The program itself is fine and performs the assigned tasks admirably but the real question is whether or not it's needed. Most hard drives today come with SMART technology and those using Windows 7 have a built in automatic defrag as standard equipment.

What bothers me is the corporate propensity for hijacking browser homepages and resetting search engines. This to me warrants total uninstall.

arturo  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+134)

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This is now essentially an outdated Ashampoo product as version 2 has been out since April, so not sure why they would still be selling something that has been superseded.

https://www.ashampoo.com/uk/usd/pin/0165/System_Software/Ashampoo-HDD-Control-2

PhilS  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+85)

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If you don't want the Ashampoo toolbar and search engine be sure to check Custom install!

Installed fine on Win 7 HP 32-bit. Registration was quick and easy. I ran several of its functions including benchmark and redundant files (it found 287mb worth!)

Seems like a good program to monitor your hard drive(s) health and warn you of imminent failure. It should be particularly useful on laptops since their HDs run hotter and are jostled more than desktops and more prone to failure (I'm a PC tech and one of the most common laptop/notebook problems are hard drive failure).

shegeek72  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+76)

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While the program does an admirable job of performing various tasks, be careful of taking certain things, like HDD temps, at face value. Program states my HDD is running way too hot but Windows states it's not (it's a notebook and they do run hotter than desktops but it could be assumed this program would know that).

Also beware that during installation program attempts to change homepage and search engine of browser so don't blindly click the "Okay" button (go with custom setup in the beginning and it won't hijack your browser).

arturo  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+49)

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This software requires many frequent updates, so you will either end up purchasing it or finding something else. It is a resource hog, has to run on start-up, really doesn't do anything better than what most of the free programs of this type do, like Auslogics Boostspeed, Glary utilities, Moo0...
Each to their own choice but I would go with Glary-No Toolbar
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Glary-Utilities.shtml
Thanks to the GAOTD crew anyway.

zip_up_99  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+49)

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