Series synopsis
Defrag Tools is an American drama television series that premiered on July 31, 2012.
Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen host this deep dive into the tools used on the tech support show Defrag. Each Defrag Tools show focuses on a specific tool, going deep into a tool's features, explaining when and why you should use the tool, and provides experience based tips to get the most out of the tool.
Premise
Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen host this deep dive into the tools used on the tech support show Defrag. Each Defrag Tools show focuses on a specific tool, going deep into a tool's features, explaining when and why you should use the tool, and provides experience based tips to get the most out of the tool.
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 133 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 8 | November 6, 2012 | June 9, 2014 |
| Season 1 | 125 | July 31, 2012 | March 30, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Live - //build/ 2012 Mark Russinovich joins Larry Larsen and Andrew Richards for a live version of Defrag Tools where they take questions about troubleshooting Windows 8, the changes to the Sysinternals Tools, Driver support, VHD support, Security, and much more. |
November 6, 2012 |
| 2 |
Live - TechEd NA 2013 Larry Larsen and Andrew Richards do a live version of Defrag Tools where they take questions about troubleshooting Windows 8, talk about security, and much more. |
June 11, 2013 |
| 3 |
Live - //build/ 2013 Larry Larsen and Andrew Richards do a live version of Defrag Tools with Larry Osterman and answer questions about troubleshooting Windows, talk about WinRT, x86/x64 vs. ARM vs. MIPS vs. ALPHA, and much more. |
July 1, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Building your USB thumbdrive Welcome to the first episode of Defrag Tools where Andrew Richards and I will be walking you through the tools we use when troubleshooting Windows PC's. Each week we'll dive into the tools from SysInternals, showing you how to use them along with our best tips and tricks. In this episode we'll be showing you how to get started by creating a thumb drive that you can use to fix PC's and troubleshoot problems. |
July 31, 2012 |
| 2 |
Process Explorer In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew and I walk you through Sysinternals Process Explorer. Process Explorer is a comprehensive replacement for Task Manager. It allows you to view the details of the processes running on the computer, both at a point in time and historically. The performance graphs allow you to view the CPU, I/O, Memory and GPU usage. Process Explorer can be used to find file locks, loaded DLLs, autostart locations, and many more things. |
August 6, 2012 |
| 3 |
Process Monitor In this 2 part episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew and I walk you through Sysinternals Process Monitor. Process Monitor allows you to view the File, Registy, Network, Process and Profiling details of the processes running on the computer. The logging allows you to go from a holistic view all the way down to the function in the stack that initiated an event. Process Monitor can be used to troubleshoot nearly all types of issues. As coined by David Solomon - "When in doubt, run Process Monitor". |
August 13, 2012 |
Production
Release
| First aired | July 31, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | March 30, 2015 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | continue |