Improved Disk Defragmenter in Windows 7 with Status Report and Free Space & Parallel Concurrent Defrag Support
Windows operating system comes with a built-in basic Disk Defragmenter, that can perform disk defragmentation process properly, which is performed to increase read and write access speed by rearranging files stored on a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations, minimizing disk read travel time and maximizing transfer rate.
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2.8.2009 Another CNet Blogger Says No to Vista SP1
Those guys over at CNet really have it in for Vista, this time it's Robert Vamosi suggesting that users that are waiting for SP1 to make the switch will be disappointed.
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4.10.2007 Windows 7 Will Consume Less Disk Space than Vista
Microsoft promises to optimize the amount of disk space that Windows 7 will consume in comparison to Windows Vista.
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20.11.2008 How to install Windows 7 on a virtual hard disk - VHD
If You want to test Windows 7, without impacting your current installation of Windows XP or Vista on your desktop? A possible solution is: Boot from VHD.
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19.6.2009 Windows Live Onecare beta ate my hard disk
A BRIT who downloaded Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare beta is claiming it ate his hard disk. The beta expired and he couldn't buy a licence.
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4.12.2006 How To: Reduce Disk Space Used By Windows Vista System Restore
So you just bought a new notebook with Windows Vista and a roomy 120GB hard drive. But after using it for just a couple of days, you notice that youve only got about 90GB free.
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24.4.2007 Insert disk....
How to archive on disk drives
Archiving on hard drives? Now that disk drives are cheaper per gigabyte than tape cartridges, you might be tempted to archive data on disk drives and stick them on a shelf.
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10.9.2008 Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.1.4.217
Auslogics Disk Defrag is a compact, manual defragmentation tool that supports FAT 16, FAT 32, and NTFS (with compressed and encrypted files).
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13.5.2007 Hard disk test 'surprises' Google
The impact of heavy use and high temperatures on hard disk drive failure may be overstated, says a report by three Google engineers.
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19.2.2007 Hitachi Ships 1TB Hard Disk Drive
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has started to ship its 1TB hard disk drives (HDDs) introduced early this year commercially. But the hard drive that represents a milestone in desktop data storage costs a little less than two times higher compared to slightly less capacious one, which makes it not very affordable.
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6.4.2007 How can I install Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to a virtual hard disk (VHD) file?
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 add the ability for an OS to be installed onto a virtual hard disk (VHD) file to boot physical hardware. To do this, perform the following steps.
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17.2.2009 Microsoft: Some Free Vista (+SP1) to Go Along with the Free XP SP2 Downloads?
Free downloads of Microsoft's operating systems have been made available throughout 2007, and the Redmond company is ready to take it one step further.
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5.2.2008 Free Windows 7 Demo Toolkit
While laboring to produce the first Release Candidate of the next iteration of Windows, Microsoft is making available for download the Windows Demo Toolkit, an offering with Windows 7 as its nucleolus.
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1.4.2009 Free Windows 7 Downloads Discontinued
The free Windows 7 ride is now truly and indisputably over! And, if you have failed to get on board this far, chances that youll be able to do so moving onward are very slim. On August 20th, 2009 Microsoft discontinued the free downloads of Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100.
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21.8.2009 Best Free Partition Manager for Windows 7
The built-in Disk Management tool in Windows 7 hasnt changed much from the Vista days and is still missing some of the most important and basic features such as Disk Management in Windows 7the ability to re-partition an existing primary system partition without having to reinstall Windows.
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13.9.2009 Windows 7 Ultimate Free Giveaway
I am giving away my fully licensed Windows 7 Ultimate NFR copy which I got today from Windows 7 launch event for free with absolutely no strings attached!
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23.10.2009 Free Windows 7 copies for testers on the way
Testers who decided they wanted a physical version, instead of one for download, of their free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate will see it arrive in the next month or so.
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28.10.2009 Best Free Antivirus and Antispyware for Windows 7
Now that Windows 7 has been released for all the consumers worldwide, I thought this was the right time to list down our top recommended antivirus plus antispyware solutions which are compatible with this latest version of Windows.
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1.11.2009 Still 'no demand' for media-player-free Windows
A major U.K. retail store and three of the largest PC vendors worldwide still have no plans to sell the version of Microsoft Windows that does not contain its media player, five months after the version was released.
Microsoft started offering Windows XP N, a version of Windows without a bundled media player, in June of this year to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission.
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19.11.2005 FREE DOWNLOAD of Windows Vista RC1 now
Windows Vista RC1 introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience.
