Any freeware defragger that doesn't leave blank space on the disk?

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I don't think that's the main reason - in the old old days of the IBM XT the

developer had to write applications that ran in 640k RAM and off a 5.25"
floppy.....
Now with 4GB RAM easily available and 400 GB HDDs common, there's no need
for discipline in code writing....

Hardware and RAM being cheap is not an excuse for poor coding or
bloated products. We are already hitting the 4GB limit with some
programs, especially games. How patently useless that GAMES have
driven us to where we are today. Why do you think everyone and their
mother is asking about the stupid /3GB switch option? Eventually ( I
give it 18 months) 4GB will not be enough. The only way past that is
to go 64-bit. And since nobody wants to code for or begin migrating to
64-bit, in a few years all the developers will be scrambling to port
their apps or develop because they will be forced to do it (32-bit's
4GB ceiling). Then it will be too, little too late.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Pennywise]

I know nothing myself about this utility, just FYI.

Just downloaded and tested JkDefrag
http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

I'm sold, as I always prefer stand alone programs. With the command
line switches I can set it to defrag anyway I want. Nice program.

Hdtune is pretty decent as well.

 

[Plato]

Most people who properly secure their browsers, myself included, set
their IE cache to 8MB and enable the feature to blow away all IE cache
when IE is closed so it's never a problem.

Most people just go with the defaults, which as I recall, is WAY more
than 8MB. Please correct me if I'm mistakesn