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MyDefrag: The disk defragmenter formerly known as JkDefrag

MyDefrag
JkDefrag is a popular disk defragmenting utility for for Windows that can analyze and optimize your hard disk performance. But JkDefrag was retired recently. Or rather, the name was. The new version, which was released last week is called MyDefrag, and the latest version includes support for additional languages, and a bunch of bug fixes.

MyDefrag actually offers a handful of different tools, that let you perform actions including analyzing your disks, defragmenting, or optimizing them. The program is faster and more customizable than the built-in Windows defrag utility. And it offers a ton of statistics as it defragments, along with a rather busy looking visualization. You can zoom in on the visualization by clicking on the screen, though.

While the software was based on JkDefrag, MyDefrag includes a new set of command line parameters and is no longer compatible with older versions of JkDefrag. You can find a complete list of changes by reading the release notes of MyDefrag 4.0 as well as the 12 beta versions that preceded it.

[via Filehippo]

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware, Open Source

JkDefrag GUI: Windows screen saver lets you defragment your hard drive

jkDefrag GUIJkDefrag is a powerful open source disk defragmentation tool. But it's a command line utility, which isn't everyone's cup of tea.

That's where JkDefrag GUI comes in. As you could probably guess from the "GUI," the program is a graphical user interface for JkDeFrag. The utility makes it easy to customize your defragmentation tasks, with a variety of options.

You can analyze your hard drive usage, defragment, and/or arrange files on the disk. You can schedule regular defragmenting tasks. And our personal favorite trick is that you can set jkDefrag as your screen saver. When your computer's been idle for a few moments the utility will kick in and start optimizing your hard disk. Seeing as most monitors don't really need "saving" these days, it's a pretty good use of your spare CPU cycles.

You can run JkDefrag GUI as a standalone application, or use the options under the installer tab to install the program and screen saver.

[via freeware genius]

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