Auslogics disk defrag prefetch. How to speed up work using the IObit Smart Defrag program

Hello People Smart Defrag belongs to a class of programs that are aimed at improving the performance of your computer. To be more precise, Smart Defrag performs one main task is the optimization of your hard drive. She seems to speed it up, but don’t think, this is not a scam, there really is some truth here. And that’s why this program will give a really noticeable effect only on those computers where there is a lot of junk, that is, all sorts of programs and no hard drive optimization procedures have been carried out for a long time..

But what is this defragmentation anyway? I won’t burden you with any terms or heavy information. I'll say this. A file can be written to disk not entirely, but in parts. Then the hard drive will have to read the file from several places. This is longer than if the hard one counted from one place. In order to collect the parts of the file into one and so that it is placed on the disk in this way, defragmentation is needed. It’s better to use third-party software for this, because the standard Windows defragmenter seems to me not the best solution...

So, I launched Smart Defrag and saw this window:

Here you can immediately start the defragmentation process, there is some kind of smart defragmentation. I clicked smart defragmentation, this is how the work progress is displayed:

The result of the work is displayed as follows:

I clicked the View Report button to see what it was doing there. A browser opens with a report page, everything is written here conveniently:

Well, then I clicked the Finish button to exit this process, so to speak.

If you hover your mouse over the Smart defragmentation button, but slightly to the side, to the right, the following menu will appear:

That is, as you can see, there are several types of defragmentation.

On the Boot Defragmentation tab, I recommend checking all the boxes. But it’s true that everything won’t work out because some of them only work in the paid version. Here is this tab and these checkboxes:

There’s just one more thing I want to say. There is no need to enable defragmentation when loading if you constantly download something, for example movies... Then, every time you turn on the computer, defragmentation will start and it will optimize large files, that is, your new movies, for example. And this can take a lot of time.. If you download movies not to the system drive, then click on this Configuration tab and exclude all drives there, leaving only the system one. This will reduce defragmentation time, but at the same time the system will work quickly. For me personally, such subsequent defragmentation (supporting, so to speak) of the system disk takes about a minute.

Here is the Game Optimization tab:

To be honest, I don’t quite understand what this means. But I think that the whole trick is that after you have added the game, Smart Defrag begins some kind of optimization of the game files... that is, it places them in fast areas of the disk so that the game itself works better. But if in fact the program doesn’t do this, then it’s in vain, because it would actually be logical. And the effect would also be noticeable.

There is nothing interesting on the Action Center tab, because there they simply offer you to download software from IObit..

To open the settings, you must first click on this button:

And then select Settings:

Here is the settings window:

This means that you can configure it here. On the General Settings tab, you can uncheck the box to prevent the program from starting with Windows.

On the Auto Analysis tab, you can disable disk analysis after some time has passed. In reality it looks like this: after a couple of minutes of not using the computer, hard drive may start to actively do something... and some disks are a little noisy, well, in general, this may ultimately irritate you

On the Disk Cleanup tab, you can enable additional types debris that needs to be removed.

Well, in general, something like this. In the menu where there is a Settings item, you can change the theme (skins):

This is what Smart Defrag looks like in a light design:

When Windows boots, defragmentation will take place (if it is enabled), you will see something like this:

Well, it seems like we have more or less figured out the program.

I have a feeling that the whole IObit family seems to be aimed at only one thing - to make money

It seems to me that it will be even better than Smart Defrag...

How to completely remove Smart Defrag from your computer?

Well, if you didn’t like this program, then I understand you, it needs to be removed. But you need to do it correctly, or better yet, remove the remaining debris...

Advanced users can use a tool such as, which will both remove the program and clean the system after that, so I recommend

Well, now how to remove it using built-in tools. Open the Start menu and select Control Panel there (if you have Windows 10, then press Win + X and this item will be there):

Launch the Programs and Features icon:

In the list of software we find Smart Defrag, right-click and select Delete:

In the next window, click No, I want a full uninstall:

That's it, then Smart Defrag will be instantly removed from your computer.

It is not necessary to clean out the garbage manually, but I personally recommend doing it. How to remove unnecessary garbage keys and remaining files, I wrote here in. Only there I talked about removing Avast and looking for garbage using the word avast, and you are looking for the word iobit

In general, good luck to you guys, I hope that I told and wrote everything correctly...

