

 Defraggler has options that let you configure the software: so click on the Settings menu, then Options.  You can change the language, exclude files or folders, schedule defragmentation, … In this menu, you can also check the option Turn off computer after the defragmentation, and choose the priority of this program during its execution .

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