CCleaner Network Professional contains a networked version of Defraggler that works remotely to keep your hard drives running at optimum performance.
Defraggler-Specific Reports:
These reports are specific to defragmentation in CCleaner Network Professional:
- Management Reports - Defrag scores
- Technician Reports - Most fragmented, Oldest defragmentation
The Audit Scores and Oldest Audit reports also take defragmentation into account when calculating endpoint health.
Running Defraggler:
There are two steps to defragmentation: analysis of the drive, and the actual defragmentation.
Note: Do not defragment solid state drives, as doing so will be ineffectual and may cause damage to the drive. This procedure is intended only for use on conventional hard drives.
Analyzing a network, group, or endpoint for fragmentation
- In the Network Tree, right-click the network, group, or endpoint, point to Defraggler, and then select Analyze system drive(s).
- If you are prompted to confirm, select Yes.
- When the analysis completes, the result is shown in the Network Health section of the right pane as the Defrag percentage.
Defragmenting a network, group, or endpoint
- In the Network Tree, right-click the network, group, or endpoint, point to Defraggler, and then select Defrag system drive(s).
- If you are prompted to confirm, select Yes.
Note: You can defragment without manually analyzing first, but you won't get a chance to review the files or fragmentation level before Defraggler runs.
Defragmenting specific files on an endpoint
- Run the analysis above for a group or endpoint.
- In the Network Tree, select a group or endpoint. In the right pane, select the Defraggler tab.
- If you selected a group, select an endpoint in the endpoint list in the right pane.
- Select a drive (the default is C:).
- Select View Files or the File list tab.
- You can select one or more files by using the check boxes (or select the check box next to Filename to select all files).
- Select the Defrag Highlighted button.
> To make it even easier, once you reach step 4, you can simply right-click a file and then select Defrag Highlighted.
Other right-click options in the file list:
- Defrag checked - defragments files you have selected using check boxes.
- Check highlighted - checks boxes for files you have highlighted.
- Uncheck highlighted - removes check boxes for files you have highlighted.
- Highlight folder - if you have highlighted a file, you can use this option to highlight everything in a folder, parent folders, or drive.
- Save list to text file - saves the names and details for all files on the Endpoint to a text file.
Scheduling:
You can schedule Defraggler to run once, daily, weekly, monthly, or on boot-up for an Endpoint, group, or Network.
If possible, schedule Defraggler to run in that endpoint’s off-hours (for example, in the evening, off-shift, or on the weekends, depending on the work schedule). However, please note that the computer must be turned on in order for the scheduled task to run.
Scheduling Defraggler
- In the Network Tree, right-click an endpoint, group, or network, then point to Defraggler and select Settings.
- In the Defraggler settings window, select Enable scheduled defrag.
- Choose the drive to set a schedule for (schedules may be set independently per drive).
- Select the frequency to run Defraggler, and specify any additional settings.
- Select OK.
For scheduled defragmentation, the Task Scheduler service must be running on the endpoint.
Specific settings are as follows:
Frequency | Notes |
Once | The endpoint(s) will be defragmented once on the date and time set. |
Daily | The endpoint(s) will be defragmented every X days starting from the date and time specified, based on the Run every day(s) setting. |
Weekly | You can specify exactly which days of the week the endpoints will be defragmented, and how often (in weeks) it will repeat. |
Monthly | You can specify exactly which days the endpoints will be defragmented (either numeric days, or days of the week), and which months to repeat. |
At startup | The endpoint(s) will be defragmented at every boot. Please note that this may take some time. |