25.06.2016

WITH step-by-step installation one of the best, free and Russified, third-party defragmenters - Auslogics Disk Defrag- we figured it out in the review. It's time to familiarize yourself with the functionality of the program through the top menu bar.

Basic defragmentation modes- three (see paragraph "Action"):

• "Defragmentation of the selected " - with analysis of the selected logical drive(s);
• "Defragmentation and optimization " - the most “advanced” mode, which we will talk about a little later;
• "Quick defragmentation of the selected(without analysis)" - no comments, because everything is clear.

There is a separate " Analysis of the selected", without defragmenting the disk(s). In addition, in the menu item "Action" select "Advanced" and we see that with the same modes you can defragment any folders and files(see first screenshot). There, through the options " Checking the selection" And " Checking and correcting the selection"it is possible to run a system utility to diagnose and correct file system errors CHKDSK, which I wrote about in " Checking the hard drive and file system: Windows OS utility CHKDSK". If necessary, in the main window of the Disk List program you can activate the bonus " Shut down PC after defragmentation".

In the menu item "Settings" there is a "Task Scheduler" (also opens through the item " View" → "Scheduled defragmentation "or, the simplest, by clicking on the clock icon in the blue panel - see the screenshot below). By checking the box next to " Defragment automatically", we get access to custom modes " When the computer is idle", "Every day", "Every week" and "Every month".

For convenience, in Auslogics Disk Defrag after preliminary analysis of the selected file / folder / logical drives, with support for multi-terabyte drives - you can view it by clicking the mouse, detailed information for the block of clusters of interest: number and list of files (including fragmented ones); number of fragments for each file by name; size and location of files on disk. Detailed view of file system service data ( MFT-zone) is not possible, but there is an option to search for a file by name in the selected cluster block (screenshot). It is possible to change the style and color scheme of this disk map through the menu bar item " Settings " → "Program settings " → "Disk map ".

The menu item "Advanced" does not carry any useful information on the topic, because click on sub-items " Optimize your computer" And " Protect your computer from viruses" will lead to the opening of official pages in your main (default) web browser with an offer to download other products from Auslogics Software Pty Ltd. - Auslogics BoostSpeed ​​and Auslogics Antivirus, respectively. The programs are not the most rated, so we “download” at will (the author of this is not did).

Under the menu bar item "Help" you can find options like " Technical support" (with a contact form on the developers' website) or " Check for updates". And, having gone through the functionality of the utility, let's move on to the most important thing - practice. Having assessed the defragmentation modes, let's remember the two most popular:

• "Defragmentation of the selected " / "Defrag Selected" – time-saving mode, it can be used more often than the next one;
• " Defragmentation and optimization(use once a week)" / " Defrag & Optimize (slower, use once a week)" – recommended advanced mode, maximum forportable -version to which in the installed versionAuslogics Disk Defragmust be added two options: "Delete temporary files before defragmentation " + " Move system files to the beginning of the disk ", with confirmation with the " buttonOK " (see menu item " Settings " → "Program settings " → "Algorithm"). The use of this mode “once a week” is not a dogma, but out of necessity, and usually less often than prescribed by the developers, which primarily concernsWindows 7, where the file system defragmentation process is automated by default.

Hi all! I'll tell you about one of the most popular programs for defragmenting a hard drive - Auslogik Disk Defrag, which first analyzes the drive for fragmentation, and then performs its main action. Defragmentation is not done without analysis, and analysis in turn is useless without the defragmentation process.

You can work with individual sections of the hard drive and the necessary files and folders. the application interacts with FAT 16, FAT 32 and NTFS, as in 32-bit operating system, and in 64-bit. Optimizes hard drives larger than 1 TB.

Auslogics Disk Defrag has higher quality and faster defragmentation procedures than the standard Windows defragmenter and most similar programs. During the defragmentation process, Auslogics Disk Defrag optimizes the location of individual parts of files as much as possible, and also performs preventative work to prevent future fragmentation of files into fragments, by organizing them, and defragmenting free space.

Special attention is given to system files, since the speed of the computer primarily depends on them. The program optimizes their location, moving them to a faster part of the disk.

It is very convenient to monitor the defragmentation process, since the program uses graphical display of statistics on the screen in dynamics.

