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Softpedia Editor's Review for Diskeeper Home Edition 2011
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The only way to prevent fragmentation before it happens
Written by Elena Opris on February 3rd, 2012
Diskeeper Home Edition is a very resourceful program that can perform a defrag task on your hard drive, as well as prevent defragmentation from occurring.
The interface of the tool can seem a little cluttered at the beginning but it's actually very easy to get around Diskeeper Home Edition.
You can start by simply analyzing a volume on your system (toggle between the file performance and file structure map view, save or print the job report).
So, you can perform a manual defragmentation (quick but not very thorough), automatic defragmentation (slow but thorough) or boot-time defragmentation (on files that cannot be safely moved while Windows is running).
IntelliWrite is a personal feature of Diskeeper Home Edition that can prevent fragmentation on a particular volume. But you can also initiate a "SSD Volumes" task.
In addition, you can view information in the dashboard (e.g. fragmentation prevented by IntelliWrite and eliminated by Instant Defrag, disk accesses saved), log file (e.g. fragments handled, prevented and eliminated) and history file (e.g. total file fragments eliminated).
The program uses a low-to-moderate amount of system resources, includes a complete help file with snapshots and can take a very long while to complete a defrag task (according to the options you have configured).
However, Diskeeper Home Edition is very thorough. Although it has advanced settings, even novices can learn how to use it. We strongly recommend this tool.
 Read an in-depth analysis in our professional review for Diskeeper Home Edition 2011
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Diskeeper Home Edition 2011 description
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Here are some key features of "Diskeeper Home Edition 2011":
· IntelliWrite fragmentation prevention technology. IntelliWrite prevents up to 85% of the fragmentation every system suffers from. It intelligently writes contiguous files to the disk so system resources are not wasted creating fragmentation. The results? A whole new level of system speed and efficiency.
· InvisiTasking technology is the only transparent, background processing technology that allows Diskeeper to run defrag operations in real-time, with zero resource conflicts, including systems with severe fragmentation and extremely low available free space.
· The power to handle large volumes – fast. Quickly clean up pre-accumulated fragmentation or the few fragments that squeak by with the Diskeeper powerful and invisible defrag engine.
· Boot-Time Mode. Safely performs Microsoft-recommended defragmentation of critical system files
Requirements:
· The disk space requirements for Diskeeper depend on several factors. On Windows Vista, XP, and 2000 systems, Diskeeper will need about 11 MB. Allow about 10 MB of extra free space for temporary files during the installation.
· If Internet Explorer is not present on your computer, some other needed files (hhupd.exe, 50comupd.exe, and wintdist.exe) may be added. Further, your system may require a new or updated version of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), which is less than
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· Nag screen What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
New Instant Defrag:
· Diskeeper 2011 also includes new “just in time” Instant Defrag™ technology to eliminate any fragmentation that wasn’t prevented within seconds or milliseconds of occurring. Now you will never have to access slow, fragmented files ever again.
Improved automatic background processing:
· InvisiTasking technology has taken on a more “green” approach by allowing defragmentation to occur while your system is actively in use, but still doing so with zero overhead — so it won’t slow you down while you work or play.
· InvisiTasking is now more intelligent about when to interject defrag while a disk is active. The result is greater energy savings and more efficient background processing. Even systems that are never “idle” are defragmented invisibly with zero resource hits.
New optimized defrag options reduce I/O activity:
· Advanced algorithms are used to maximize performance while eliminating disk I/O activity not conducive to improving your computing experience. Max...
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