PerfectDisk is a

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software product for

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developed by Raxco. The application keeps track of file usage to lessen defragmentation time and offers two modes of basic defragging: "quick" and "SmartPlacement". SmartPlacement was Raxco's proprietary toolkit for more accurate, albeit slower defragging, and was marketed as a main selling point over the built-in tool of

' built in defragmentation tools.

History

During the 1980s, a software package titled "Disk-Optimizer" was marketed as part of the collective name "RAXCO Rabbit Software." PerfectDisk was released in 1990 for the VMS operating system. A version for

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followed later in 1997. PerfectDisk contains scheduler supporting also client PCs in the network. The last version of PerfecDisk is 14.00 build 900. As Raxco filled for bankruptcy in April, 2024, PerfectDisk users can still use the installed software, but no activations will be done after May, 2024, and no support will be provided past this date.

Competition

The standard Windows "

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" is based on a subset of a competing, now-discontinued product named

Diskeeper Diskeeper is a discontinued defragmentation app, designed for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Executive Software International, Inc., which later changed its name to Diskeeper Corporation, and is now called Condusiv Technologies. The fina ...

. For those seeking additional features, PerfectDisk and the full-feature Diskeeper are among their options; these are intended for high-end users, and feature optimizing the placement of "system files and free space."Source: Google Translation of Japanese Wiki article

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External links

Microsoft: Troubleshooting Disk Defragmenter

Official web site
Defragmentation software Proprietary software Computer system optimization software Utilities for Windows Disk usage analysis software

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