Defrag98: Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter Simulator Online

https://defrag98.com

60•throw0101a•1h ago

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pir8life4me•1h ago

Brilliant. Whirring disk noise is nice touch.

If AI generated this is what the AI revolution is all about.

Can we get a cross platform screensaver?

pyaamb•1h ago

Need this but for AI models. Sleep mode where they self prune and optimize overnight for their daily purpose.

CharlesW•44m ago

https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/managed-agents/dreams

vessenes•1h ago

I love this. I wanted the disk noise, and I got it. I will say that’s a lot faster than my drives were in the late 1990s though.

roger_•1h ago

My computer's definitely gonna be faster after this.

NBJack•30m ago

I do laugh in that in all the times I ever did this for real (even back to my massive 170MB drive), it never felt much faster.

wild_pointer•1h ago

Legend

toast0•1h ago

Love the warning for using on a mobile device.

MarvinYork•56m ago

The sound killed me... :D

singiamtel•50m ago

There's something satisfying about defragging that has been lost to time. Like oiling a squeaky engine

olivierestsage•49m ago

Hot

Hobadee•44m ago

I love it. A couple notes: - This is about 10x a real defrag speed - WAAAY too fast - IIRC the "Data that will not be moved" was typically lumped at the beginning of the drive, not spread out all over.

msephton•33m ago

It could be spread out too

vunderba•28m ago

I'm a stickler for accuracy too. The defragged blocks in the original Win9x program weren't solid blue - they had a hatch pattern texture to them. I remember it way too vividly.

Source: Watching a disk defrag was every millenial kids equivalent of going to the laundromat and watching laundry tumble.

https://youtu.be/dc_SDyLYq3U?t=347

someothherguyy•15m ago

author commenting on such things:

https://morello.dev/blog/defrag98-rebuild

what it looked like before

https://morello.dev/blog/windows-98-defrag-simulator

a previous discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40962195

here is another version i found when googling these things that seems somewhat similar, but with a few more "accurate" features

https://horatioconkerhead.github.io/win98-defrag/

pjot•39m ago

Will need to degauss after this

stavros•26m ago

What, you don't need the data any more? Or are you conflating screen degaussing?

brcmthrowaway•31m ago

What were the major filesystem technology improvements that made this redundant?

predictsoft•27m ago

I think NTFS and SSD disks.

megagpt1•21m ago

FAT32 allocates the first free block. IIRC, file order must match disk order because reasons. Ext2 prioritized allocating the middle of free space to allow fragment-free growth on both sides and it became a standard filesystem feature after that.

stavros•25m ago

I need to set up a Windows 95 computer with a hard drive and stream the defragging online, complete with live audio.

josefrichter•22m ago

bill gates, I want my time back!

vunderba•21m ago

When I was younger, my friends and I joked about making a "Disk Fragmenter" which would enumerate through every file on the disk and split them into non-contiguous clusters to make sure that the actuator arm on your platter-drive gets a PROPER WORKOUT TO FEEL THE BURN.

leoooodias•12m ago

LOL

RetroTechie•14m ago

4 Drives, 5.5G total. Luxury!

Per-drive individual sounds, and BSoD included. Nice touches, love it!

3eb7988a1663•8m ago

There is even a click noise when you idly tap the screen.

As great as it is, way too fast.

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Defrag98: Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter Simulator Online

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Defrag98: Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter Simulator Online

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