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6.9.2006 Windows Vista VHD - Free Download
Thanks to odeeee for this download links. Windows Vista Enterprise is now available for IT professionals and developers with MSDN and TechNet subscriptions. In the coming weeks, Microsoft will start the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) for developers and IT professionals who are not members of the subscription services.
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24.5.2007 Download Free Windows Vista Enterprise
Microsoft is offering Windows Vista Enterprise as a free download in combination with the Office 2007 Professional System.
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7.11.2007 Free Windows Vista Enterprise - VHD
Following the availability of Windows Vista in 2007, Microsoft started allowing users to access free copies of the operating system via the Download Center.
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23.3.2009 Students: How to get Windows 7 legally at a discount or free
With many people wondering what the Windows 7 pricing will be and whether it will cost less, the same, or more than Vista, there are some ways you can legally get Windows 7 at a discount or even for free when the final version is ready later this year.
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14.4.2009 Windows 7 RC free download from MS
Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows client operating system. This version incorporates hundreds of improvements based on your feedback. It works the way you want: it's responsive, reliable, and runs smoothly. It starts and shuts down faster, and is designed to make your battery last longer.
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5.5.2009 Fancy a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for FREE?
A little bird has informed me of an official Microsoft hosted survey in which the winner(s) will receive a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate after simply filling out a 4 question survey.
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30.6.2009 Windows 7 testers to get free copy from tomorrow
Last week Microsoft had a change of heart and decided to go back on what they had previously said by offering testers on the Windows 7 technical beta program a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, in reward for their efforts in testing the new operating system.
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5.8.2009 Free Windows 7 at Microsoft Launch Events - US Only
Starting September 28 through November 4 Microsoft is hosting free Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 launch events across the United States as part of the "New Efficiency" marketing campaign.
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16.8.2009 Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
And that's exactly what the Free Software Foundation plans to do on Wednesday, staging a demonstration in Boston where it will encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favor of free alternatives.
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27.8.2009Get a Free online Safety Scan @ Microsoft
Tired of installing countless scanners? Well look no further! Windows Live OneCare safety scanner is a free service designed to help ensure the health
of your PC.
- Check for and remove viruses
- Get rid of junk on your hard disk
- Improve your PCs performance
You need
Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Server 2003, or Windows 2000 Server. You also will need to use
either Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or MSN® 9.0 or higher as Firefox does not work there. There is one available for Windows Vista but that is
a beta, be warned!
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08.11.2007Engineering Windows 7 : Disk Space
Windows disk space consumption has trended larger over time. While not desirable, the degree to which it's been allowed is due in large part to
ever-increasing hard drive capacity, combined with a customer need and engineering focus that focused heavily on recover ability, data protection,
increasing breadth of device support, and demand for innovative new features. However, the proliferation of Solid State Drives (SSDs) has challenged
this trend, and is pushing Windows 7 to consider disk "footprint" in a much more thoughtful way and take that into account for Windows 7.
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21.11.2008Flaws Found in Symantec Scan
Engine
Symantec earlier this week
warned of multiple medium-risk
vulnerabilities within its
Scan Engine, a programming
interface that allows third
parties to incorporate
scanning technologies into
their applications...
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26.04.2006Windows Server Virtualization, some early learnings
It has been a frustrating few days.
I've got a new (internal) interim build of Windows Server Virtualization to test.
Since we're on the road doing virtualization in a few weeks I've used my second internal hard disk (£28 from Scan, or over £100 from Dell with a
small peice of plastic attached). Of course that meansthe disk that I do my work on is out of the machine and I'm working in notepad at the
moment.
Since I didn't want to join my 2008 Server to the domain, it doesn't meet the IP-Sec requirements to connect to
corporate servers - although I can connect to the internet via a proxy.
What I can say about WSV is limited and although I'm
taking screenshots as I go, the product folks have asked that we don't post any yet. I haven't tested the performance and it's way to early to do
so. Since the product isn't even in beta yet I'm not going to shed much light on features for the time being; although I'll mention in passing is
that WSV doesn't support connections to wireless networks from a child OS.
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06.09.2007CodeWeavers Working On New GUI, DirectX 10
CodeWeavers, the company behind the
WINE-based
CrossOver Office and
CrossOver Games for running Windows office applications and games,
respectively, on Linux (and Mac OS X) has shared some of their plans for 2009. Among the items they are getting ready for is DirectX 10 support and a
new GUI for its CrossOver software.
