PerfectDisk 2008 Professional

Let me just review this excellent disk defragment software by giving my views on the claimed features on its website. The free 30 days trial can also be downloaded there.

• Patented SMARTPlacement™ Optimization
  PerfectDisk 2008's SMARTPlacement™ optimization strategy results in faster subsequent defragmentation runs and faster boot times because many of the files on the drive do not need to be moved at all, since they are placed according to users unique usage patterns. Typical defragmenters waste resources by constantly moving all files around on the drive during every defrag pass.

Each subsequent of my defragmentation is faster because the files are constantly being optimized in placing

• Space Restoration Technology™
  PerfectDisk 2008's exclusive Space Restoration Technology provides the most complete and efficient free space consolidation available today. In a single pass, PerfectDisk 2008 creates the largest piece of contiguous free space possible. This results in less fragmentation occurring when new files are created and also improves write file access time, in addition to read file access time, which is all typical defragmenters focus on. A Consolidate Free Space Defrag option is also available which creates the largest piece of contiguous free space available. This is useful prior to creating large files or in performing partition resizing operations. It is also useful in compressing a virtual hard drive on a virtual machine, as a large amount of contiguous space will be recaptured.

True, after defragmentation, there was a large contiguous free space on each of my drive

• Single-pass File and Free Space Defragmentation
  PerfectDisk 2008 performs a complete defragmentation of files and free space in a single pass no matter how large the drive or how badly fragmented the drive. No slowly chipping away at the problem like typical defragmenters. Once and done - and using fewer resources as well. In addition, you have a clear understanding of when your drive has completed its defragmentation.

Amazing fast speed of defragmentation

PerfectDisk 2008

• Complete Automation
  PerfectDisk 2008's exclusive AutoPilot Scheduling automates all aspects of defragmentation. Administrators and users have complete flexibility in defining schedules to completely automate the enterprise's defragmentation. For example, schedules can be set to run daily, weekly, or only when the user's screen saver is on. If users are working, PerfectDisk will run in the background. With StealthPatrol, users can choose to have PerfectDisk only run during system idle time.

Its the most useful feature, set it and forget it!

• Minimal Free Space Requirement
  Raxco Software pioneered defragmentation of the largest drives with minimal free space - as little as 1% free space on a drive is required to defragment it with PerfectDisk 2008.

Never tried it before , my drive always had at least 20% free space.

• Complete NTFS Metadata File Defragmentation
  Because only PerfectDisk 2008 defragments all metadata, the result is a drive that is completely defragmented. Other defragmenters do not defragment all of the NTFS metadata and even more alarming, do not report on the files they leave fragmented. And PerfectDisk also provides complete fragmentation statistics for all files. You get the complete picture of the state of your drive. With other defragmenters, since you don't have statistics on all files, you're only seeing part of the picture.

Complete statistics are available after each defragmentation

• Optimized Master File Table (MFT) Placement
  PerfectDisk 2008 provides a 5%-10% performance improvement over typical defragmenters because of where PerfectDisk 2008 places the MFT. Microsoft has specific guidelines for placement of the MFT for this improved performance, and only PerfectDisk follows these guidelines.

Can't be ascertained as claimed.

• Selected Files Defrag
  PerfectDisk 2008 allows users to defragment a single file, or selected files, rather than an entire drive if desired. This can be useful for users working with large files, such as videos.
  

Absolutely right! Saves time as well

• CPU and I/O Throttling
  PerfectDisk 2008 provides the ability to control CPU and I/O resources. While PerfectDisk 2008 uses very little CPU resources, administrators still have the ability to throttle CPU depending on certain circumstances. Similarly, I/O activity can also be throttled. This can be useful if, for example, another application is performing large amounts of I/O.

Yes, by doing this, it will not affect the performance of the task you are doing.

• User-defined thresholds
  PerfectDisk 2008's exclusive Perfect-Time™ user-defined threshold capability allows you to limit the amount of times PerfectDisk needs to run to only when a site-defined level of fragmentation is reached, thereby reducing unnecessary defrag runs.

No need to defragment when your drive is already working in top condition, neat

• Low System Resource Usage
  PerfectDisk 2008 has low CPU and memory usage, which saves computer resources, freeing them for other needs and applications.

The process is hardly noticeable on my PC

• Automatic Shutdown After Defrag
  PerfectDisk 2008 can be set to shut down at the conclusion of a defrag.

No particular interest to me

• Defragments directories, pagefile and hibernate file
  No file or directory is left fragmented with PerfectDisk 2008, so you'll have better performance. No other defragmenter defragments the hibernate file.

Unable to do offline defragmentation as it is locked up, dunno why! A problem for me since using Diskeeper

Why is it important to defragment your hard disk?

