UltimateDefrag - Powerful Defragger and Optimizer

We all have defragged our hard drives at some point. Usually we do this using the defragger that comes with Windows itself. But if you want to squeeze that last nanosecond of speed out of your hard drive, you can use UltimateDefrag.

UltimateDefrag is an advanced defragger that, unlike other software of its kind, gives the user complete control over (almost all) the inner workings of the defrag process. You can defrag individual files, folders, or even applications and you can place them around the hotspots (places which are easily accessed) on the hard drive.

The software defines two types of files. High performance and Archive. High performance files are those files you access frequently and will be placed so as to minimize access time. Archive files are the ones you rarely use and will be defragged so as to not get in the way of the high performance files. You can either let the software automatically select the high performance and Archive files or you can select which files to be in these categories manually. You can also include files based on their extension which is good if you want to access a particular file type quickly, like .EXE files. There are many other options for defragging, but the best part of this software is its visual representation of the fragmentation, which gives a very good picture on how files are physically laid out in the hard drive. You can click on any part of the disc and see what files are stored in that particular sector.

UltimateDefrag. Notice the name of a file stored at a particular sector on the hard drive displayed at the bottom left corner

Needless to say, the software is a bit complicated with a lot of options to choose from. Fortunately, there is a PDF file which explains all the bells and whistles of the software, and also gives a good idea on how hard disks work, and fragmentation occurs, etc... You can grab UltimateDefrag from here.