Task Scheduler

Auslogics Disk Defrag has a built-in task scheduler. This is a very relevant function, since the defragmentation process is quite lengthy and consumes a lot of system resources, although in this regard Auslogics Disk Defrag has an advantage over other similar programs.

Therefore, it is advisable to schedule defragmentation when the computer is idle, for example at night, or when the user is away from home. You can also configure regular automatic disk defragmentation.

How to use

The application is capable of not only simply organizing more disk space and performing standard defragmentation. The utility's capabilities include changing the location of files using several methods.

In the first case, the application will arrange the files by access time, i.e. Data that was recently used will go to the fast area of ​​the disk. You can also arrange files by modification time, at which time the recently updated data will receive best location. In addition, you can sort files according to the Prefetch Layout criterion, which allows you to arrange the data in such a way that it will allow the system to speed up.

Having made a choice, the application can be defragmented at the user's request, using a scheduler, in which the process will begin automatically. In addition, you can use the Offline Defrag option, which is activated before Windows startup and begins defragmenting the main system settings.

Using the Auto Defrag option, the utility will work in the background and be activated when the operating system wants to quickly correct fragmentation errors. At the same time, the program works unnoticed and does not load the operating system.

Application of resources

The program uses PC system resources sparingly, as well as user time. It is possible to carry out defragmentation in different modes: the specified segment, together with optimization, in accelerated mode. The operating system load level depends on the selected mode. However, the program is quite simple and lightweight, so you can easily do other things without noticing that defragmentation is running.

Using this application, you can scan disks for errors or delete temporary files before starting to work. In addition, it is possible to configure lower-level elements, which will allow for more efficient defragmentation by the selected algorithm.

Setting up the interface is quite simple. In addition, you can set special rules for working with disks. It is also possible to replace the regular operating system defragmenter.

Despite having a huge number of functions, the application is quite simple. Some complex settings may be offered only if you wish to use them. If you don’t want to bother too much, you can activate the Defrag Wizard, which, after a few questions, will do everything for the user.

It is worth noting that you need to become familiar with the application gradually.

As mentioned earlier, the application can arrange files on the hard drive based on recent access or update time.

However, you won't be able to see these options right away. You need to search for them yourself and run them manually. It's not difficult at all, but it does require some extra effort. It is worth noting that the application does not provide proper assistance to the user.

The first defragmentation procedure can take quite a long time. When using the Prefetch Layout option on a 200 GB hard drive, the process can take about seven hours. However, since the application is light in weight, you can safely continue working on your computer.

This duration of the first defragmentation is due to the significant volume of work performed. But after this, the system startup time may decrease by several seconds. Some applications and browsers will launch up to 10% faster. After this procedure, standard defragmentation will take place in a matter of seconds.

The utility itself does not require special knowledge to use, and the defragmentation process is automatic, but it takes quite a lot of time, so it is not worth doing this often.

Launch the Auslogics Disk Defrag program via a shortcut on the desktop.

After loading, the utility will automatically analyze all hard drives and create a map of the current state of the files, according to which you need to decide on the need for defragmentation (red dots are bad, white and green dots are good).

It's easy to improve your computer's performance!
Click on the desired disk (or select several) and select one of four operations through the menu: analysis, defragmentation, defragmentation and optimization, quick defragmentation (without analysis).

Each function is used depending on the situation. Regular analysis and quick defragmentation will not take much time, but will give a small result, while full-fledged defragmentation and additional optimization will solve almost all problems of the hard drive, but will require much more than a few hours.

If the process takes a long time, you can use the “After completion” checkbox, which will automatically close the program, turn off the PC or put it into sleep mode (hibernation) after defragmentation is complete. The option allows you to leave the computer overnight.
All the necessary information about the progress of the disk is in the table, where it changes in real time along with a map of the current state of the files. The redistribution process can always be stopped or paused.

To defragment specific folders or files, just go to the “Action” menu, select “Advanced”, and then click on “Defragment file…” or “Defragment folder…”.

At the bottom of the main window, all information about the system and hard drives (including SMART status) is available.

Free and paid version

It's easy to improve your computer's performance! Defragmenting a hard drive with Auslogics Disk Defrag The Auslogics Disk Defrag Free utility is distributed absolutely free, so the developers actively supply it with a variety of advertisements, which will appear every now and then while it is running.