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10.03.2009Tip: make your PDC 2008 USB hard drive a bootable Windows 7 install disk
Long Zheng: If you're one of eight thousand people lucky enough to attend
PDC 2008 last week and receive
the
ultra-cool 160GB portable hard drive with "the goods" then I have some
extra good news for you, your hard drive can also become a bootable Windows 7 install disk. The best part is that you don't even have to delete any
of the existing files on the drive since there's about 90GB free of the 160GB drive.
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03.11.2008Will that Dell solid state drive be regular or ultra?
Regular or ultra? Consumers will now have at least a couple of performance options when they order solid state drives on the newest ultraportable
notebooks from Dell.
Hard disk drives are getting scarcer by the week in the ultraportable notebook market. Dell has officially
started selling its new 2.2-pound Latitude E4200 this week with solid state drives as the only storage option, accelerating a trend in ultraportables
away from hard disk drives.
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17.09.2008Ubuntu 9.10 Off To A Great Performance Start
The first alpha release for
Ubuntu
9.10 was
made
available yesterday and while it does net yet
integrate
Plymouth or any other new features, it has picked up a few new
packages. Most
prominently, Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1 features the
Linux
2.6.30 kernel and
GCC
4.4. There are also other updated packages
from Debian like
GNOME
2.27, but most notable are the kernel and
compiler updates. We have tested
out Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1 and compared its performance to Ubuntu 9.04. While this is very early within the
Ubuntu 9.10 development cycle, the results already may come as a surprise.
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15.05.2009Latest biometric technology scans veins
CNET is reporting that Sony has developed a new biometric scanning technology, called 'Mofiria', that scans the veins in your finger in order
to provide access to your laptop or PC. The scanner uses a CMOS sensor to capture scattered light within the finger veins, and compresses the date to
allow it to be stored on laptops, or even cellphones. There are many benefits to this new method, claims Sony. Firstly, this technology claims a
high accuracy rate, with less than 0.1% false identification. Secondly, it takes a lot less time to scan the finger; it takes 0.015 seconds to scan on
a computer CPU, and 0.25 seconds on a mobile phone CPU.
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03.02.2009Xbox 360 to Get 1080p Upgrade
Microsoft will announce
tomorrow the release of a
software upgrade that will
boost its high-definition
video mode from 720 lines
progressive scan (720p) or
1080 lines interlaced (1080i),
to a full 1080 lines
progressive scan (1080p), with
16:9 widescreen aspect ratio...
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31.10.2006Microsoft Contributes Web Services Protocol to Broaden Interoperability
As part of its customer-focused commitment to interoperability, Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has contributed its Web services protocol
specification for consumer scanning peripherals Microsoft Scan Service Definition Version 1.0 (WS-Scan) to the Printer Working Group (PWG), a
program of the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (ISTO). The contribution of the WS-Scan protocol specification will make it easier
for partner companies to make their products interoperable across multiple platforms and deliver new functionality and manageability improvements to
customers.
WS-Scan provides a common framework for describing and sharing information between Windows Vista and consumer scanning
peripherals. As part of its continuing efforts to work with partners to provide innovative Windows-based solutions and the best set of experiences to
meet customers specific needs, Microsoft built upon the initial efforts of Xerox Corp. and collaborated with several leading companies in the printing
ecosystem to develop the WS-Scan protocol specification. As a result of submitting this specification to the PWG, these solutions will now be
available to any platform that companies need to meet their customers interoperability requirements.
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29.05.2008Games for Windows Live goes free
We found a press release in an unexpected Inbox folder that gives a few more details on Microsoft's announcements. All of the user-matching,
cross-platform multiplayer, and other formerly-premium services via the Games for Windows Live Gold Membership should now be free (effective today,
says Microsoft). The digital distribution comes this fall, along with a revamped user-interface.
The release also features the
official announcement from Microsoft of DirectX 11. Features include support for GPU computing, and better use of multicore CPUs, among others.
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23.07.2008Velocity Micro: first with Vista SP1
Ah, Vista. It has forced many to
return to the waiting
arms of Windows XP, while sending others fleeing to the
other camp.
There are others still who remain in a holding pattern, waiting for
Vista SP1 to be rolled out before plunking down for a new PC.
If you're among this last group, Velocity Micro has a computer to sell you. It claims to be the first system builder to begin selling systems
pre-loaded with Vista SP1. A quick scan of its competitors' sites today--including those of Dell and HP--revealed nothing to contradict Velocity's
claim. It's only a matter of time until every vendor has updated its lines with the latest version of Vista--Microsoft has
previously stated volume license customers would have the code by tomorrow--but we have
to give Velocity credit for its hustle. At the very least, it could save you from a very
looooooong download.
