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Puran Defrag Free Edition

Whether you like it or not, defragmenting your hard drives, at least from time to time, is a necessity on all Windows systems. Puran Defrag has been created as a dedicated solution to defrag the data on the hard disks and prevent future performance drops. The landscape for disk defragmentation software has definitel...

7 May 2011
06:11 GMT

Automatic Defragmentation from IObit

Unlike registry cleaning, defragmenting the files on the hard disk can really make a difference in your computer’s performance. Equipped with improved engine and interface Smart Defrag 2 from IObit attempts to achieve a contiguous sequence for the files on the hard disk in order to increase system performance. ...

22 March 2011
17:03 GMT

Defrag with Defraggler

Piriform’s Defraggler has been designed as a lightweight, portable instrument to defragment the data on your hard disk, thus contribute to improving overall system performance. It sports options for defragging system files as well as individual items.The application is free of charge and can be installed on you...

3 February 2011
02:11 GMT

Free Defrag for Home Use

In the case of O&O Defrag Free Edition the name reveals both the purpose of the application and the fact that it is actually free of charge. The application sports two defragmentation speeds which can be programmed to start when a user defined amount of fragmentation is detected. As opposed to the paid editions avai...

25 January 2011
18:27 GMT

Defrag Scareware Distributed Through Compromised OpenX Servers

Scammers behind the new family of scareware programs that pose as hard disk drive defragmentation utilities are using vulnerable OpenX servers to launch drive-by downloads and infect users.This new attack was spotted by security researchers from Web application security solutions vendor Armorize Technologies, who las...

20 December 2010
02:22 GMT

PerfectDisk Professional 11 Defragmentation

This year’s PerfectDisk from Raxco took longer to come out of the oven than we expected. The 11th edition of the defragmenter has undergone some serious testing before its official release, as part of the largest beta test in the product’s history. The latest reiteration of the widely known and acclaimed ...

11 March 2010
10:48 GMT

Raxco's Secret 3-Day Discount Deal

Raxco have accustomed us with regular deals for all of their products, regardless of the target they address: home users, professionals, server administrators, businesses, etc. Each season brings a 25% off for both a new purchase as well as an upgrade to the latest product release. This time they hit with a secret of...

30 October 2009
08:21 GMT

Autumn Discounts from Raxco

As Raxco accustomed us with discount offers at the beginning of each season, this fall does not make an exception and brings price cuts for all PerfectDisk products, regardless of their targeted consumer. The offer does not address only the defragmenting solution developed by Raxco, but also their latest product des...

24 September 2009
14:28 GMT

Testing O&O Defrag Professional

In order to ensure the best optimization of the hard drive you will have to apply the defragmentation method that best suits your computer usage and file usage pattern. But, as a general rule Stealth and Space are the ones you will most frequently need as Complete type is more specific.We tested O&O Defrag Profession...

7 August 2009
14:51 GMT

PerfectDisk 25% Summer Discount

As summer seems to be in a hurry to get here, with temperatures rising with each day like in no year before, PerfectDisk thought the timing was just perfect for a new discount offer. This time, Raxco is cutting 25% off the price of all of its products, thus making them even more appealing than before. The fugacious ...

27 May 2009
08:11 GMT

Windows 7 Defragmentation Engine – the Evolution

One of the aspects that has evolved in Windows 7, compared with Windows Vista, involves the operating system's capabilities to glue back together disparate fragments of files that have become fragmented as a natural consequence of hard disk use. “The defragmentation engine and experience in Windows 7 has b...

26 January 2009
17:11 GMT

PerfectDisk 10

Some of you already know that after a while the files on the disk become fragmented. This happens because new data is stored in the first free piece of space available. If the file is larger than the first free space chunk found it will be fragmented and scattered in other free spaces until storage is complete. As a ...

26 January 2009
13:53 GMT

Pure Defragmentation

Defragmentation – all Windows systems need it; otherwise, all the disorderly files can cause severe performance slowdowns. It may sound like a chore for many users, but in fact the entire process can be handled automatically through the "set-it-and-forget-it" function included in a great deal of defraggers on t...

11 September 2008
15:31 GMT

Windows Vista Defragmentation Features

Although it is virtually handicapped in terms of the options it actually provides to the user in comparison to Windows XP, the hard disk defragmentation utility in Windows Vista is an evolution of the equivalent from the predecessor operating system. But the enhancements come essentially under the hood of the tool. I...

8 October 2007
12:09 GMT

Don't Manipulate a Single Volume Block during Windows Vista Boot!

Disk defragmenters running on top of Windows Vista have the potential of causing serious damage to the operating system and to your data. Programs that perform volume block manipulation during the boot process in Windows Vista are the cause of data loss, warned Microsoft. The Redmond Company has not pointed any finge...

4 May 2007
08:39 GMT


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