Every time you use your computer, even when it's brand new, the files on your PC or laptop will continuously become fragmented. This means that these files are split into millions of pieces, and this occurs even more so when you go to add, modify and delete them. So when you go to access a file - even just to read it - it will take much longer than necessary because Windows has to first find each piece of the file before you can even see it.

This makes using your computer, and doing everything you want, much slower than it should be. Fragmentation also leads to much slower boot times and will make applications run slow or even potentially cause them to "lock-up" or freeze.

Defragging your computer puts the pieces of your files back together into a single piece - the way they should be. A defragmented computer will boot quicker, files will be accessed faster, and your applications will not hang. A good disk defragger will not only defragment, but will also consolidate the free space on your drives into one large piece so when you create a new file, there will be enough free space to save that file in a single piece, rather than fragmenting right away.

Defragmenting the old way..using windows disk defragmenter

For most users, the default disk defragmenter provided in Windows seems to be enough. The truth is it only defragment the drive up to a certain limit only. For power users such as those using their computers for gaming and high end editing, it is certainly insufficient.

There are currently only 2 commercial disk defragmenter available that is really good ie. Diskeeper and PerfectDisk. I have been using Diskeeper until last year when I decided to give PerfectDisk a try. PerfectDisk is currently my favourite and I'll write more about it in my next posting..

Booze Night at Voodoo

Still reeling from the lack of sleep caused by consuming alcohol.

Last night went to my friend's birthday at Voodoo Pub & Bistro. It is a newly renovated pub located at Bandar Baru Medan, Ipoh ( nearby Zuellig Pharma and close to the highway). The last pub at Ipoh that I went was Mike's Place and this is more entertaining.

Atmosphere was quite nice with lots of music and performances.

Voodoo Pub & Bistro (quite happening past midnight)

My friend had already booked a karaoke room upstairs

A pool table is a must

This place was quite crowded

Changing neon lights at the bar table

Drinking time!

A Johnnie Walker Whisky with 40% alcohol content! At least 4 bottles have been opened that night.

Intoxicating!

Quite relaxing while enjoying the music

Nice 'art' at the entrance door to the men's toilet

Open air upstairs

View from upstairs

Picasa 3

Transfer, find, organize, edit, print, and share images, all with this easy-to-use product. Watch Picasa automatically organize all your pictures into elegant albums by date. Having all your photos in one place means no more time wasted searching for folders or files.

The program works with JPEG, GIF, BMP, PSD, and movie files and is compatible with most digital cameras; it detects your USB driver and imports pictures into albums. Editing tools include cropping (standard or custom), removal of red-eye, and enhancing--even switching from color to black and white.

Create slide shows set to your MP3s. Integration with Picasa's free Hello instant picture-sharing software lets you share hundreds of photos in seconds and chat in real time. E-mail photos with Picasa's built-in client to take the guesswork out of compressing images, and order photo-lab quality prints or print at home with no mistakes.

You can also make instant backups to CD (or to other hard drives) of your photo collections, to organize your photos using labels and stars (just like with Gmail), to write captions for all pictures, and to organize videos as well as pictures.

Version 3 improves sharing and syncing online, enhances the collage tool, and adds a movie maker as part of a dozen changes.

You can get it here

Stupid lorry driver

Last week managed to capture these traffic blockage images at a roundabout caused by an irresponsible lorry driver. Have to use the right lane and caused quite a jam.

iPmart Forum

I have downloaded many application for my LGKS20 running Windows Mobile 6 such as:

Mapking (GPS)
Lexisgoo Dictionary
Thumbcal
Pocket Finance Diary
EyePhoto
Memmaid Quick Clean
etc..

and for my work...

Thomson Clinical Xpert (mobile version of micromedex)
Lexi-comp Drug Info for PPC
BNF Handbook
Pharmacotherapy Handbook
Applied Therapeutics Handbook
Essential Psychopharmacology-The Prescriber's Guide
etc...

and many many more Java Games fully registered for my phone.

All these could have cost hundreds if you purchase the original.

Here is the forum to get all the software, applications and games for your mobile phones.
Among the phone operating system supported is Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm and lots more.

Sounds too good to be true? Well, there is free lunch after all.

Just get registered and you can download all the cracked application as many as you like. It works like charm. The forum members are very helpful and ready to guide you. Make your choice!

When will the day end?

Yesterday working nine to nine (yup, an amazing 12 hours)... wondering when will the day ends?
the time trickled slowly as people come one by one...its unbearable..

Sitting in a corner in a deep thought

but not as "deep thought" as our beloved PM during his presence at the National Integrity Convention recently

Only these provided some refreshment for me from falling asleep