Velocity says it will begin shipping
systems with SP1 next Monday, February 18. Celebrate Presidents' Day with a service pack!
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15.02.2008Windows 7 upgrade program nears launch
If you are thinking of buying a Windows Vista PC in the next day or so, you might want to hold off just a bit longer.
Microsoft
has said that it will have a program whereby Vista PC buyers will be able to get a free copy of Windows 7, but only if they purchase after a certain
date. Well, that date would appear to be June 26.
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24.06.2009Windows Live Safety Center Now
Online
As one of the new Windows Live
services, Microsoft has
brought online a beta version
of its "Safety Center"
that does Web based scans of a
PC. The Safety Center utilizes
an Active X control to check
for and removes viruses, clean
up the "junk" on a
hard disk, and even schedule a
disk defragmentation if
needed...
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02.11.2005Engineering Windows 7: Disk Space
Steven Sinofsky: This post is about disk space and the disk space consumed by Windows 7. Disk space is the sort of thing where everyone wants to use
less, but the cost of using a bit more relative to the benefits has generally been a posiitve tradeoff. Things have changed recently with the
availability of solid-state drives in capacities significantly smaller than the trend in spinning drives. Traditionally most all software, including
Windows, would not hesitate to consume a 100MB on a specific (justified) need when looking at a 60GB (or 1,500GB ) drive; with desirable machines
shipping with 16GB of solid-state storage, we are looking carefully at the disk space used by Windowsboth at setup time and also as a PC ages. We
also had a specific
session at WinHEC on solid-state
drives that might be interesting to folks. This post is authored by Michael Beck, a program manager in the core OS deployment feature team.
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20.11.2008Infra Recorder 0.40
Infra Recorder is a free
CD/DVD burning solution for
Microsoft Windows. It offers a
wide range of powerful
features; all through an easy
to use application interface
and Windows Explorer
integration.
Main
Features
- Create custom data, music
and mixed-mode projects and
record them to physical
compact discs or disc
images.
- Create and
record disc images.
-
Create direct disc copies, on
the fly or by using a
temporary disc image.
- Erase (blank) rewritable
discs using four different
methods.
- Import
session data from
multi-session discs and append
more sessions to that kind of
discs.
- Fixate discs
(write lead-out information to
prevent further data from
beeing added to the disc).
- Scan the SCSI/IDE bus
for devices and collect
detailed information about
their capabilities.
-
Display detailed disc
information.
- Read
and save audio and data tracks
to files (wav. and .iso)
- Scan selected tracks for
errors.
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23.12.2006Programming error gives CT scan patients radiation overdose
In a rather off-the-track technology related report, a hospital named Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has come into a bit of trouble due to problems with
its CT scanner; a programming error has caused the machine to give patients eight times the maximum amount of radiation that's nominal. According
to the LA Times, the hospital recently began utilizing a new protocol in order to create a specialized type of scan used to diagnose strokes, which
unfortunately went a bit wrong. In order to use said protocol, the machine had to be reset, thus overriding the pre-programmed instructions that were
included with the scanner when it was installed.
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15.10.2009OneCare:International News
The Windows Live OneCare team
got many exciting pieces of
information to tell users
today, as always using their
Windows Live Spaces. Two major
announcements have been
made.
The first
is about an international,
vastly improved Safety Center,
which has been released today.
Renamed simply Safety Scanner,
it still provides the three
usual scans: Protection scan,
tune-up scan and clean-up
scan. According to the team,
Safety Center beta users will
consider Safety Scanner
"
The next generation of
the Safety Center service,
providing an on-demand tool to
enhance the safety of your
online experience"
The next one was
long-awaited by non-US users:
International support. It
isn't quite there, but at
least, a time for its
availability has been
announced. International
support for Windows Live
OneCare will be available as a
beta version by the end of the
year, though they noted it may
be available earlier. The
following markets are included
for this promise:
Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, France, Germany,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Mexico, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Singapore, Spain,
Switzerland, and the UK.
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15.08.2006Windows Vista available on Volume Licensing
Thanks Tom Warren and
Bink for
this information that was
relayed to me yesterday
(shortly before my power
outage), but better late than
never! We can reveal that
Windows Vista is available for
Volume License users, shortly
ahead of the scheduled Nov.
17th release to MSDN
subscribers.
The
following flavours were
released:
- Windows Vista
Business 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD
English
- Windows Vista
Business 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD
UPG
- Windows Vista
Business 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD UPG
English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL MVLS Only DVD Language
Packs
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL MVLS Only DVD Language
Packs
The site
appears to be non-responsive,
it's probably being
hammered!
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