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stidyup
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Joined: 19 Apr 2004
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Location: Sheffield, Yorkshire, Earth, Milky Way, The known Universe
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 Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: IObit SmartDefrag - Freeware |
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http://www.iobit.com/SmartDefrag/index.html
Free defrag software, but you may get google ads in the program display, the current ads/links take you to IOBit's website, if it comes out of beta this may change. This is still Beta Software.
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| 100% Freebie & 100% Safe. Disk fragmentation is generally main cause of slow and unstable PC performance. IObit SmartDefrag helps defrag your hard drive most efficiently. With "Install it and forget it" feature, IObit SmartDefrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest. Slow down, freeze-ups and crashes will be a thing of the past. IObit SmartDefrag is 100% free for personal, home and small business. Analyzed by many strictest tests, IObit SmartDefrag is 100% safe and has no spyware/adware. |
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rk
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Location: Zurich, CH
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| and has no spyware/adware |
Well, based on the screenshot, I would say that that is unlikely to be true. So blatantly lying about including adware doesn't exactly inspire confidence in a program which is going to do low-level I/O operations on the hard disk. |
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stidyup
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:06 am Post subject: |
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As I said all the ad links currently in the program take you to IOBit's website, whether that will change in future we'll only know when the final version is released.
IOBit support forum
They have got there own support forum for the product and I've used it for the past couple of days and not had any problems running it. |
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wardog
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Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| rk wrote: |
| Well, based on the screenshot, I would say that that is unlikely to be true. So blatantly lying about including adware doesn't exactly inspire confidence in a program which is going to do low-level I/O operations on the hard disk. |
I gotta agree with rk here. I reboot to the bare necessities when I plan on defragging.
This isn't to say that it isn't a good SW. Only that I prefer that my CPU not be bothered while such critical disk I/O is being attended.
.. Rick |
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AndyR
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:38 am Post subject: |
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Well,
Thats just ugly, and quite frankly, how is it safe, when it has ad's in it. I mean, whats stopping an ad loading, then launching pop-ups.
It's probably free because it's more than likely just a front-end added to the Windows XP Disk Defragmenter COM Component.
Think I will stick to O&O Defrag 8 Pro. |
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Seawolf
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| AndyR wrote: |
| Think I will stick to _____ |
You'll think that (if you haven't already) about lots of the random crap stidyup brings up. |
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impar
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:18 am Post subject: |
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Greetings!
No one forces you to install any of that software, Seawolf. |
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Seawolf
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Just me huh? Why not say that to AndyR too then?
I was just talking.
(And you know, I noticed that myself.)
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Blakhart
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| I will just say this: a 3rd party defrag app was the only defrag app I have ever seen crash a NT based system. |
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jpr
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:05 am Post subject: |
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| Someone enlighten me please (no sarcasm here, I'm serious): what are the benefits of say O&O Defrag or similar products over Windows builtin defrag? I know you can't defrag the pagefile (and registry?) with the builtin defrager, but are there any other benefits? |
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