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Applications Softwares utilities programs Disk space analyzer A disk space analyzer (or disk usage analysis software) is a software utility for the visualization of disk space usage by getting the size for each folder (including sub-folders) and filesin a folder or drive. Most of these applications analyze this information to generate a graphical chart showing disk usage distribution according to folders or other user defined criteria. Main features Features commonly present in this type of software: • May scan files, folders, drives size • Presents graphical utilization information chart • Lists files/folders according to configurable criteria Extra features Other common features of this category of programs: May export result to a HTML, XML, Excel • Can use to find duplicated files and folders • Can calculate file checksums • May integrate with system shell • May use treemaps • Can cleanup files • May perform scheduled filesystem scans • Can include and exclude certain files and folders in scan • May present disk health indicators using S.M.A.R.T. •
Disk defragmenter
Disk Defragmenter is a compact and fast defragmentation tool that supports both FAT 16/32, and NTFS file systems. It's supplied with advanced disk optimization techniques, which will remedy your system sluggishness and crashes caused by disk fragmentation. Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startups and shutdowns. Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast defragmentation of modern hard disks. Features: • • • • • • • • • •
Defrag and optimize Free space consolidation System files smart placement Keeping the MFT reserved zone clear Single file or folder defragmentation List of fragmented files Auto-defrag mode Scheduled defragmentation Customizing disk defrag Multiple languages
Disk cleanup Disk cleanup is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! :) Cleans the following: • • • • •
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• Windows - Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files. • Registry cleaner • Third-party applications
Backup Backup Software Also Restores! All too often, shoppers evaluating backup software give lots of attention to the backup process, and very little to how fast and how easy it is to restore the system after it has gone down. This is understandable considering that backups may be a nightly operation, but it is when you need to restore a downed system that your backup software really justifies its cost. You want this process to be as fast and as painless as possible. File-by-File Backup Software, Imaging, or Both? To be competitive in today's market, backup software must offer both the more traditional file-by-file backup and "imaging" technology. An organization gets the best of both worlds by having both approaches available In a file-by-file backup, the software goes through the operating system with guaranteed file integrity, while in an image backup, it bypasses the operating system and does a bit level backup of a hard drive. This is perfect for quickly restoring a failed hard drive, but file-by-file is better for backing up key files, especially complex ones such as a relational database. Backup Software Compression Not all backup software offers you file compression, but yours should as uncompressed backup files take up a lot more storage space, and this becomes increasingly significant as your collection of backup files grows. Flexibility of Backup Software Your backup software should offer you the options of manual backups or automatic scheduling, and both full and incremental backups. Another useful feature that is becoming more common is the ability to run backups in the background without interfering with other applications. This allows you to run backups whenever you want without waiting for downtime. Backup Media Compatibility Where do you intend to store your backup files? Make sure that your backup software allows easy transfer to a variety of media: CDs, external hard drive, tape drives etc. so that you have the flexibility to change your media in the future.
User Friendly Backup Software Having Backup software that is so difficult and unfriendly that people won't use it is almost as bad as no backup software at all. Choose backup software that has a simple, friendly, intuitive interface and provides logs that don't need a manual and an IT degree to decipher
Compression tool Compression tool is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs. Compression tool offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special "Wizard" mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure. Compression tool offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. It supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. It also offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives. With recovery record and recovery volumes, you can reconstruct even physically damaged archives.
Antivirus Antivirus is an on-demand virus scanner, which is best used in a system recovery or forensics role. Features and benefits include: • Virus scanning and removal • On demand scanning - Powerful scan engines ensure detection and removal of all viruses in the wild every time you need it. • Scheduled scanning - The Scheduler lets you plan ahead, and schedule full system/drive scans in the off hours, when you won't be using your computer. • Immediate scanning - With just a right click you can check your files and folders. • Skinable interface - You can express yourself, designing new interfaces, or you can use those drawn by others.
• Quarantine - By isolating the infected files in quarantine, the risk of getting infected diminishes. You also have the possibility to send these files for further analysis to BitDefender Labs. • Reports - When launching a scan you may choose to create a report file where you can see statistics about the scan process.