However, the creators always offer to try the professional version of this program, which requires the purchase of a license.

Let's get acquainted with the functionality of the Auslogics Disk Defrag program through the top menu bar:

There are three main defragmentation modes (see paragraph "Action"):

"Defragmentation of selected" - with analysis of the selected logical disk(s);

“Defragmentation and optimization” is the most “advanced” mode, which we will talk about a little later;

"Quick defragmentation of the selected (without analysis)" - no comments, because everything is clear.

There is a separate “Analysis of the selected”, without defragmenting the disk(s).

In addition, in the “Action” menu item, select “Advanced” and see that with the same modes you can defragment any folders and files:

There, through the options “Checking the selected” and “Checking and fixing the selected”, it is possible to run the system utility for diagnosing and correcting errors in the CHKDSK file system, which I wrote about in the post in Checking the disk using standard Windows tools

If necessary, in the main window of the "List of Disks" program, you can activate the bonus "Turn off PC after defragmentation".

In the "Settings" menu item there is a "Task Scheduler" (it can also be opened through the item "View" → "Scheduled defragmentation" or, most simply, by clicking on the clock icon in the blue panel - see the screenshot below).

By checking the box next to “Defragment automatically,” we get access to customizable modes: “When the computer is idle,” “Every day,” “Every week,” and “Every month.”

For convenience, in Auslogics Disk Defrag, after a preliminary analysis of the selected file / folder / logical disk(s), with support for multi-terabyte disks, you can view, by clicking the mouse, detailed information on the cluster block of interest: the number and list of files ( including fragmented); number of fragments for each file by name; size and location of files on disk.

A detailed view of file system service data (MFT zones) is impossible, but there is an option to search for a file by name in the selected cluster block.

It is possible to change the style and color scheme of this disk map through the menu bar item "Settings" → "Program Settings" → "Disk Map".

The "Advanced" menu item does not provide any useful information on the topic, because... Clicking on the sub-items “Optimize your computer” and “Protect your computer from viruses” will lead to the opening of official pages in your main (default) web browser with an offer to download other products from Auslogics Software Pty Ltd. - Auslogics BoostSpeed ​​and Auslogics Antivirus respectively. The programs are not the highest rated in their class, so we “download” them at will (it’s better not to do this).

Under the “Help” menu bar item, you can find options that the user needs such as “Technical Support” (with a contact form on the developers’ website) or “Check for updates.”

And, having gone through the functionality of the utility, let's move on to the most important thing - practice. There is nothing complicated here: After starting the program in the main window, you can select from the Action menu the mode for analyzing or defragmenting disks, an individual file or folder, configure (if desired) some program parameters, or you can immediately select the action - Defragmentation.

To perform disk analysis, click on the triangle next to the “Defragmentation” button and select the required action from the menu.

Illustrating the defragmentation process, the program will sparkle like a Christmas tree. For each disk it is displayed current state and processed in at the moment sections.

To decipher the color assignments, hover your mouse over the corresponding square.
The program works very quickly and upon completion of defragmentation it will provide a “report on the work done”:

Having assessed the defragmentation modes, let us remember the two most popular:

“Defragmentation of selected” / “Defrag Selected” is a time-saving mode, it can be used more often than the next one;

“Defragmentation and optimization (use once a week)” / “Defrag & Optimize (slower, use once a week)” – recommended “advanced” mode (maximum for the portable version). Using this “once a week” mode is not a dogma, but out of necessity, and usually less frequently than prescribed by the developers, which primarily applies to Windows 7, where the file system defragmentation process is automated by default.

In the installed version of Auslogics Disk Defrag, two more options will be added: “Delete temporary files before defragmentation” + “Move system files to the beginning of the disk”, confirmed with the “OK” button (see the menu item “Settings” → “Program settings” → “ Algorithm").

The main differences between Auslogics Disk Defrag Pro and Free:

support for SSD drives;

advanced optimization and defragmentation master;

a special operating mode that prevents any file fragmentation;

advanced configuration of the built-in task scheduler;

increased number of performance reports;

ability to save logs in different formats;

special optimization algorithms;

Main characteristics of Auslogics Disk Defrag:

File system optimization. Move system files to faster parts of the hard drive.

