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Hi ogrfnkl, Try this vbs script file, it had corrected mine before. (Double click after downloading.), (You can check the content, opening it with notepad.) Cheers.

Contig & Power Defragmenter GUI Hi sunny staines, Thanks for Page Defrag from Sysinternals. ClearD989 has mentioned it in the post #2 of this thread and in this post. As I mentioned somewhere else, Sysinternals is bought by Microsoft in July 2006. It is a very useful program together with other programs from Sysinternals. The mother of the defrag programs "Contig.exe" is from them also. You can download Contig version 1.55 (100 KB)from here. Put it to the folder where your command prompt is, and run it in the command prompt window. To make it easier to use, there is a relatively small utility (483 KB) called Power Defragmenter, which enables Contig.exe to be used with GUI. (Graphical User Interface) You can download PowerDefragmenter.zip from here . Just, extract the zip file to the directory of your choice where you should put the Contig.exe together with it. Run "Power Defragmenter GUI.exe" from the same folder where Contig.exe is, and you can defrag a single file, a single folder, multiple files and multiple folders (4 at a time utmost), or the whole disk. Enjoy it!!! Hi ClearD989, As I mentioned in post #1 of this thread, unfortunatellly I don't know the logic of optimize in the recent ISD. My guess is, in the older versions, it was doing defragmentation and free space optimization. About Page defrag, thank you, you recall correctly from #4 post of this thread.:smile: Cheers.

Hi ClearD989, I am positive that IObit is going to put a similar feature in the future in IObit SmartDefrag. I would like to add something to your opinion in this post and in this post in General Discussion of ISD section. Although I agree with you that when different defragmenters are used, different "best placement of the files" algorithms are used, but "defragmentation only" algorithm is the same and it is the same concept that all files are contiguous wherever they are. (No free space defragmentation and optimization) Most probably, your percentage difference came from system files fragmentation, and system restore files' excess size allocation. Cheers.

MFT (Master File Table) defragmentation in Vista Here is another one from Microsoft Technet which is not known to many users: One of the features of the Windows Vista hard disk defragmentation utility is: Master File Table (MFT) defragmentation If the MFT is spread into multiple fragments, the defrag engine can combine the MFT fragments during defragmentation. Cheers.

Browsingenhancer-1.dll dingvirey, Go to this web page and you will find a solution. cheers.

seattletwodogs, Are you telling us that all 5 links shown in the web page that you downloaded the setup file of AWC Personal from are all corrupted, where the link is given in this post (#9) under "AWC 2.60 is available for downloading!!!" thread? I believe, you have a problem with the connection. Try to use a download manager such as "Getright". Cheers.

fsutil dirty query C: solbjerg has reminded me of the command fsutil dirty query. fsutil dirty query, and fsutil dirty set commands are related somehow to defragmentation. Queries to see whether a volume's dirty bit is set. Sets a volume's dirty bit. When a volume's dirty bit is set, autochk automatically checks the volume for errors the next time the computer is restarted. If a volume's dirty bit is set, this indicates that the file system may be in an inconsistent state. The dirty bit can be set because the volume is online and has outstanding changes, because changes were made to the volume and the computer shutdown before the changes were committed to disk, or because corruption was detected on the volume. If the dirty bit is set when the computer restarts, chkdsk runs to verify the consistency of the volume. Every time you start a computer running in Windows XP, Autochk.exe is called by the Kernel to scan all volumes to check if the volume dirty bit is set. If the dirty bit is set, autochk performs an immediate chkdsk /f on that volume. Chkdsk /f verifies file system integrity and attempts to fix any problems with the volume. You cannot defragment volumes that the file system has marked as dirty, which indicates possible corruption. You must run chkdsk on a dirty volume before you can defragment it. You can determine if a volume is dirty by using the fsutil dirty query command. When Windows or a defrag program refuses to do a defragmentation because of the bad sectors, if query parameter first results with dirty disk, and then set parameter later setting the dirty bit, allows for the defragmenter to run. Usage is as below: 1) fsutil dirty query C: Response will be either "Volume C: is dirty" or "Volume C: is not dirty" 2) fsutil dirty set C: Dirty bit on drive C is set to dirty. Thank you solbjerg and cheers.

