PerfectDisk 8 Vista ready

[MICHAEL]

I have always been a Diskeeper user, but PerfectDisk
is a good product, too.

http://www.raxco.com/

PerfectDisk 8 support for Vista is here! After months of closely working with the Microsoft
Vista Certification Team, Raxco is once again pleased to be the first to market with another
breakthrough release. Read the press release here.

Never before have we seen so much anticipation and buzz surrounding a release of PerfectDisk.
Why? Mainly because Microsoft didn't change the file system, but with Vista, it is very clear
that the need for efficient defragmentation has become even more of a critical issue. More so
than with XP, Vista's built-in defragger has major limitations, including its use of a
multi-pass defrag engine and its very limited flexibility in scheduling when and how often it
runs. The comment that we received most often from our beta testers was that, unlike XP, the
free Vista free defragger's GUI no longer tells you how badly fragmented your drive actually
is. I guess the thought was that what you don't know, won't hurt you. In the case of Vista,
that couldn't be farther from the truth.

Thanks again for working with us and if you ever need anything, please let me know. If you have
any questions for technical support, contact them here.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Yes it is. I use both PerfectDisk and Diskeeper according to my needs.

Diskeeper 10 for Vista is still a couple of weeks off. Then we will have
two solid products for Vista x86 and x64. It took a lot longer than this to
get support for XP Pro x64 so it looks like Vista is being taken much more
seriously than XP x64 was. Not that that surprises me any.

 

[Guest]

Their site is a little hard to navigate. I know version 8 has been out for a
little while, at the same time they had a beta version that was for Vista.
Does that mean that their Version 8 is now Vista ready or is there another
version specifically for Vista?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The website offers "PerfectDisk 8 Professional for Windows Vista" as a
separate item in the downloads box on the Free Evaluations tab.

 

[Chad Harris]

I've been using the PD 8 Build 31 with Vista for a couple months or so as a
free trial. Works great. Big PD fan. Raxco's Manager of Technical
Solutions Greg Hayes is one of a handful Windows File Server Storage MVPs.

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=8CB41391-DD7C-4B2E-861C-81A3F4872A69

CH

 

[Chad Harris]

Yep as Colin says, Raxco will be going with separate Version 8's one for XP;
and one for Vista. You can try the Version 8 for Vista at least 32 bit for
about 5 months, and maybe Colin can clarify if there needs to be separate
Diskeepers and PDs for X64. I never thought about that need.

I like the boottime defrag interface of Diskeeper a little bit better but
either works well for me. I like the PD defrag setup better in Windows.

CH

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I am waiting for the download email. I'll let you know. XP x64 was a
separate program.

 

[Roscoe]

I just got it for 1/2 price (19.99) with a promo code Raxco emailed me. Not
too bad.

 

[Guest]

How did you get 5 months trial version? I downloaded a trial of PD 8 for
Vista and it shows up as version 8.0 Build 45 Evaluation good for 30 days
only. I guess we might be talking about different versions.

 

[Guest]

Do you mind sharing how you got the promo code?

I just got it for 1/2 price (19.99) with a promo code Raxco emailed me. Not
too bad.

 

[Jeff]

Colin,
Pssst,
command line defrag works great-and free too-lol
just thought i'd remind ya-lol

(but I do miss the colors)
Jeff
just messin-lol

 

[Jeff]

Chad,
Is it just me, or did everyone forget about command line defragging?
LOL

works-free too!!!
I do miss the colors in a UI though
Jeff

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

There is only one program file for download so it is for both x86 and x64.

 

[MICHAEL]

To show our thanks for participating in the PerfectDisk Vista beta, Raxco is pleased to offer
you the ability to purchase PerfectDisk 8 w/Vista support at 50% off of the regular price.
That's about $20 for a single license copy and all you have to do is go to the Raxco Download
Store, add PerfectDisk 8 to your cart, enter Coupon Code: DEFRAGVISTANOW, and you're all set.
But, you better hurry as the code expires soon.

** Code DEFRAGVISTANOW will expire at midnight on December 15, 2006

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Yep. Raxco sent me the same email.

To show our thanks for participating in the PerfectDisk Vista beta,
Raxco is pleased to offer you the ability to purchase PerfectDisk 8
w/Vista support at 50% off of the regular price. That's about $20 for a
single license copy and all you have to do is go to the Raxco Download
Store, add PerfectDisk 8 to your cart, enter Coupon Code:
DEFRAGVISTANOW, and you're all set. But, you better hurry as the code
expires soon.

** Code DEFRAGVISTANOW will expire at midnight on December 15, 2006

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I took advantage of this. Thanks for the post.

 

[Gypsy]

They saw you coming...........it's £10.22 with that promo code.
£14 whatever if you go for the one year support thing.

 

[Dave Johnson]

But if the Roscoe is in the States, then 19.99 would be USD, which is
actually roughly the same as 10.22 GBP.

 

[MICHAEL]

I did, too. I was really hoping Diskeeper would be released
soon. IIRC, Diskeeper was first to offer a beta for Vista, but
I think it only worked with Beta2. It seemed to work okay, but
obviously they felt it needed more tweaking.

I just can't live with Vista's built-in defrag. I'm sure it does an
okay job, but I need a more hands-on approach, I need to see
what's going on. The ability to do a boot-time defrag is a must.
Both Diskeeper and PerfectDisk do this. I've never been one
to over emphasize defragging, I think some folks just do it too
much and expect it to do more than it actually does. But, it is
an important function and even more so with Vista, it seems.
All one has to do is run Vista's defrag, then run PerfectDisk, and
it is clear to me that Vista's defrag is lacking- quite a bit.

I've been playing around with virtualization more often, and that
can sure cause some major fragmentation- a reliable and *fast*
defrag is a must.

-Michael

 

[Roscoe]

Correct Dave. I should have typed ($19.99).