RejZoR - Power Defragmenter 3.0 released!

Power Defragmenter 3.0 released!

Monday, 1. September 2008, 22:39:29

defragment, defrag, sysinternals, power, defragmenter, contig

This is my quite well known defragmenter based on Microsoft/Sysinternals Contig core.
They provide the core component, the heart of defragmentation process, i've provided the user interface for it. And so far users just love it. It's not perfect but it's close.
Also a winner of 4 stars at SoftPedia.
Now enough of the bable talk and self compliments hehe

Power Defragmenter 3.0 screenshot

Whats new in version 3.0?
- Simplified Contig download and setup (now almost fully automatic)
- Removed PowerMode(TM) because of compatibility problems with Windows Vista
- Introduced TriplePass(TM) mode replacing obsolete PowerMode(TM)*
- Added ability to defragment removable drives (mostly floppy and USB hard drives**)
- Fixed few glitches
- New Vista style graphics

* TripleMode(TM) runs Contig in 3 passes defragmenting any remaining fragmented files
** don't use on USB flash and SSD drives as they are basically immune to the file fragmentation due to almost non existent access latency. Defragmenting flash devices also decreases their lifetime.

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Comments

Anonymous # 2. September 2008, 00:40

majoMo writes:

I can't open the .zip file...
WinRar/7-Zip say it's corrupted.
Can you test it? Thanks.

rejzor # 2. September 2008, 06:00

ZIP archive has no errors when extracting. It seems it got corrupted during download. Try re-downloading it (and clear browser cache before doing this).

Anonymous # 2. September 2008, 12:07

majoMo writes:

Download it now.
All is ok.
Thanks.

Anonymous # 3. September 2008, 03:30

Wyrmrider writes:

Hi
W95-98 ME support?
how does it compare with Speeddisk for W98-ME
thanks
Wyrmrider

rejzor # 3. September 2008, 07:58

Unfortunately, no. Only Windows NT systems are supported.
This is a limitation of Contig, not my GUI.
So it will work on starting with Windows NT 4.0 and greater.
For Win9x systems i recommend using Diskeeper 7 Lite.
It used to be the fastest free defragmenter at that time.

Anonymous # 3. September 2008, 17:42

wyrmrider writes:

Thanks I'll check it out
however been using Speedisk since dos days so...
at the time it was better than MS program
I could move my files and folders to the front etc and move little used files to the end
since NT everyone has essentially used the same engine as far as I can tell
I do have several W2K systems and will give your system a shot
thanks for the info on Diskeeper 7 lite

in the security code is that a 0 or an O :)
better put my glasses on

Anonymous # 6. September 2008, 09:26

s|b writes:

Thanks! Great program.

Anonymous # 8. September 2008, 07:19

Anonymous writes:

thanks for this

Anonymous # 11. September 2008, 23:24

Anonymous writes:

I have Contig installed, but your installation program does not recognize that it is. Where does it expect it to be ??

rejzor # 12. September 2008, 19:22

Power Defragmenter downloads the file by itself. Otherwise contig.exe has to be in the same folder as power defragmenter.

Heathen Dan # 13. September 2008, 00:42

Thanks for the update! I didn't know Powermode is incompatible with Vista, I've been using it regularly in my Vista machines. Cheers!

Anonymous # 14. September 2008, 00:05

kellyjones34@yahoo.com writes:

Windows defrag has an analyze mode which then gives you a list of files which are fragmented. Or it also gives you a list of files it couldn't defrag after running defrag. Wouldn't it be faster to run defrag, obtain this list and then pipe this through Power Defragmenter rather than running it against the entire drive?

Even if that doesn't make sense...
The interface gives me the ability to defrag single files or directories. Why not a file list?

Just a thought.

Anonymous # 14. September 2008, 10:14

Anonymous writes:

Hello

Support Vista 64 ????

rejzor # 14. September 2008, 10:22

Yes, Vista 64bit is supported.

Anonymous # 14. September 2008, 18:19

Anonymous writes:

Are you sure that Vista 64 is supported ???

rejzor # 15. September 2008, 10:18

I'm using Vista x64 as my primary and only OS. So yeah, i'm 120% positive.

Anonymous # 19. September 2008, 06:22

mickey writes:

I originally ran , I think 2.0.125 PowDefrag, which gave results after finishing in DOS Prompt window.
Am I doing something wrong, or is this feature na in 3.0?

Thanks,
Mick
I`ve looked, and Power Defrag is the ONLY worthwhile defragmenter for Vista!

Anonymous # 3. October 2008, 16:30

Charles Langer writes:

Any speed comparison between Power Defragmenter and Defraggler?

Anonymous # 5. October 2008, 19:52

Anonymous writes:

I'm using this tool for a long time now.
I know it's not your core, but even though you only made the GUI I'm thankful to you for introducing me with the best defragmenter tool!

Anonymous # 8. October 2008, 16:11

TravisO writes:

Thanks for keeping the GUI up to date, a great little app and a must have for contig fans! I've been using it for years, and will continue to do so years from now.

Anonymous # 11. October 2008, 04:20

Anonymous writes:

good

pfelelep # 14. October 2008, 14:55

oh my god YOU are the author of Power Defragmenter???
i've been using it for a while, thanks so much!

Anonymous # 15. October 2008, 07:26

Anonymous writes:

This is the fastest defrag I have used and seems solid. Many thanks to the author and to those who maintain contig ;)

OperaIsGreat # 15. October 2008, 21:03

oh my god YOU are the author of Power Defragmenter???
i've been using it for a while, thanks so much!

