Fast Defragmentation

Defrag analysis -- catch me if you can

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by Joe Abusamra

With every new release of PerfectDisk, we're always working on performance improvements for a fast defrag, regardless of whatever other features we add. As files and drives get larger and larger, it's always a challenge. But we've always been able to point to some performance gains between versions. Some of these improvements have been more noticeable in particular environments (e.g. large drives, drives with limited free space) than othersbut they're always there to help with fast defragmentation.

This go around, we've made some fundamental changes to the analysis operation in PerfectDisk - it goes beyond a tweak here and a tweak there. I can throw out numbers of several hundred percent, but the truth is, when you defrag a computer, data like this always varies depending on the environment -- number of files, drive size, file size, etc. But I am very confident that just about everyone, if not everyone, will notice a significant change for the good in analyze time of PerfectDisk. Whether you'd doing a Windows 7 defrag or any other Windows environment.

In test after test, it's faster....no doubt.

On a scale of 1 to 10, it's an 11. Coming March 2010.

2009 -- more than fast defragmentation and disk cleanup tools

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 by Joe Abusamra

Defrag this, defrag that. Fast defragmentation. Defrag a computer, defrag a server. Disk cleanup tools. Okay, even I need an occasional break from defrag banter!

So, to lighten up as the year winds down, here are a couple of "undrag" things for your entertainment:

Wave goodbye to 2009 -- click here.



JibJab -- never a year like '09 -- click here.

Thanks again for all the support in 2009 - and don't forget to defrag Windows one last time!

NFL labor agreement issues -- PerfectDisk helping on both sides

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 by Joe Abusamra

As the National Football League continues negotiations on a new labor agreement, many issues need to be addressed in order to reach an agreement and avoid a strike or lockout two years out. And the urgency increases, as this week NFL commissioner Roger Goodell indicated that he'll participate in the latest round of labor negotiations with the players' union today in New York, along with NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith.

As both sides' lawyers and representatives crunch numbers and perform the research necessary to make their cases, it wouldn't seem that something as mundane as Windows defrag software or a disk cleanup program would come into play. And perhaps in the big scheme of things, they don't.

But when the NFLPA (NFL Players Association) goes about the backend of their business, they don't mess around. They use PerfectDisk. As do many NFL teams. In fact, the Seattle Seahawks take it a step further, as they defrag Exchange and compact their data stores with PerfectDisk Exchange.

Pro labor. Pro business. Pro fast defragmentation.

It's here.

A war worth fighting -- defrag World of Warcraft MPQ files -- WoW Optimizer

Thursday, October 29, 2009 by Joe Abusamra

With almost 12 million monthly subscriptions, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft (WoW) has a fanatical user base. And like these or players of any other MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing game), they look for any advantage, any edge they can get. Every day, we hear from WoW players telling us how PerfectDisk has beefed up their game and improved their WoW performance. Fast defragmentation is just part of the story.



Take Lee Morris, whose own words say it best:

"PerfectDisk is an amazing product. I originally downloaded the demo to see how it could improve the performance of World of Warcraft. Specifically WoW's MPQ files which are huge files that are updated weekly. They fragment so easily, and when fragmented they cause lagging and hangs during interactive game play as you cross particular boundaries between geography. Once I used PerfectDisk, I had nearly flawless performance. No hangs or lagging. I bought the tool immediately and scheduled the defrag after each patch from Blizzard. I've never had any lag since. I bought a 5 user license for my guild mates. Totally amazing product that's fast running and reliable. Might as well call it a WoW optimizer."

Disk defragmenter software that goes to war for WoW players every day....and wins battle after battle.