UltimateDefrag - is this the best defragger ever?

Hi, Isso:

Can you disclose timing on upcoming new version? Before too long, marketing may dictate you'll have to give it a 2010 label....

 

Hi crofttk,

As far as I know the new UD name won't contain year.

As for the timing - I'm not sure, but I estimate the release to be made within 1 to 2 months from now.

 

My one (and only) "feature request" would be to offer a trial that is FULLY FUNCTIONAL.

The UD2008 trial excluded the boot time module and, hence, the only way to figure out whether that module was functioning properly on one's machine was to purchase the program. I understand there is a "money-back guarantee" but then Disktrix doesn't exactly have a reputation for honoring that guarantee in a timely manner......at least not according to the posts on this board.

 

prius04, I'll pass your suggestion to management.

 

I've been sending support requests to DiskTrix for 2 months and they refuse to answer. Maybe someone here can help me .... Thanks

Hello

I am using the latest version (2008 2.0.0.55) and have an error, two individual errors in fact.

Windows XP Pro SP3 - All updates current as of 07 February 2009
Two Hitachi SATA drives
Disk 1 - C boot and D
Disk 2 - one partition

No matter what combination of boot time defrag of the 3 partitions I get one of two possible errors - I find no relationship on which error comes up at which time. But there are 2 possible errors I receive - they are listed below:

Cannot open system drive and an error of ST=C0000034

or

DBG:MSG Unable to rename bootstat.tmp to bootstat.tmp

So, there is a failure to run any boot-time defrag on any of the 3 partitions and then Windows starts normally.

Any suggestions ?

Can you help ?

Thanks

 

TraumaDoc,

Unfortunately boot time defragmentation module is the only part of the program that I have no control of, so I'm afraid I won't be able to help.

I can only say that the upcoming release of UltimateDefrag will include updated boot defrag module that will hopefully have this issue fixed.

 

When do you think a new version will be available ?

I'm always happy to be a beta-tester when the time comes around if you like.

 

I think 1 to 2 months from now, but I'm not sure.

 

Isso,

We will have new free version of UD in the future, or the current is the first and last one?

Regards

 

I have other request to the new version:

Two problems with schedule to resolve.
In Windows XP, I schedule for drive C, D and E at the same schedule but only drive E is started and can't run until the end (stop after analyse).
In windows Vista, all schedules don't running. I tried all combinations and nothing happen.

Also, boot time in windows vista is not running. I see the screen in analysing phase but exit and enter in Windows just after finish analysing. As I already told to support, maybe my problem is a conflict with Shadow Protect but I can't be sure, because I can't uninstall this software here to test.

 

rdsu,

I know little about marketing, but I think there is a little chance for a free fully featured version like 1.72 to be released. There might be a version with limited functionality.

 

acrespo,

I'll check the scheduling problems. As for Vista - does the schedule get created properly? I mean don't you get any error messages when creating it?
Also can you check the Scheduled Tasks folder and see if the task is there (should be a name like "Defrag Job #00")?

As for boot time - sorry, I can't answer it as I'm not working on that part of the program.

 

That would be great

 

Well, I thought we had eliminated Shadow Protect as the culprit, at least.

It has been reported in this thread that, for some, boot time doesn't function properly on machines which have never had SP installed. Further, I tested it on a couple of machines without SP installed and boot time didn't work.

 

prius04,

Thank you for the information - I'll pass it to the developers of boot defragmentation moodule.

 

Well, it's not my case. I have SP installed just after install my original DVD. I installed UD2008 after that.

 

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by your response. Do you believe the boot time issue is due to the fact that you installed SP prior to installing UD2008?

Regardless, once again, there are UD2008 users on this board (including myself) who have had issues with the boot time module on machines on which SP is not, and never has been, installed.

 

where people begin using UD with FDISR already present beware after changing the disklayout completely with UD that existing FDISR archives are practically useless so its a healthy measure to make new archives based on the new layout. BEWARE.....BEWARE !!!

 

Same here, with DefragExpress.

 

Forget my response. I installed Vista again in other hard disk to test but the problem is the same without SP installed. You're right about it.

 

For me its also a guess,at one time i did'nt like the disklayout i made with UD so i did a copy/update from archive with the older layout and FDISR just crashed halfway....hmmmm.

 

Any news about the new upcoming version?

 

I was wondering the same thing. I think they were supposed to release ud 2009 a while back. Maybe they went out of business.. who knows..

 

It's time to think about looking others defrag applications...