AA. Cost: Free
BB. Is it worth it ?: Yes, unless you have “raided hard-drives”
1. Ease of use - Super simple there are basically 3 options Analyze , Defrag and Defrag & Optimize
1a. Interface - I would hazard a guess at saying that this is idiot proof. But every time I say that I get an e-mail a day or so later. Saying it screwed up their system or caused some conflict.
2. Quality of scan – Extremely accurate and a lot faster. Then pretty much any program free Disk Defrag program out there. Even faster then Smart Defrag.
2A. Speed of scan – Regular scan time for a 500 gig hard drive ranges from under 5mins to around 2hrs.
2B. Ease of reading the final report: Harder then you might of expect.
3. Updating – When you check to see if there is an update. It will bring you to the Auslogic Disk Defrag web page. Where if there is an update available. There will be a blue highlight section. You then click on it and download.
4. Can you run other programs during the scan ? Yes
4A. Can you run programs during update ? Yes
5. Is there a progress bar ? Yes
6. Can you leave Auslogic Disk Defrag running without issue ? Yes
7. Is there adware or spyware bundled with it ? nope, not that I saw
8. Is it stable ? Yes
I give Auslogics Disk Defrag an Overall Score of 4.5 out of 5 - Other then some issues with raided hard-drives and a hard to understand end of scan report read-out. The rest of this program is stellar and a must have for any PC user. And that goes double for all the Windows Vista users out there. That are miffed about the terrible disk defrag program that is included with their copy of Vista.
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Link to Download Auslogics Disk Defrag: http://download.cnet.com/Auslogics-Disk-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10567503.html?tag=mncol;1
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