Diskeeper 2008
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InvisiTasking™ No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Diskeeper’s revolutionary new InvisiTasking technology guarantees that Diskeeper will use only system resources that would be otherwise be wasted (idle time).

This technology allows Diskeeper’s real-time defragmentation to continually keep your disk volumes in top shape, and ensures your computer's performance is never slowed down by the defragmentation process itself.

I-FAAST™ 2.0 (File Optimization) New! No     Yes  

Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology [I-FAAST] 2.0 improves file access and creation on NTFS volumes by up to 80% above and beyond the improvement provided by defragmentation alone.

When I-FAAST is enabled on a volume, Diskeeper runs specially-engineered benchmarks on the selected NTFS volumes to learn their individual performance characteristics. (Not all disks have the same characteristics.)

Diskeeper then transparently monitors these volumes for file access frequency on an ongoing basis in to determine which files are requested most often. Special analysis techniques prevent Diskeeper from being "fooled" by files that have been recently accessed.

Frag Shield™ 2.0 New! No   Yes Yes Yes

Frag shield dynamically reduces fragmentation of critical system files, maintaining system stability and reliability. Frag Shield performs two vital tasks: It helps prevent fragmentation of the MFT (Master File Tables - the place where information about every file and directory on an NTFS hard drive is stored).

It also assists you in setting up your paging files (a hidden file on your computer's hard disk that Windows XP & Vista uses as if it were RAM) such that fragmentation will be very unlikely to occur in the future. Frag Shield helps you configure your paging files as recommended in published Microsoft guidelines.

The MFT fragmentation prevention technology in Frag Shield is fully automatic and it operates invisibly using InvisiTasking technology.

Intelligent Defragmentation New! No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Diskeeper’s logic controller, which detects various volume and system conditions and chooses the most effective algorithm, has been re-designed to deliver performance benefits faster and more efficiently.

Defrag disks with less than 1% free space New! No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Diskeeper defragments hard drives in the most extreme of conditions — even if your computer system has only a one or two percent of free space left available, Diskeeper 2008 can restore lost performance and save the applications reliant on those files from major reliability failures.

Defrag severely fragmented files New! No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Even if your computer system has a file in millions of fragments, Diskeeper 2008 can restore lost performance and save the applications reliant on those files from major reliability failures.

Power Management for Laptops No Yes Yes Yes Yes

When this option is enabled and the computer switches from normal power to battery power, any ongoing Automatic Defragmentation is safely postponed and a message noting this is written to the Windows Application Event Log. A message is also displayed informing you that Automatic Defragmentation has been postponed. When the computer switches back to normal power, Automatic Defragmentation will resume.

When the computer is running on battery power, any ongoing Manual Defragmentation jobs are canceled and a message noting this is written to the Windows Application Event Log. If you start a Manual Defragmentation job when this option is enabled (and the computer is running on battery power), a message is displayed asking if you want to continue, even though running Diskeeper on battery power may reduce the available battery time.

Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Compatible Mode New! Limited Yes Yes Yes Yes

Diskeeper 2008 eliminates the need to choose between the benefits of VSS and defragmentation. The new VSS-compatible mode in Diskeeper 2008 affords you the ability to leverage the data protection of VSS and the performance and reliability of Diskeeper defragmentation.

When the VSS defragmentation option is enabled, Diskeeper uses proprietary defragmentation engines to help reduce the chance of the defragmentation operation causing new VSS snapshots from being created, thus potentially preventing older snapshots from being purged.

Real-Time complete defragmentation No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Real-time defragmentation automatically handles fragmentation as it occurs, providing maximum system performance at all times!

Boot-Time Defragmentation of Critical System Files No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Safely performs Microsoft®-recommended defragmentation of critical system files to improve performance and reliability.

Automatic Directory Consolidation No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Automatically performs the additional processing necessary to move all the directories on each volume into a single location on the volume. This setting affects both Automatic and Manual Defragmentation operations.

Defragment All Volumes Simultaneously No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Diskeeper can analyze and defragment more than one disk volume (hard drive partitions) at a time. This includes a backup hard drive attached to the computer, but does not include network attached storage devices or other computers on the network.

Historical Reporting No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Diskeeper can provide useful information about file performance loss on your volumes, and also historical data about the fragmentation levels on your volumes. To do this, Diskeeper relies on performance and defragmentation data collected from your volumes.

Real-Time Dashboard No Yes Yes Yes Yes

The Dashboard tab displays real-time details about Automatic Defragmentation, the health of your volumes, the idle resources that Diskeeper uses to accelerate volume performance, and other useful defragmentation information.

Intuitive Control Panel No Yes Yes Yes Yes

The Dashboard Control Panel displays real-time details about automatic defragmentation, the health of your volumes, the idle resources that Diskeeper uses to accelerate volume performance, and other useful information.

64-bit Operating Systems Support N/A   Yes Yes  

Diskeeper works with 64-bit operating systems such as Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Media Center, Windows XP Tablet PC, and Windows 2000 Professional.

Windows Home Server Operating System N/A       Yes

Diskeeper 2008 Home Server Edition runs on the new Windows Home Server Operating System.

Maximum Single Volume Size Supported N/A 1 TB 1 TB 2 TB Unlimited

Diskeeper 2008 Home Edition and Diskeeper 2008 Professional can support up to 1 TB per volume. Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier and Server Edition can support up to 2 TB per volume.