Yes, I still have HDDs. I have a dozen in the case and over half that many external USB drives. Under Win10 I used Raxco. Since they went out of business, I am not confident that it is compatible.
I do not see any performance increase using Win11's built-in defrag.
I use my drives a lot and tend to move data around in organizing things. I know they are fragmented. I can tell the difference in performance, or lack thereof.
I'm wondering if anyone is still defragging their HDDs? (all are 7200rpm, fwiw).
(Frankly, I'm NOT at all happy about "upgrading" to Win11 in any way 🤬)
I should add that yes, I did search - most responses are years old or just suggest the built-in. I'm asking for responses from those who actually USE a 3rd party prog under Win11, please.
No details on the "Special HDD optimization algorithms" from Auslogics.
WiseCare365, Auslogics, and Ultra Defrag seem to be the only ones that have current versions. Live wire likes IOBit's Smart Defrag the best, as it can defrag locked files and defrag on boot (like Raxco could). Glary Disc Speed Up also seems to be well reviewed. However, I like to hear from actual users, specifically under Win11 (some reviews seem to contradict whether the programs are only good up to Win10 or actually include Win11. I expect those that are still being developed support Win11.