(Command window "defrag C: -b") Did you know that? Hello guys, Here is how you manually execute what Windows do in every three days. Click "Start" button=>click "Run"=>type defrag C: -b=>click OK or, Click "Start" button=>click "Run"=>type cmd=click OK=>command window=>type defrag C: -b to command prompt=>hit Enter On a Windows XP-based computer, the Layout.ini file is in the %windir%\Prefetch\ folder. The Layout.ini file lists files and directories so that the Windows operating system can reference these files and directories when the operating system starts or when an application starts. The Windows operating system puts these files together on the disk to reduce seek time and to improve performance. The Layout.ini file is updated one time every three days to make the future startup of the Windows operating system and the startup of certain applications more efficient. I knew that the switches below, [-a] Analyze only, [-f] Force defragmentation even if free space is low, [-v] Verbose output (detailed, comprehensive), [-?] Display help text. worked with defrag command, but I didn't know that there existed a [-b] switch Enjoy it!!! Cheers.

Hi solbjerg, I am not sure about the usable area of the hard disk, I think it may also differ from PC to Laptop. But, you are not far away with your calculation, and the writer is talking about 100-240 % performance difference between innermost and outermost tracks. Very good approach my friend. Hi samr, Very good points. According to my opinion, this could be one of the methods of defragmentation optimization. Coming to your placement of temp files, although one defrag program maker prefers to leave a space near the outer disc for temp files, this is not my piece of cake. You have to be doing things very regularly and cleaning very regularly your PC. I have given my point of view about that in this post which I will quote below. I would like to remind that all this is about an everyday used general purpose PC. Cheers to you all.

Strategic File Placement Hi again, Here is a pretentious challenge by an expert of defragmentation and I thought it might be interesting to bring this to your attention and discussion.

Sorry for being late to respond to your posts guys. Hi samr, Thank you for bringing that point. I would not want to stop the programs because as soon as I start them they will be fragmented all over. In fact, since they are in RAM, they can be defragmented when they are at background. That's why I said if you have enough RAM. Example: My NoteBook, which the images above in my post show the situation as is with 154 000 plus files and 14 000 plus Directories, 28 startup programs and 21 icons in the taskbar. 1.6 GHz Pentium M Centrino with 1 GB RAM running XP Pro Sp2. (also not different in my Vista Ultimate.) The system files can not be defragged (not all of them though.) when they are in use. When running in Safe Mode, some of system files, drivers are not running and they are defragged at that stage, giving the impression more is defragged (this is true, but in fact they may be fragmented in the next boot.) In my opinion, the best optimization is done when you are in a regular position, i.e. As the PC started and regulated itself, cleaned and ready for a new task in a steady condition. If you defrag in a safe mode, when you restart, it is already fragmented to a some extent. I may be wrong, but I would like to hear from anybody if they can get nearly a 100% defragmented disk just after a normal start after a Safe Mode defragmentation. Hi solberg, I do agree with you about the availability of sufficient empty space of the disk to be defragmented. Very good point to bring up. Another point may be as follows. ----------------- Supposing you have a second partition or disk such as D:, I made the following comment in one of the threads and agree with the suggestion, so that, ISD may be the first Defragmenter to do this: One of the forum members suggested that this function could be put in ISD. ----------------------------------------------- Cheers to you all!!!. Happy New Year.

Hi Tros, Try "dial-a-fix v0.60.0.24" software here , clicking on the "hammer" figured button (Tools), and reinstalling "System Restore", but you might be asked for the original Windows installation media. Please read all the explainations before using the software.