Seems to be true...

Thanks for your work!

Anonymous # 30. October 2008, 20:40

Hellenic Force writes:

Great Tool!
Better than jkDefrag!

Anonymous # 31. October 2008, 20:49

Will writes:

How can I schedule this to come on and run on a schedule like windows default program. It runs but comes up needing additional info ( "Next", "which drive?").

I just want it to go directly to defragging the C: drive, that is all.

Anonymous # 1. November 2008, 17:50

Anonymous writes:

I downloaded the file and uncompressed it in a folder. I put Contig.exe in the same folder and then I run it.

But every time I run the GUI, it creates a folders in C:\Documents and Settings\ \Local setting\Temp\~setuptmp , with increasing number . I cannot remove those folders. How can I solve this?

Thanks!

rejzor # 1. November 2008, 20:56

Thats by design unfortunatelly and cannot be removed.
However those folders can be easily deleted when Power Defragmenter is not running.

Anonymous # 4. November 2008, 21:25

bz writes:

can you add option to specify exclude folder/files

Anonymous # 13. November 2008, 21:12

Moumoudiouf writes:

Power Defragmenter does it use the same method that the defragmentation utility in Windows Vista?

Can I use both without them negate their effects?

rejzor # 14. November 2008, 08:16

I don't think they use same defrag engines though it's possible since Sysinternals are now part of Microsoft.
There should also be no negative effects as far as i can tell.

Anonymous # 24. November 2008, 21:54

Anonymouse writes:

rejzor,

first of all, thanks for your great work!!!! I don't use any other defragmenting tools since PD ver 2* + Contig.
It will be great if you can recommend us any Scandisk Tool that can replace the Windows built-in version. TQ.

rejzor # 25. November 2008, 01:25

I see no reason to use anything else really. The Windows one works great.
There is one tool named PC Health Optimizer (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pchealthfree.html) but i think it's pretty much the same thing as Windows one just with nice GUI. If it finds errors it runs usual CHKDSK anyway.

Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 05:40

RJ writes:

Is there a command line verson of this tool for use? I would like to automate my defrags.

Thanks

Anonymous # 13. January 2009, 16:59

hitman36 writes:

Hi Rejzor,

I received this error when start to defrag:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:BEX
Application Name:Contig.exe
Application Version:1.55.0.0
Application Timestamp:48e2df1a
Fault Module Name:Contig.exe
Fault Module Version:1.55.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:48e2df1a
Exception Offset:00002f63
Exception Code:c0000409
Exception Data:00000000
OS Version:6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.6
Locale ID:1057
Additional Information 1:7915
Additional Information 2:c2785c6cf744687122d869ff39850a96
Additional Information 3:4997
Additional Information 4:4116b95f22ee95b7e30eb8f9d0b28dc2

Read our privacy statement:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409

Any ideas why?

Anonymous # 17. January 2009, 06:00

Anonymous writes:

I have run contig.exe with Power Defragmenter 3 and it does not defragment my harddrive. It runs for about 10 minutes and stops saying it is complete. I run analyze with windows and diskeeper and both say my drive is still extremely defragmented. I never had a problem with 2.0. I think there is something wrong with this program. Does anyone have any ideas?

Anonymous # 21. January 2009, 01:54

Anonymous writes:

hi this program has been running for four hours now defragging 200gb is this normal

Anonymous # 30. January 2009, 02:34

Return To Future writes:

Would someone please email me an older version of contig.exe or contig.zip which works on Windows NT 4.0...

Thank you

NT-forever@34.ca

Anonymous # 11. February 2009, 03:15

Avery writes:

Can you stop the defrag process midway? I've been going for two days now, and its less than halfway done from my estimates

rejzor # 11. February 2009, 06:55

Just close the console window.

Anonymous # 12. February 2009, 18:00

Anonymous writes:

It is a great program, way faster than built-in windows defrag. I am currently using it on my vista-64. The only problem I have is everytime I close the powerdefrag, the program compatibility assistant pops up. Does anyone know why?

rejzor # 12. February 2009, 18:47

Thats a stupid Vista feature. Just find out its service and disable it.

StePe47 # 19. April 2009, 09:09

Upon cleaning the disk with CCleaner and cleaning the register, I restarted the PC (XP SP2 system) and launched PowerDefragmenter - it's probably doing a fine work though I cannot tell since it's just an endlessly scrolling DOS window, but for sure it takes ages to complete and the disk is only 180GB total, of which more than 30GB are free. Too slow.

rejzor # 19. April 2009, 10:03

Or maybe your disk is just too fragmented even if it's just 180GB...

Anonymous # 6. June 2009, 14:40

Anonymous writes:

Power Defragmenter 3.0 runs on two seperate Vista Business machines then stops with the following error:

Problem Event Name:BEX
Application Name:Contig.exe
Application Version:1.55.0.0
Application Timestamp:48e2df1a
Fault Module Name:Contig.exe
Fault Module Version:1.55.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:48e2df1a
Exception Offset:00002f63
Exception Code:c0000409
Exception Data:00000000
OS Version:6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.6
Locale ID:2057
Additional Information 1:7915
Additional Information 2:c2785c6cf744687122d869ff39850a96
Additional Information 3:4997
Additional Information 4:4116b95f22ee95b7e30eb8f9d0b28dc2

Read our privacy statement:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409

Any way to correct this!

rejzor # 6. June 2009, 15:40

Contact ex Sysinternals guys (now Microsoft). They are the makers of Contig. I just made the GUI.