Defraggler

{{Short description|Defragmentation utility for Windows}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Defraggler

| logo = Defraggler icon.png

| screenshot = Defragglerscreen.png

| caption = Defraggler defragmenting in Windows 8

| developer = Piriform Software

| released = {{Start date and age|2008|8|18|df=yes}}{{Cite web

|title=Download Defraggler

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|publisher=FileHippo

|accessdate=23 June 2009

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| operating system = Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista and XP. Including both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, but not RT tablet editions.

| platform = IA-32 and x64

| language count = 37

| language footnote = {{cite web|title=Multi-lingual support|url=https://www.ccleaner.com/defraggler/features/multi-lingual-support|work=Defraggler - Features|publisher=Piriform|accessdate=1 July 2011}}

| language = English, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese (Portugues do Brasil), Bulgarian, Catalan (Catala), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech (Ceský), Danish, Dutch (Nederlands), Estonian, Finnish (Suomi), French (Français), Georgian, German (Deutsch), Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian (Magyar), Italian (Italiano), Japanese, Lithuanian (Lietuviu), Norwegian, Persian, Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Portugues), Romanian (Romana), Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Español), Swedish (Svenska), Turkish (Türkçe), Ukrainian, Vietnamese

| size = 4.3 MB

| genre = Defragmentation software

| license = Freemium

| website = {{URL|https://www.ccleaner.com/defraggler}}

}}

Defraggler is a freemium defragmentation utility developed by Piriform Software, which can defragment individual files or groups of files on computer memory systems. Defraggler runs on Microsoft Windows; it has support for all versions since Windows XP. It includes support for both IA-32 and x64 versions of these operating systems.

Overview

Defraggler can defragment individual files, groups of files (in a folder) or an entire disk partition, either by the user's command or automatically on a schedule. It supports FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT.{{cite web|title=System requirements|url=https://www.ccleaner.com/docs/defraggler/introducing-defraggler/system-requirements|work=Defraggler documentation|publisher=Piriform|accessdate=22 July 2011}} It can also be installed as a portable application on a USB flash drive. Defragmentation of RAID disks is also supported, although no details are supplied.{{cite web|title=What it can and can't do|url=https://www.ccleaner.com/docs/defraggler/introducing-defraggler/what-it-can-and-cant-do}}

Defraggler was given a 5/5 star rating from Softpedia.{{Cite web|title=Piriform Defraggler - Keeping Those Drives Spinning|url=http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Defraggler--Review-91537.shtml|first=Daniela|last=Olariu|publisher=SoftNews NET SRL|work=Softpedia|date=August 6, 2008|accessdate=June 5, 2011}} In Lifehacker's Hive Five for Best Disk Defragmenter, Defraggler received first place.{{Cite web |title=Best Disk Defragmenter: Defraggler |url=http://lifehacker.com/5350497/best-disk-defragmenter-defraggler|first=Jason|last=Fitzpatrick|publisher=Gawker Media|work=Life Hacker|date=September 1, 2009|accessdate=May 11, 2010}}

See also

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