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Save your hard drive and your screen
Defragmenting your hard drive is a pain. Often the need for a defrag coincides with the need for system performance. We defrag when we notice that our computers are working slowly, and we usually notice a slow-down precisely when we are wanting our computers to work quickly. Defragging at such a crucial time compounds the problem. It can take multiple hours to cleanup a large hard drive. It was in such a defrag-induced downtime that the concept of hsDefragSaver was hit on. Why not have your computer defrag BEFORE a performance problem occurs? Better yet, why not defrag when the computer is idle? hsDefragSaver does precisely this. It is a screen saver and defragger combination, and it defrags your hard drive BEFORE you notice the need for it.
System Requirements
- Windows 2000/XP or Later
- Internet Explorer Version 4.0 or Greater
- .NET framework v1.1 SP1 or Later
Feature Matrix
| Feature | Full Version | Free Version |
|---|---|---|
| Analyzes your hard drive | ||
| Defragments your hard drive | ||
| Runs as a screen saver when your computer is idle | ||
| Runs your favorite windows screensaver in the foreground | ||
| Comes with a default, customizable screensaver foreground | ||
| Uses a fragmentation threshold to determine when a defragmentation should run NEW! | ||
| Uses a CPU threshold to avoid interrupting important applications NEW! | ||
| Employs a disk use threshold to avoid monopolizing the hard drive NEW! | ||
| Has a "cool-down" timer to avoid overly-repetitive defragmentation NEW! | ||
| Allows non-Administrative accounts to automate volume maintenanceNEW! | ||
| Shuts down immediately at any keyboard input or mouse moves | ||
| Multi-Monitor Support | ||
| Has Transparency Mode | ||
| Usage restrictions: | none | 15 days |
Revision History
- Maintenance Release: 1.0.4.11(7/31/2006)
- Free to owners of v1.0.*.*
- Updated the website links to reflect the new product home page
- Added option to complete silent installations via command-line parameters
- Maintenance Release: 1.0.3.85 (7/28/2005)
- Free to owners of v1.0.*.*
- Added a "Check for Latest Versions" button to the About Tab of the Settings Dialog.
- Fixed some timeout settings in the default installation to address service communication timeouts.
- Defaulted the CPU Threshold to 100% in order to deal with some CPU-intensive screensavers. Users can override the settings as necessary in the Settings Dialog.
- Maintenance Release: 1.0.3.83 (6/20/2005)
- Free to owners of v1.0.*.*
- Fixed a bug in which settings stored in the registry were not loading (on some machines) and preventing the Options Dialog and Screen Saver from showing.
- Updated the installer to better support default registry settings.
- Maintenance Release: 1.0.3.82 (6/10/2005)
- Free to owners of v1.0.*.*
- Improved defragmentation performance for NTFS volumes (~50% speed increase)
- Improved analysis peformance for NTFS volumes (~50% speed increase)
- Added free space defragmentation capability
- Fixed defragmentation of compressed files issue
- Improved volume defragmentation coverage
- Introduced several defragmentation "Launch Conditions"
- CPU Threshold
- Fragmentation Threshold
- Disk Use Threshold
- Volume "Cool-down" Timer
- Added admininstrative options for enforcing hsDefragSaver settings
- Added ability to automate defragmentation as non-admin user (Admin login is still required for install)
- Fixed a bug dealing with dialog resizing
- Improved Options Dialog
- Updated documentation
- Improved Status Popup Summary
- Fixed reporting of drives that did not defragment due to the fragmentation threshold
- Fixed a trivial license information bug wherein the E-Mail and Phone fields were swapped.
- Added a natural language "Action Summary" to the reporting system
- Fixed a registry issue on a new install
- Original Version Release: 1.0.2.76 (4/7/2005)
Release Notes
NOTE: .NET Framework v1.1 SP1 is required for hsDefragSaver to run. This is part of the Microsoft® application framework. If you are current with the Windows Update service, then you likely have this software already installed. If you are unsure, a free .NET Version Checker is available here.
You can download the .NET Framework directly from Microsoft® at the Microsoft Download Center. Although hsDefragSaver runs on Microsoft® Windows®, no special relationship between Microsoft® and Hachisoft currently exists or is implied by these links.
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