Exec. Soft. Diskeeper 8.0 Professional - Automatic Disk Defragmentation

by Executive Software International

Product Features

• Peak performance management for all workstations on your network
• Keeps systems working at maximum speed automatically
• Greatly expanded centralized administration; new user interface
• Faster, more efficient OS-specific defragmentation engines
• Graphically displays actual performance gains achieved

Product Details

Product Manual [3.56mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000CC761
• Item model number: 103136
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 27, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,556 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Norton!, November 8, 2003

By 

J. Plummer (Bangor, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exec. Soft. Diskeeper 8.0 Professional - Automatic Disk Defragmentation (CD-ROM)

Whether you are a techie or relatively intimidated by the whole system maintenance thing, this product is for you! Perhaps the biggest plus for me was the speed. Diskeeper is one of the fastest defrag utilities available. In addition the ability to configure the software to defrag your drives while the computer is idle (During a screen saver running for example) makes this a great tool for your PC toolbox. In any event, don't take my word for it. You can download free trialware at www.diskeeper.com and try it for 30 days before you buy! You won't be disappointed! You'll need the professional edition if you run Windows XP Professional.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diskeeper Buries Norton Speed Disk, December 7, 2003

By 

Derek Kane (Dublin, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exec. Soft. Diskeeper 8.0 Professional - Automatic Disk Defragmentation (CD-ROM)

Diskeeper is the best defrag tool that I have ever seen and I've tried them all. It can defrag on a restart or on demand, but the by far the best feature of all which I have not seen in another defrag tool is the SCREEN SAVER defrag option!
You will never have to waste your time with a slow machine while defragging or scheduling defrags again. Just set the screen saver option to run, and it will automatically defrag your computer whenever the screen saver kicks on. There is nothing to set up, just leave your current screen saver as it is. When you come back to work and move your mouse, the screensaver stops as well as the defrag (after about 5 seconds).
I love this tool!
This works for servers or workstations.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Really Needed if You Have Windows XP, January 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Exec. Soft. Diskeeper 8.0 Professional - Automatic Disk Defragmentation (CD-ROM)

Admittedly the built in defraggers for Windows 98 and Windows ME did not perform well i.e. they would run forever and keep restarting if you did not kill almost every background task running on your computer. However if you use Windows XP and NTFS the built in defragger works wonderfully.

The manufacturer tries to make it appear as if using the Windows built in defragger is a very manual and tedious process. However it is quite simple to automate the built in defragger by simply adding it as a scheduled task - go into Accessories, System Tools, and Scheduled Tasks. Add the following new task and schedule it to run it once a day or even once a week.

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DEFRAG.EXE C: /f

I have mine run at 4:05 a.m. each morning. So each day my hard drive starts out freshly defragged.

I am not saying the Diskeeper product is bad. Actually I think it is a great product. However I also believe that the defragger built into Windows XP (also created by the company that produces Diskeeper) is nearly as good, especially if you schedule it to automatically execute on a daily basis.

There are some things I do not like about Diskeeper. First I do not like how you are forced to use the more expensive version of the software if you are using XP Professional. This seems like a scam as there are plenty of home users using XP Professional. Second I do not like the idea that the Diskeeper program essentially runs all the time (and is thus taking up memory and CPU cycles). I realize that its memory footprint is probably trivial and it does not use much CPU cycles when not actively defragging, but I am one of those people who likes to keep my PC very lean. Finally I do not like how Executive Software seems to make it appear as if using the Windows built in defragger is a very manual and tedious process when in reality it can be easily automated.