Has anyone tried it? If so, what do you think of it? How does it compare to
Diskeeper or Perfectdisk? And where can I find a comprehensive review of
this product? TIA.

--
Ken

Three things about it seem a little questionable.
1. Naming it an Accelerator - anybody with an understanding of
fragmentation wouldn't title a defrag program using that descriptor
2. Bonus software for purchasing - Usually a bonus software package
is to make it more appealing or seem a better value.
3. It claims better defragmenting than the XP native defrag tool and
not against industry leaders Diskeeper and Raxco.
Know nothing about it other than the product spec I pulled up
from the vendor. Although it did seem to offer specific file placement
options that go beyond the Prefetch or date ordering.
ZD gave it an Editors Choice, but that's probably bought with a few
dinners at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.

"Ken Gardner" <KenGardner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:69CAADB3-EB46-4712-8666-D108616DC6F8@microsoft.com...
> Has anyone tried it? If so, what do you think of it? How does it compare
> to
> Diskeeper or Perfectdisk? And where can I find a comprehensive review of
> this product? TIA.
>
> --
> Ken

XP's defragmenter is a hosed down version of retail Diskeeper. Guessing
prior to version 7.
Get alot of email advertising from them, lotsa hooplah about making
everything run faster blah, blah, blah.
After all's said and done, makes no difference what defragmenter does that
job, as long as its done once in awhile. Don't know anyone foolish enough
to buy more than one defragmenter program, if bought at all. So comparisons
you're asking for will not be subjective, only far-off observationally
objective. Personally was foolish enough to buy Diskeeper (home)version 8,
now they're trying to sell me version 9. See no improvement over the other
in the home version, but they keep trying.

"Ken Gardner" <KenGardner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks. I put no stock in the ZDNET rating or the "bonus software." I
> didn't find any comparative with Diskeeper or Perfectdisk either. But the
> description at the Nova website reflects that it may be similar to O&O.
>
> --
> Ken
>
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
>
> > Three things about it seem a little questionable.
> > 1. Naming it an Accelerator - anybody with an understanding of
> > fragmentation wouldn't title a defrag program using that descriptor
> > 2. Bonus software for purchasing - Usually a bonus software package
> > is to make it more appealing or seem a better value.
> > 3. It claims better defragmenting than the XP native defrag tool and
> > not against industry leaders Diskeeper and Raxco.
> > Know nothing about it other than the product spec I pulled up
> > from the vendor. Although it did seem to offer specific file placement
> > options that go beyond the Prefetch or date ordering.
> > ZD gave it an Editors Choice, but that's probably bought with a few
> > dinners at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
> >
> > "Ken Gardner" <KenGardner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:69CAADB3-EB46-4712-8666-D108616DC6F8@microsoft.com...
> > > Has anyone tried it? If so, what do you think of it? How does it
compare
> > > to
> > > Diskeeper or Perfectdisk? And where can I find a comprehensive review
of
> > > this product? TIA.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ken
> >
> >
> >

Thanks. I put no stock in the ZDNET rating or the "bonus software." I
didn't find any comparative with Diskeeper or Perfectdisk either. But the
description at the Nova website reflects that it may be similar to O&O.

--
Ken


"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Three things about it seem a little questionable.
> 1. Naming it an Accelerator - anybody with an understanding of
> fragmentation wouldn't title a defrag program using that descriptor
> 2. Bonus software for purchasing - Usually a bonus software package
> is to make it more appealing or seem a better value.
> 3. It claims better defragmenting than the XP native defrag tool and
> not against industry leaders Diskeeper and Raxco.
> Know nothing about it other than the product spec I pulled up
> from the vendor. Although it did seem to offer specific file placement
> options that go beyond the Prefetch or date ordering.
> ZD gave it an Editors Choice, but that's probably bought with a few
> dinners at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
>
> "Ken Gardner" <KenGardner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:69CAADB3-EB46-4712-8666-D108616DC6F8@microsoft.com...
> > Has anyone tried it? If so, what do you think of it? How does it compare
> > to
> > Diskeeper or Perfectdisk? And where can I find a comprehensive review of
> > this product? TIA.
> >
> > --
> > Ken
>
>
>

It is actually an OEM'd version of O&O Defrag.

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

Want to email me? Delete ntloader.

"Ken Gardner" <KenGardner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news60F56D2-084E-477A-9EB2-CFCB09369506@microsoft.com...
> Thanks. I put no stock in the ZDNET rating or the "bonus software." I
> didn't find any comparative with Diskeeper or Perfectdisk either. But the
> description at the Nova website reflects that it may be similar to O&O.
>
> --
> Ken
>
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
>
> > Three things about it seem a little questionable.
> > 1. Naming it an Accelerator - anybody with an understanding of
> > fragmentation wouldn't title a defrag program using that descriptor
> > 2. Bonus software for purchasing - Usually a bonus software package
> > is to make it more appealing or seem a better value.
> > 3. It claims better defragmenting than the XP native defrag tool and
> > not against industry leaders Diskeeper and Raxco.
> > Know nothing about it other than the product spec I pulled up
> > from the vendor. Although it did seem to offer specific file placement
> > options that go beyond the Prefetch or date ordering.
> > ZD gave it an Editors Choice, but that's probably bought with a few
> > dinners at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
> >
> > "Ken Gardner" <KenGardner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:69CAADB3-EB46-4712-8666-D108616DC6F8@microsoft.com...
> > > Has anyone tried it? If so, what do you think of it? How does it
compare
> > > to
> > > Diskeeper or Perfectdisk? And where can I find a comprehensive review
of
> > > this product? TIA.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ken
> >
> >
> >