O&O Defrag Professional v17.0 Build 504

January 28, 2014

Do not wait too long! If you work on computers a lot, then slow system and program starts, endless rendering and memory processes, or even system crashes when playing can quickly ruin your enjoyment. Defragmenting your PC can hugely accelerate the speed you can work on your PC. When you defragment, those files fragmented across the hard disk are logically rearranged so that files can be quickly recognized and processed by the hardware. Performance gains of up to 100% are not uncommon! In the new version of O&O Defrag, you can now see what the program does for your system thanks to graphics and statistics, which give you a before-and-after Defrag contrast!

If you work on computers a lot, then slow system and program starts, endless rendering and memory processes, or even system crashes when playing can quickly ruin your enjoyment. Defragmenting your PC can hugely accelerate the speed you can work on your PC. When you defragment, those files fragmented across the hard disk are logically rearranged so that files can be quickly recognized and processed by the hardware. Performance gains of up to 100% are not uncommon!

Benefits of a clearly laid out hard disk

Whenever it saves data, Windows scatters file fragments all over the hard disk and this slows down access times considerably. Defragmentation reverses this by rearranging data and speeding up access times dramatically. This not only saves the user time, it also reduces wear on hard disks and extends their life expectancy. Defragmentation can even make the difference if you lose important data because chances of full recovery are better on a defragmented disk. Why? After defragmentation, it’s easier for data recovery software such as O&O DiskRecovery to restore files when they’re not scattered across multiple areas of a hard disk.

Automatic background defragmentation

Automatic defragmentation is enabled by default following installation and optimizes disks behind the scenes, without interfering in a computer’s performance. You can set O&O Defrag to run defragmentation at a certain level of fragmentation, on particular days of the week, or whenever your screensaver is being used. Defragmentation can be paused and resumed whenever you want because O&O Defrag automatically recognizes where defragmentation was interrupted.

Recommended use

We recommend manual defragmentation for PCs that are being used heavily because only a user can decide when the time is right to give up the performance needed for running defragmentation. On computers using video editing or graphics applications, O&O Defrag can be configured to not start automatic optimization while certain programs are running. The default settings in O&O Defrag are more than adequate for ordinary desktop PCs running mainly internet or office applications. O&O Defrag is also perfect for notebooks. Whenever an external power supply is disconnected, O&O Defrag automatically goes into pause mode to save energy.

All O&O product are developed and serviced in Berlin. We take the concerns of our customers very seriously because we know just how important their data is for them: and what’s more, we’ve been doing this for over ten years!

Highlights
• New Time View to see which defragmentation activity results in which successful optimization
• Improved : intuitive user guidance
• Improved : Even faster system and program starts
• Improved : Defragmentation time reduced by up to 40%
• Improved : Defragmentation of blocked files
• Improved : Optimization of Solid State Drives (SSDs) of any make

Basic features
• Performance increases of up to 100%
• Prevents new fragmentation from occurring
• Extends the life of your hardware
• Accelerates your Internet browser
• Increases chances for recovering lost data
• Automatic background defragmentation
• Faster backup and restoration
• Defragments PCs at the push of a button

Advanced Settings
• Remote control in the same network
• Defrags multiple drives simultaneously
• Adapts itself to system load (O&O Activity Guard)
• Zone filing (Optional)
• Defragments individual files and folders
• A total of eight defragmentation methods for any application scenario
• Power Management for Notebooks
• Assistant for scheduling defragmentation
• Screensaver mode defragments in your absence
• Support for USB sticks and memory cards
• Automatic updates of new product versions

Evaluation and analysis functions
• Intuitive display of fragmentation levels on drives
• Tracking of successful defragmentation over time
• Evaluation of most heavily fragmented files
• Overview of successful defragmentation with before-and-after comparisons
• Dynamic and interactive display of defragmentation
• Detailed report management
• Physical location of file fragments on the hard disk can be analyzed
• Supports Windows® 8, 7, Vista® und XP