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JkDefrag

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Files outside their zone are moved to their zone. Directories are perhaps the most accessed data on disk, so zone 1 is placed at the beginning of the drive. After the directories comes a free space area, then zone 2 with regular files, another free area, and then zone 3 with "space hogs", which are
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JkDefrag has many options. If run without options it groups files into 3 zones with the intention of optimizing speed:
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by Markus Hörl is portable, includes support for 10(+30) languages, and there is a setup version.
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or other severe problems. User support was provided through web-based forums.
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by Emiel Wieldraaijer includes support for 26 languages, and has support for
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No need for installation; runs with default options by opening JkDefrag.exe;
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and U3 implementations. It was also nominated "Repair Tool of the Week" in
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defragmentation, with the option to run another screensaver when done;
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version and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 for 64-bit version) available;
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options, allowing for scheduled defragmentation with administrator
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Information obtained from product release notes: history.txt file
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supports JkDefrag and allows it to run during Windows startup.
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Large files referred to as "space hogs" in the documentation
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JKDefragGUI and MyDefragGUI related front-end project
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It uses the standard Windows defragmentation 340:/Vista operating systems, and defragments both 712:MyDefrag website on archive.org (Sept 23 2015) 208:is still available from third-party websites 668:"Two top defraggers speed your disk accesses" 239:files, and other infrequently accessed data. 8: 302:(for use in programming) licensed using the 19: 375:utilities designed to work with JkDefrag: 18: 328:Documentation available on the web site. 577:"Repair Tool of the Week: JkDefrag GUI" 458: 7: 435:Free and open-source software portal 520:"JkDefrag version 3.36 source code" 476:"JkDefrag version 3.36 source code" 626:Yegulalp, Serdar (13 March 2007). 66:3.36.0.2 / August 31, 2008 14: 666:Spanbauer, Scott (12 June 2008). 651:Yegulalp, Serdar (12 July 2007). 707:MyDefrag website (defunct; 2016) 613:Ogasawara, Todd (12 July 2007). 448:List of defragmentation software 427: 34: 25: 575:Whitty, Bryce (7 August 2007). 1: 737:Free defragmentation software 544:Kurdi, Samer (31 July 2007). 40:Image of drive during defrag. 220:Directories and system files 608:(9): 66–68. 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Index

JkDefrag Icon
JkDefrag Screenshot
Original author(s)
Final release
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
Operating system
Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP
Windows XP x64 Edition
Windows Vista
Type
Defragmentation
License
GNU GPL
www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
open-source
disk defragmenting
utility
computer program
Windows
GNU
General Public License
closed source
freeware
source code
Recycle Bin
service pack
command-line
executable

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