Head Of The Class -- A Defrag With Smart Status

When looking around for the best defrag software, there are various things to consider. How does the utility defrag a file? Does it do a thorough job of free space consolidation? How flexible is it. How safe is it? Can it prevent fragmentation as well as correct fragmentation? Wih PerfectDisk, we've always strived to develop the best defrag software possible, along with the best technical support and customer service.

We've also provided additional capabilities within PerfectDisk, free of charge, to raise the value of the product even more. Features like duplicate file removal and temp file removal that when combined with thorough and complete disk defragmentation, leave the most optimized and most efficient drive possible. And graphical displays of the drive and reports for those user that wish to delve further into their drives' performance and health.

Which brings me to S.M.A.R.T. (or SMART). S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Wikipedia describes SMART as 'a monitoring system for computer hard disk drives to detect and report on various indicators of reliability, in the hope of anticipating failures. When a failure is anticipated by S.M.A.R.T., the drive should be replaced, and can sometimes be returned to the manufacturer, who can use these failed drives to discover where faults lie and how to prevent them from recurring on the next generation of hard disk drives.'

So, SMART is really a warning system - designed to warn the user of impending drive failure while there is still time to take action, such as copying the data to a replacement device. There are often certain indicators that tell drive failure is imminent. They may become overheated or have trouble reading and writing data, or part of the drive may be damaged.

Now, SMART is not for everyone. But there are a lot of our users who find great value in this type of information - at a glance, they can determine if there is an impending problem with one of their drives, besides possible fragmentation, of course.

What if you took the world's premier disk defragmentation product and augmented it with additional drive information that warned users of possible drive problems. SMART monitoring, together with drive optimization to ensure drives are as fast, efficient, and healthy as possible. It's the next generation of disk optimization and performance monitoring.

It's a powerful advantage. Raxco Software's PerfectDisk 12 is coming in '11.

Raxco Software has been helping large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers with their computer resource management needs for more than twenty-five years. The PerfectDisk line has a long award-winning history, most notably its perfect 5-star review from CNET Download.com, winner of Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards for Defragmentation Utility and Storage Management Tool, and Redmond Magazine's Best of the Best Award, and having won PC Magazine's Editor's Choice award on numerous occasions. In addition to its PerfectDisk line, Raxco also produces PC optimization software, including system recovery and disk repair products for Windows operating systems and HP's OpenVMS operating system. Raxco Software can be found on the Web at http://www.raxco.com.