iDefrag Alternative

[rcanpolat]

looking for an alternative to idefrag for mac that can be put onto a bootable cd and defrag before osx starts up.

idefrag is no use to me because to make a bootable cd it takes up 848mb's and i dont have a dvd burner on my mac.

its not for fragmentation, just to move files because of a boot-camp partitioning error. i need it to move all used files to the start of the drive and i cant do it while running OSX because some files being used cannot be moved

 

[Consultant]

You can boot from USB drive. 1Gb thumbdrive can be found really cheaply.

 

[rcanpolat]

thats no use to me because "cdmaker" the app which makes idefrag bootable only has an option to burn to dvd. nothing else, i cant save a .dmg, iso etc, only dvd.

thats why i need another defrag application

 

[Consultant]

Drive Genius
Disk Warrior

You can also restore your HD to anther HD, then restore it back.

 

[techound1]

Drive Genius

Yep, that'll boot and defrag to your heart's content. It's also a nice tool to have in the box for that day when things go kablooie.

 

[rcanpolat]

i also dont have an external hd large enough to hold my files. lol

ill try the 2 applications and post back. cheers

 

[sickmacdoc]

You might want to keep in mind that Disk Warrior does not actually defrag the disk- it only defrags the directory of the disk. No files are moved as they are in a true defrag. When a Disk Warrior run is complete the directory is contiguous, but not files on the disk.

 

[rcanpolat]

yea just tried disk warrior there. i couldn't get it to boot properly. when it booted from the disk it would cause the mac to restart.

going to try drive genius now, fingers crossed