Consolidation of free space. Auslogics Disk Defrag prevents fragmentation by combining free zones into one contiguous block.

Opportunity automatic start programs during system downtime. Work in the background.

Flexible task scheduler. Disk defragmentation will be much more useful if it is done regularly.

The ability to defragment a single file or folder, which can be useful if you don’t have time for a complete defragmentation.

Support for multi-terabyte volumes. Ability to work with multi-terabyte disks or multiple disks simultaneously.

List of fragmented files. Auslogics Disk Defrag analyzes the hard drive and compiles a list of files to be organized.

Multilingual interface.

Pros

Ease of use;

High defragmentation speed;

More high level defragmentation than the standard Windows tool;

Consumes relatively few system resources;

Multilingual (32 languages, including Russian);

Availability of a portable version;

The program is absolutely free.

Cons

When installing the utility, you may accidentally install unwanted software;

Works only on Windows operating system.

Download the latest version of Auslogics Disk Defrag for free from the official website

If your computer has a mechanical drive on rotating hard drives, then as it fills with information it will work slower and slower. This occurs due to fragmentation of files on the disk. And if you do not take any measures, this will lead to a tenfold decrease in the reading speed of some files. But file operations are the slowest operation, which, even under ideal conditions, is the biggest bottleneck affecting performance. And therefore, any slowdown in reading or writing leads to downtime in the computer. After all, the processor and RAM instead of working for full power, are used only for a couple of percent, the rest of the time waiting for data to arrive from the slow drive. To avoid this sad situation, it is necessary to periodically perform an operation to defragment files. If the hard drive is heavily fragmented, then such an operation can increase the performance of the computer several times. For these purposes, you can use the standard defragmentation program built into Windows. But it does not have any settings and for this reason is not always convenient to use. Therefore, many users prefer to use third-party programs, which have many more features. One such program is a popular hard drive defragmenter called Auslogics Disk Defrag. This program has a completely free version, which is most often enough to solve everyday problems.

Why does file fragmentation occur?

Any information storage device is an address space. Those. By specifying the address of a cell or sector, you can read or write information to it. The address is usually the numeric number of the memory cell. Therefore, in fact, one drive is a long tape of cells, numbered from zero to N bytes. When the first file is written to an empty drive, it is written to the very beginning of the drive. The second file is written immediately after the first. And so on. If programs only wrote files and did not erase them, then fragmentation would not occur. The files would be written entirely one after another until the free space on the disk runs out. This is exactly the case with optical discs - you can write and append files to them, but you cannot erase them. And there is no fragmentation there.

But in real work, files are often deleted. And therefore, empty areas of very different sizes are formed on the disk in various places. When new files are written to disk, these spaces are used. And since the sizes of the new files do not coincide at all with the sizes of the resulting voids, many files cannot be recorded continuously, in one piece. In this case, only part of the file is written to the first free area. The next part of the file is written to the second free area. And so the process of filling free areas continues until the entire file is written. As a result, it turns out that file fragments are scattered across the disk. Hence the name of the phenomenon - “fragmentation”. In order to read all these fragments, the read head of the disk is forced to move repeatedly. And since each such movement leads to a significant time delay, the speed of file processing decreases sharply.

The situation is even worse when periodic additions to the file occur. Each such addition occurs in a new place that happens to be free. And if during normal copying of files the number of fragments can be in the tens, then with regular addition the number of fragments can be several hundred, and sometimes even a couple of thousand. To correct this sad situation, the so-called hard drive defragmentation.

Installing and running a defragmentation program

To download Auslogics Disk Defrag, just go to official page program and click the “Download” button.

As a result, in a few seconds all the necessary files will be installed and the program will start automatically.

Initial situation analysis

When defragmenting a hard drive, a large amount of information is moved, which takes a lot of time. Therefore, before starting the process, you should evaluate its feasibility and select the most optimal mode of operation of the program.

First, you need to select the logical drives for analysis by checking them and unchecking the remaining drives.

After this, select the “Analysis” operation from the drop-down menu.

The same can be done using the main menu item “Action / Analyze selected”. Once the analysis is complete, a map of the status of the disk clusters and the fragmentation percentage (i.e., what portion of the used disk capacity contains fragmented files) will be displayed.

