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Lady:
Hello again,

I wanted to defrag my laptop (W8.1, shell W7) with O&O defrag free (edition 14.1) which I use on my desktop (W7) but it says it has compatibility issues. It says it can still be run but since I'll also be defragging the C: partition with Windows on it, I'm afraid to just use it.

I can download the defrag freeware edition from the O&O website anew but then I'd have to enter my e-mail address and I'd rather not. And it doesn't say there which version I'll get.  https://www.oo-software.com/en/free/download.html
Majorgeeks.com has the 14.1 edition.

Is this compatibility issue really a problem? And is the compatibility mode any good?

Boggin:
I wouldn't bother with a 3rd party defragger.

Open a Command Prompt (Admin) and enter defrag /c which will analyze all drives within Windows and will defrag as necessary.

Note the space before /

Lady:
Thank you again, Boggin. I'll do that tomorrow. It's a shame though that O&O didn't work. I really liked using it.

Willy2:
- Try Piriform's Defraggler. I have used the program to move all non-system files towards the end of the drive.

Lady:
Thank you for your suggestion, Willy2! I'll have a look. O&O works fine with W7 and it really sped up my pc again now that I just defragged it.

I'm probably terribly biased because of all the problems I've had with Windows, but I'd rather work with a trusted 3rd party.

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