Thanks for the appreciation ClearD989, I agree with you for ISD. For Page File defragmentation: First, if you have just a bit more than enough RAM, and you have left the Windows to adjust the Paging file, Windows will adjust the Paging file as 1,5 times the size of the RAM. (Hibernation file by default, will be as the same size of RAM.) The second choice would be your adjustment of the Paging file, and if you adjusted that equal or greater than 1,5 times the RAM, (My preference is 1,5-2 times when RAM is 1 GB in XP). THEN, there is a little chance that the Paging file will be fragmented if it is defragmented once. RESULT: I would not set pagedfrg.exe to run every time your computer starts, but after checking from time to time, you can do that if it is needed. You can check if your external is accessed and/or defragged by pagedfrg if you adjust a very small Page file in your external drive and no Page file in the main drive. Windows will use the Page file in external drive, and after you put some files there, Windows will create more space for Paging File in external drive in another location. Then you can try to defrag that fragmented Page file. It may not work for different external disk connections (i.e. USB, Network cable etc.) and some types of the external drives though. Let's hear your experiences. Hi solbjerg, Thank you for the attached file and the rest of it.:-D :-D :-D I have opened the abbreviations. Cheers.

Hi Everybody, Here is my two pennies worth of Defragmentation experience. (I have been doing that since the beginning. :)) I have attached two images, one with a bit of what is what and the other one is plain GUI (Graphical User Interface) comparison of four Defragmenters (I have 11 of them in the same Notebook) including ISD (IObit SmartDefrag Beta4.02). The basic images are the same. I have to point out that two of them are paid ones. I have put my defragmented encrypted 1 GB (GigaByte) virtual drive file to the innermost clusters of the disk with one of the defragmenters and then excluded it with all the three defragmenters except ISD of course. I have Offline (Boot time) Defragmented my disk first with one of them and then, defragmented it with the same defragmenter taking into consideration the access dates to the files. (This defragmenter also puts the Boot files to the beginning of the disk.) Then, with the first Defragmenter I mentioned above, I have put the Directories close to MFT (Master File Table). Here you go.... You have a Disk which has almost ideally located and defragmented files. (This is certainly for a general purpose everyday PC. For a database server, old data should be at the innermost clusters of the disk.) With contrary to some of my friends in the Forum, if you have enough (By my standards 1 GB for XP and 2 GB for Vista is enough) RAM (Random Access Memory) and CPU (Central Processing Unit), I am a believer of neither stopping any programs in the Taskbar, nor defragmenting in the Safe Mode without Startup programs. This is what I did when I defragmented my disk you see in the image, and I was connected to the internet by wireless at the time of defragmentation. The moment you start a program, fragmentation occurs. In my humble opinion, we should defrag the disk at such a condition that we are as ready as possible to start working on the PC. I will not go into details of the Layout.ini file, but maybe, it is useful to mention that every third start of Windows, the OS (Operating System) places the files according to that and some of the Defragmenters have an option to respect that. I will also not go into details of MFT and Metadata (data about data) files, but it is good to know that they are the most important system files which should be contiguous, i.e. defragmented, to have a positive effect on the speed. The other point is to have an enlargement area for MFT just to follow MFT to make sure that MFT will not be fragmented when it gets larger in the future. By default, in XP, it is 12.5% of the disk space. It is an emtpy space and Windows will use it for normal operations if and only if there is no any other empty space left in the disk. You can enlarge the default size of enlargement area for MFT if you wish. (In my opinion, it is more than enough.) Page File (Swap file), [Virtual Memory (extra RAM substitude)], and if you have enabled hibernation in your PC, Hibernation File, both should be contiguous and close to each other. Because of Zoned-Bit Recording, [A method of optimizing a hard drive (at the factory) by placing more sectors in the outer tracks of a hard drive than on the inner tracks. Standard practice for all modern hard drives.], and angular velocity, the most outer tracks of the disk is the fastest, and when Windows start, it starts from the outer tracks of the disk. Therefore, the BOOT Files should be there, at the outermost tracks (beginning) of the disk. Unlike in FAT (File Allocation Table) and FAT32, in NTFS (NewTechnology File System), Directories should be close to MFT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Although I know the logic behind all the other three Defragmenters, unfortunately I don't know what is the logic behind "Defrag and Optimize" function of ISD. In the GUI of ISD, some clusters are seen as empty, although they are not and system files are not correctly shown. The only thing, the other three don't have in the GUI and ISD has, is that, after defragmentation, defragmented files are shown in a different color. (Not seen in the image of ISD, because only analyzation is done.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will give below my way of approaching defragmentation in a PC. (Maintenance in fact.) The sequence may differ from PC to PC. - Take an Image of the disk. - Clean the PC from virus, junk, spyware, malware, ActiveX, useless registry entries. (All sectors) [AWC (Adwanced Windows Care) & others] - Immunize it. (AWC & others). - Run=>cmd=>chkdsk /R in boottime. (Check Disk) - Windows Update and other updates. - SFC purge, and SFC scan. (System File Checker.) - Clean again. AWC & others. (If you wish, you can clean the Windows update setups by "dial-a-fix" and Windows update uninstallers by "CCleaner". If you are using MS Outlook Express, you can delete "Deleted Items.dbx" manually, usually at "C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{User ID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express") - Making sure everything is OK, take an Image of the disk. -Clear all Windows Restore Points. - Create a Windows Restore Point. - Make sure that you have a Page file size of minimum 50% greater than the size of RAM. - If you are going to use Hibernation in your Computer, it is a good time to enable Hibernation in Power Settings. - Defragment only strategy Defrag. - Offline Defrag. (Boot time defrag.), (Defragmentation of System Files.) - Optimized Defrag. (Defragmentation according to your needs and preferences.) [recency, consolidated free space, Folder/File name, high performance (outer clusters), archive (inner clusters), respect Layout.ini, inclusion, exclusion, smart replacement, etc.] - Take a clean Disk Image. - It is better that storage area of the image on the backup disk should not be reached by Windows OS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I thought if anybody is interested deeper in it, and if I know the answer, or somebody else knows the answer, we may share our knowledge here. Cheers. Note: The attached zip files contain same images in bmp format with sizes of around 5 MB each, after extraction . These are included if anybody is interested in seeing the images in better resolution. Please also zoom in full screen to view all of them in better images. Printable PDF version of this thread may be found as attachment here: http://forums.iobit.com/showpost.php?p=31475&postcount=9 4Defragmenters.zip 4Defragmentersdescription.zip

