New Diskeeper 2007 Update
There is a new free update of Diskeeper 2007 (11.0.698) available via the "Check for Updates" in the software. This product contains the following enhancements (overview): 1. Correct detection of volumes (including improvement for removable drives such as iPods or USB keys) 2. Delays on system startup and resource usage [...]
Here it is – Windows Vista support
We're as excited to offer this software as many of you have been to get it (my apologies for the delays). Your patience has allowed us to deliver an excellent and well-tested product. The Diskeeper 2007 software for Windows Vista is a free update, for all current Diskeeper 2007 customers. [...]
Some More Info on “On-The-Fly” Performance
I want to clear up a few confusions I've seen recently on the internet. Diskeeper 2007 introduced on-the-fly defragmentation for the first time in the Diskeeper product line but, it should be stated, Diskeeper was not the first performance tool to do this. This "real time" defragmentation has been on [...]
The latest on Diskeeper support for Vista
We are wrapping up a private (i.e. limited testers) field test to confirm all the new changes in the Windows Vista file system are properly accounted for. The current time frame should make this product available in about 10-14 days. That puts the release around the US holiday of MLK [...]
Undelete in 2007
It's been quite some time, if ever, that we've posted anything about Undelete. So, there's no time like the present. The next major Undelete release is in the works. While, as usual, I can't divulge some of the cool new things planned for that version there are a couple of [...]
Diskeeper Vista support is near release
A few select Diskeeper Corporation enterprise customers have received Diskeeper 2007 for Vista. The primary reason for the delayed release is due to subtle changes in the Master File Table (MFT). We've addressed these but are being very cautious and testing this heavily (bootime defragmentation). Microsoft also had to make [...]
Diskeeper x(4 score bits minus 2 bytes)
One of the frequent questions our staff are asked is whether Diskeeper for Windows x64 operating systems (AMD64/EM64T - CPUs) is native or compatible? By compatible, that of course means it runs in 32 bit mode; native referring to it running in 64 bit mode. Beginning with Diskeeper 10, the [...]
Vista RTM and Diskeeper
If you're reading this blog, chances are you've already heard that Vista is code complete. The RTM (release to manufacturing) version has already been delivered to select Microsoft customers as well as OEM manufacturers that build PCs. I talked with some Microsoft enterprise license customers (e.g. 40,000+ clients) who also [...]
FragShield
Fsutil, allows you to to adjust the max size for the reserved zone. example: fsutil behavior set mftzone 4 The values range between 1 through 4, with each equally 12.5% of the volume. E.g. a setting of 4 = 50% of the volume. There are few reasons to extend this, [...]
The Mystery of the Disappearing MFT Reserved Zone!
The Master File Table (MFT) is perhaps the best known metadata file in an NTFS file system. Essentially it works as a "table of contents" for all the files on your volume describing attributes such as file name or the location of the file extents on a volume, and in [...]
Idle Resources Graph – requirement
This is brief update. Diskeeper 2007 uses Windows system counters to enhance awareness of other activties on the system. The Idle Resource Graph (also known as the InvisiTasking graph) requires access to performance counters, which are enabled by default on Windows 2000+ systems. A skillfull Diskeeper user detected that disabling [...]
Comparing I-FAAST
One of the topics that a reader requested to be covered in the Diskeeper blog was "what makes I-FAAST different than other file placement/sequencing strategies available on the market?" Don't let the title of this entry mislead you, as this blog entry is not intended to be a head-to-head/which-is-better comparison. [...]
Performance Counters and Diskeeper
Windows operating systems include performance monitoring. The information collected by specific counters can be used by applications to make informed decisions. Diskeeper has been using certain counters for several versions, and leverages this information significantly in v2007. There are seperate counters for your major componenets; processor, disk, memory, network. Windows [...]
What Does Diskeeper Mean By “RealTime”?
With Diskeeper 2007's introduction of real-time file system performance, some understandable questions arise or are reborn. Exactly how "Johnny on the spot" is Diskeeper about file fragmentation and free space consolidation? Or for that matter, I-FAAST file sequencing or directory consolidation? A concern might be defragmenting temporary files that won't [...]
InvisiTasking and BOINC
If you're reading this blog you probably have a good idea of what InvisiTasking is and what it does already. If not, you can read some of the earlier blogs on that subject for review, or check out an interview I did on Let's Talk Computers (https://www.letstalkcomputers.com/guests/diskeeper/invisitask/index.htm) or Computer Outlook [...]