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What’s NeW IN VersIoN 4................................................................................ 3 INtroductIoN .................................................................................................. 5 INstallatIoN .................................................................................................... 7 hoW Your hard drIVe WorKs........................................................................ 8 hard drIVe PerformaNce exPlaINed ......................................................... 15 usINg ultImatedefrag ................................................................................. 21 defrag methods ........................................................................................... 33 otheroPtIoNs............................................................................................... 41 Boot tIme sYstem fIle defragmeNtatIoN .................................................. 44 techNIcal suPPort ...................................................................................... 48

ultimatedefrag user guide

What’s NeW IN VersIoN 4
We’re proud to state that UltimateDefrag Version 4 is arevolutionary defragmentation software product. Here are some of the main new features since the previous version that continue to keep it at the forefront of hard drive defragmentation technology. • Novice mode/expert mode. Right out of the box, UltimateDefrag4 now supports two types of users. Simple Mode is for users who do not need or want to manipulate all the advanced functions. Simple Modesimply requires the user to press start and UltimateDefrag will automatically, intelligently and optimally defragment your hard drive and layout files according to the simgle most advanced file placement algorithm developed at DiskTrix. Of course, for users wanting all the advanced features, Expert Mode gives them all to you so you can tweak your file placement and performance to your heart’scontent. • ability to accelerate specific applications Based upon application Name. Version 4 now scans your system for all installed applications and enables you to easily choose which applications you wish to accelerate based upon the application name from an easy-to-use list of all installed applications. • many additional Ways to select files for high Performance and archive. We’ve included morecustom methods for selecting files based upon your file usage patterns. • ability to Perform file usage database maintenance operations. In order to conserve memory, you can now purge the file usage database for each drive. You can also choose whether or not you wish to use the file usage database in order to further conserve memory. • actions after defrag Is complete. You can now enable to theprogram to shutdown your PC or put it to sleep mode after a defrag run is complete. • logging and Indicators for When drive Was last defragmented. • many other minor enhancements and Bug fixes. We’ve drilled right down into the code to correct any minor bugs as well as enhance and improve algorithms and performance.


ultimatedefrag user guide In spite of all of these changes and improvements tothe program one thing still remains and that is that optimal hard drive performance for your PC remains the #1 priority of UltimateDefrag. All of the new features simply make it easier and faster to achieve that state. Enjoy UltimateDefrag Version 4.



ultimatedefrag user guide

INtroductIoN
UltimateDefrag is revolutionary defrag software that not only lets you defrag, but also considers amore important aspect of hard drive performance, and that is, the placement of files and folders on your hard drive. With UltimateDefrag you can place the files you want the best performance from onto the faster areas of your hard drive and also place your rarely used data out of the way and repositioned onto the slower areas of your hard drive in order to make way for the data that you want to...