You can get Paragon Total Defrag 2009 Special Edition free by going to: Linky Fill out the form and hit "submit." In a short time you will receive an email with your product key and serial number. Then go to: Download Link If this is slow try this alt link Register the software using the product key and serial number.
Thanks for the deal OP. I was wondering if anyone could briefly tell me the advantages of using this software over what is already included in Windows System tools. Thanks
uvmgrad said: Thanks for the deal OP. I was wondering if anyone could briefly tell me the advantages of using this software over what is already included in Windows System tools. Thanks
Seems legit - reviews say better than Windows defrag, but does not say why...
member001
Member
posted: Mar. 9, 2009 @ 9:45a
Just installed and asked me to restart when tried to defrag and started getting blue screen of death. Finally uninstalled this crap from safe mode to be able to boot.
FLATPICKER31 said: here is a link to 8 free defrag prog free-disk-de-fragmenters I like (and use) the IObit Smart Defrag from that list on Vista 64. I don't like that it tries to install the Yahoo toolbar (I think) during installation though.
kaarukun
Member
posted: Mar. 9, 2009 @ 12:24p
AceNJ said: Free is always great but the real deal defragger is diskeeper by far.
Free is bad if it destroys your system. Just be wary. Otherwise, I've used JkDegraf, Auslogic, Diskkeeper w/o issues.
Nick1420
Member
posted: Mar. 9, 2009 @ 1:34p
I have used that Smart Defrag for quite awhile now, listed in the link above, and it is very good.
MustangGT50Conv said: AceNJ said: Free is always great but the real deal defragger is diskeeper by far.
Care to explain why?
Not really, just do a quick google search. They are constantly winning awards for their superior defrag software.
lumberjack
Member
posted: Mar. 9, 2009 @ 1:51p
ToHellWithUGA said: FLATPICKER31 said: here is a link to 8 free defrag prog free-disk-de-fragmenters I like (and use) the IObit Smart Defrag from that list on Vista 64. I don't like that it tries to install the Yahoo toolbar (I think) during installation though. It seems like everything does that freakin' Yahoo! toolbar - if not that, it's the Google toolbar!
Oh well - as least it's easily solved by un-clicking that option
member001 said: Just installed and asked me to restart when tried to defrag and started getting blue screen of death. Finally uninstalled this crap from safe mode to be able to boot.
Stay away from this cheap crap.
You must have downloaded the Special Edition Blue Screen of death version
partialinsomniac
Tired Member
posted: Mar. 9, 2009 @ 3:08p
member001 said: Just installed and asked me to restart when tried to defrag and started getting blue screen of death. Finally uninstalled this crap from safe mode to be able to boot.
Stay away from this cheap crap. I had a similar experience while running Hard Drive Manager. I was using the backup function to transfer files from one external drive to another; the process evidently failed, and upon reboot, Windows would no longer load. It took a while before I figured out that HDM had overwritten the MBR; I loaded the Windows setup disc, had it clear the record, and booted back in without issue.
FWIW, the software itself isn't bad... but some of the ways it goes about things is a bit odd. I can understand why it touched the MBR, but it doesn't mean it was a good idea.
There's a lot of crap software at FW that's offered for "free" now and then. This program, from Paragon, isn't one of them. Paragon is based in Europe and the language and appearance of some of their stuff seems a little odd to U.S. users, but their quality is usually very good.
I don't need this defrag software but if I did I wouldn't hesitate. Like I said, there's a lot of other stuff I'd stay away from - like anything from CA.
bmcclure937
New Member
posted: Mar. 9, 2009 @ 3:42p
Windows has a defrag utility built in... run it over night and you are good to go in the AM. No need to bloat your system with unneeded garbage, IMO!
OP, why would you give a link to the UK site with very slow download speed when one can download easily from the vendor and just enter the key to activate it? Am I missing anything?
Update 03/09 9:40pm: It turns out the trial s/w from vendor site IS different than the download from UK. The trial version has no place to enter serial number and must be uninstalled and replaced by the OP's link version. BAD way of doing things. I will pass!!
kimchongse said: So seriously, can somebody explain how/which program is superior to the windows defrag utility?
My co-workers and I have tested multiple defrag programs. Raxco perfectdisk O&O Defrag Diskeeper
Hands down the winner is O&O defrag. You can defrag in 5 or 6 different ways. STEALTH MODE SPACE MODE by FILE ACCESS/MOST OFTEN by FILES MODIFIED Both on workstations AND servers.
The other sys admins were apprehensive about testing a server defrag utility on our server ,especially since it had a RAID array. But O&O really cleaned things up fast and there was NO PROBLEMS, NO DATA LOSS!
The most troublesome was Diskeeper. It could never get ahead of the fragmentation situation. And couldn't even break even. It was always playing catch up. It was like it was defragging at a rate that was slower than the fragmentation was occurring. We demo'd it for our servers for a 3 week period. We finally had to give up and remove it.
The runner up to O&O would have to be Raxco Perfect disk. Not the most flashy, or tweakable, but it gets the job done. Dependable.
kimchongse said: So seriously, can somebody explain how/which program is superior to the windows defrag utility?
My co-workers and I have tested multiple defrag programs. Raxco perfectdisk O&O Defrag Diskeeper
Hands down the winner is O&O defrag. You can defrag in 5 or 6 different ways. STEALTH MODE SPACE MODE by FILE ACCESS/MOST OFTEN by FILES MODIFIED Settings are pretty much the same for either servers or workstations.
The other sys admins were apprehensive about testing a server defrag utility on our server ,especially since it had a RAID array. But O&O really cleaned things up fast and there was NO PROBLEMS, NO DATA LOSS!
The most troublesome was Diskeeper. It could never get ahead of the fragmentation situation. And couldn't even break even. It was always playing catch up. It was like it was defragging at a rate that was slower than the fragmentation was occurring. We demo'd it for our servers for a 3 week period. We finally had to give up and remove it.
The runner up to O&O would have to be Raxco Perfect disk. Not the most flashy, or tweakable, but it gets the job done. Dependable.
Naturally these are not freebies, but signing up with the O&O software newsletter, I've gotten some utilities at a discount for my home PC also.
rwarnold said: I'm a little nervous about downloading exe's from vnudownloads.co.uk or megaupload.com... am I just paranoid?
There are a lot of good programs there.
I've downloaded there for several years without any problems.
If you go to their download area and search for "Full commercial" or Full commerical version" you can find some of the previous full version freebies they offered.
The PC magazines from the UK, as seen in Barnes and Noble at your local mall, come with some really good offerings via the DVD they include inside with their mags. Magazine titles like: PC PRO PC PLUS PC ADVISOR
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