"No problems." solution oompoop, You don't have to worry, but it means that AWC can immunize your PC against 2929 more Infection Defense, Website Defense or Cookie Defense, depending on which checkboxes are not checked in your Security Defence section. The immunization is similar to "Spybot-SD" and "SpaywareBlaster" you are using. You can click "Show Details" of "Security Defense" after Scan and select each of the above mentioned defenses at the left pane in "Spyware Defense Analysis" window one by one and click "Select All" button and click "OK" button to have no problems after your Security Defense Repair. Cheers.

nandrews, Have a look at that post below: http://www.iobit.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3414#post3414 , and tell us which one you have installed. This bug was in AWC 2.5.6.827 Personal, and eliminated in AWC 2.5.6.832 Personal.

DAA, Were you by chance using IObit SmartDefrag Beta 3.1 or Beta 4 and updated to any recent versions?

arsirantala, For UAC problem, the solution is here . Also have a look at this thread. Generally, you should be able to pick up a specific entry in the System Optimization "Show Details" section concerning F-Secure and outlook plug-in, when you run the System Optimization second time after nothing is left and reinstalled F-Secure. Then, you should add it to ignore list by right clicking on it and selecting "Add to Ignore List".

We are all waiting a response for this from IObit.

Georgi, This bug is there in AWC 2.5.6.827 Personal. It does not exist in AWC 2.5.6.938 Professional.

SoonerSam, Try this: Go to your Home Page by writing the address, Click IE "Tools"=>click "Internet Options"=>click "Use Current" button =>click "Apply" button=>click "OK" button. Or, you can try it with "Use Default" button.

Well Done JustDave, I couldn't explain better than solbjerg and certainly you. Thanks.

Well Done JustDave, I couldn't explain better than solbjerg and certainly you. Thanks.

doni, When you right click the icon for AWC, you can click "Run as", and click the option to run the program as Administrator in XP Pro sp2, and use "Run as Administrator" option in the right click menu in Vista.

Hi solbjerg, Wyndham, If you intend to use sfc /scannow, please have a look at the sfc section of the link below.: http://www.iobit.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1763#post1763 Files in dllcache folder ( C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache) might have been corrupted. So, you may need to change the registry path.