In the files tab, you can view in detail which files are stored in the form of fragments and how many of these fragments each file has. Moreover, if you select the desired file in the list, the clusters used to store it will be highlighted on the map.

By clicking on the column headings you can sort files by name, path, size and degree of fragmentation. This helps to fully evaluate the picture, even if the number of files in the list is in the thousands.

Defragmentation Strategies

After viewing the list of the most fragmented files, you can decide how often these files are used and what to do next. In our program for defragmenting a hard drive, the following options are possible:

If all these files are extremely rarely used, the number of fragments is extremely small, and the file size is large, then you don’t have to waste time on defragmenting them. This will have virtually no effect on performance. In this case, a speed increase can be obtained by performing slow optimization, which will consolidate free space by moving all files (even unfragmented ones) to the beginning and end of the disk. This will reduce further fragmentation when writing new files. The optimization mode takes a long time to work, but also gives the best results;

If most of the fragmented files are used at work, and there is no particular need to consolidate free space, then you can select the mode of simple defragmentation of the entire disk, in which the program will transfer data from fragmented files without affecting other files. This mode is much faster;

If you don’t need to defragment all of the files, but only those needed for work, then right in the list of files you can start defragmenting the selected files through the context menu.

Regular defragmentation, as well as full optimization of the selected disk, can be launched both through the “Action” main menu item and through the drop-down menu.

In the file list, defragmentation of individual files can be started by right-clicking and selecting the “Defragment selected” menu item.

It is important to note that in order to successfully process large files, there must be a supply of free space on the disk where these files could be moved entirely. If the amount of free space is less than the file size, then the file will not be defragmented, and in full optimization mode it will be moved in its fragmented state to the end of the disk (so that it does not interfere, so to speak).

Conclusions

With Auslogics Disk Defrag Free, a free hard drive defragmentation program, you can not only do regular hard drive defragmentation, but also perform deep optimization with file redistribution. A separate convenient feature is the defragmentation function of selected files, thanks to which you can significantly reduce the amount of work to the required minimum and thereby save time and computer resources. Thanks to interactive map clusters, you can examine the location of each fragmented file in detail. All these features significantly exceed the capabilities of a standard system defragmentation utility. And you can use them completely free of charge if you download Auslogics Disk Defrag Free and install it on your computer.

Have you ever thought about the question: how to make the OS faster? Will help free program for HDD defragmentation IObit Smart Defrag. Let's take a closer look at how to work with this application.

What is it

The application is configured optimally by the developers. You don’t have to change anything, but I recommend adjusting the operation of some parameters.

Section "Auto-defragmentation"

Edit the “Pause when usage is more than 100%” setting. I recommend setting it to 40. Then the program will not interfere with your work on the PC.

Schedule

Activate it to run the utility on a schedule. Determine the HDD defragmentation method and set up a schedule.

Loading optimization

When downloading, files are fragmented and cannot be moved when the PC is running. To activate this function, set the switch to the “On” position.

On the “Specific” tab, specify which files cannot be fragmented while the system is running.

Before starting the program, clear your PC of unnecessary information: browser cache, temporary and junk files. This will free up space on the HDD. The quality of defragmentation will be higher. Do this in the "Cleaning" section.

How to use the program

The application configures the optimization order for each disk individually. Use the items “Auto-defragmentation”, “Optimization at startup”.
I recommend using the “Smart Defragmentation” button. Click on it and select the desired operating mode of the program. It is proposed to use the following options:

1. Analysis;
2. Defragmentation quickly;
3. Optimization of large files;
4. Optimizing free space on HDD.

Select HDD, then as in the screenshot.

The application will graphically show the status of the files. Look at the number of fragments, the percentage of fragmentation (less is better). The utility will offer a recommendation for action. I was suggested "Defragmentation and Optimization".

Click “Smart defragmentation”, then the suggested option. It will be recommended to clear your PC of unnecessary information.

The defragmentation process takes a long time. Depends on the power of the PC and the capacity of the disk drive.

How to optimize the game

You will notice an increase in gaming performance.

Loading optimization

Set up the configuration, select the areas for which optimization will be performed. The following optimization options are available:

1. Paging and hibernation files;
2. MFT file tables (a database with data on the contents of an NTFS file system volume);
3. System files;
4. Registry.

Conclusion