When you next launch the Console you will notice a new tab called Diskeeper.
When you click on that tab you will see the What’s New dialog box – you can switch this off otherwise it will display each time and pretty soon you will be familiar with Diskeeper!
The next thing you will see is the System Performance Report – this shows a lot of information, including configuration information and also results.
If you close the report you will be presented with the main dashboard. There is a lot of information here, and you have to scroll down to see it all.
The Dashboard report area is only a small part of the screen, which can make it a little difficult and frustrating at times to see everything you want to see, but it is all there.
You can see details on drives.
And recommendations…..
And even look at specific volume maps.
So, can DiskKeeper finally perform a 100% defrag? I gave up on it years ago and switched to Raxco PerfectDisk since PerfectDisk can, and will do a 100% defrag – even on volumes with less than 10% (let alone less than 20%) free space. It may take longer, but it will do it!
The real time defragmenting sounds interesting too.
Then again, I think my next server will have have the system/database files on an SSD so fragmentation will be essentially moot for me. The days of needing to defragment are coming to an end (finally!).
Regarding your SSD comment, Diskeeper 2011 has an optional module called HyperFast that provides SSD optimisation. What out for a review of this in the next day or so.
I’ve used Diskeeper for years and it has always been able to do a “100% defrag” and it has no space limitations.
And it is the only defrag solution that prevents fragmentation.
Check out this Top 10 Review which did a side-by-side comparison of the best defrag programs around:
http://disk-defragmenter-software-review.toptenreviews.com/diskeeper-professional-review.html
Raxco PD took the bronze, while Diskeeper took the Gold (even though it was Diskeeper 2010 and PD was the latest version 11).
But hey, third place isn’t so bad….
As for me, I’ll stick with the best — I like Gold!
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You did an excellent job on this review — very thorough (I wish the “professional reviewers” some of the magazines use were as thorough as you — you should send this review to Maximum PC; you run circles artound their “reviews”!!)
All I can say is wait till you experience the full benefits of the automatic defrag and the fragmentation prevention features in the software!
Seriously, thanks for a very professinal and thorough review!
Your reaeders can get a free trial of this at http://www.diskeeper.com