Disk optimizer
Updated: 04/26/2017 by Computer Hope
Alternatively called disk compression, a disk optimizer is software designed to organize or compress data to maximize free disk space.
An example of a disk compression program is a Microsoft Windows utility known as double space.
With today's large hard drives, disk compression utilities are no longer used and no longer recommended. A disk compression utility should be used on hard drives of 1 gig and smaller.
The Microsoft Windows defrag utility is considered a disk optimizer, and is still commonly used and recommended even on large hard drives.