IntelliWrite and SQL DBCC false positives – Technical Bulletin
For SQL DBA's (only): Diskeeper 2010 with IntelliWrite currently has an issue where Database Consistency Check (DBCC) commands report problems with the database (though no actual problems exist). I guess it could be described as a "false positive" or "false alarm". The issue is specifically that IntelliWrite's timing in expanding a [...]
Fragmentation Prevention – Say Hello to Our Little Friend
Since the ground breaking release of Diskeeper 2010 I've seen comments that other defragmenters prevent fragmentation. Ok, so let's technically dissect "how" such a claim may come about... Does consolidating free space reduce future fragmentation? Yes it helps your odds, but reducing fragmentation and preventing fragmentation are not the same. If you are relying [...]
Popular in Portugal
Diskeeper 2010 was just reviewed by Portuguese tech/gadget site reviews.com.pt. As of this posting, the review is still linked on the front page of the website. The review focuses on the new IntelliWrite technology, and the performance gains it provides by preventing fragmentation from occurring in the first place.
Chip Magazine challenge
Chip Magazine (www.chip.de) is a premier technology publication in Germany, and much of Europe for that matter. They recently completed a defrag head-to-head comparison of 6 various defragmenters, including the Windows Vista built-in product (which also happens to be very similar to Windows 7 built-in). The timing worked out that we were [...]
HyperBoot update
In the past, we've licensed or distributed our technologies via major OEMs such as Lenovo, Sony, HP, Intel, and Dell - many of them for years. We learned from these numerous relationships with existing, and potential future partners, that boot times were a major pain for their customers - even brand new [...]
2009 Windows IT Pro Editors’ Best and Community Choice Awards
Diskeeper has just been awarded the Editor's Best award (Gold) by Windows IT Pro. "Diskeeper does its job well. It defragments in the background without hurting system performance and doesn't require defragmentation scheduling." —Zac Wiggy, assistant editor, Windows IT Pro "Diskeeper 2009 is loaded with features, works as advertised, and can [...]
Inside IntelliWrite technology
Diskeeper 2010 is all about a revolutionary new technology called IntelliWrite. Never before has fragmentation prevention been a reality - until now. So what does IntelliWrite really provide your systems? To demonstrate its benefits, we did some tests using two identical systems to measure how much fragmentation is prevented. In these [...]
What if fragmentation never happened?
Diskeeper 2010 is here! With Diskeeper 2010 comes a revolutionary new technology called IntelliWrite(tm). Here's a description I grabbed from one of our product brochures: "IntelliWrite is a major R&D breakthrough that addresses the cause of fragmentation and prevents up to 85% and more of the fragmentation that has long plagued every hard [...]
Diskeeper Corp techies at PDC next week
Developers and technical executives from Diskeeper Corp will be attending Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) next week in LA. If you'd like to meet up and ask us some questions or just talk technology, comment in this thread (leave us your email address) so we can coordinate a time to meet.
The Essentials Series: Why You Need to Defragment
Greg Shields, a well known expert on Windows technologies and a contributing editor for TechNet Magazine, penned a three part e-book on defragmentation titled Why You Need to Defragment. Read it here.
You CAN have your cake and eat it too
Diskeeper 2010 RTM'ed (Release To Manufacturing) earlier this week, so we celebrated with cake; a Diskeeper cake in the image of the new DVD case that is. [images missing]
Paradigm Shift
If you are a Diskeeper Maintenance customer, keep an eye open for an email from Diskeeper Corporation with some exciting news. Emails are going out this week through next. May Challenge - Day 10. You can stop groaning.
Undelete for Windows 7 / Server 2008r2 – more info
Our developers are currently working on updating Undelete 2009 to support Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008r2. We expect the update to be available in early-to-mid December 2009. If no major changes are required, it should release in the early part of that month. If we discover a need to [...]
Later this month…
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HyperBoot side-by-side comparison video
Computerworld just printed an article about our current and future HyperBoot releases. It includes a simple video we created. The video shows two identical brand new laptops with no changes, other than adding HyperBoot to one of them. They've been set, in a loop, to continually reboot - right after completing a startup. The [...]