15 Things All System Admins Should Know

Did you know? Fragmented files can take 15-20 times longer to access than a contiguous file of the same size.

Fragmentation is inherent in using Windows and as we have described it, with system use the problem compounds itself until it has an impact on performance and user response.

15 Things All System Admins Should Know About Storage Performance: Continue reading

Could Your Registry Cleaner Be Fooling You?

How often does your PC freeze up and “hang” there for what seems like an eternity when opening programs? Do you wait, impatiently, while opening Outlook email or your Internet browser? How many times this week have you had to shutdown and restart your computer because of an error message or blue screen? Now what if you had 500 invalid registry entries causing all this havoc – would you like to fix all 500 of those errors…or just 15? See how one competitor tried to pull the wool over their customer’s eyes, and how that person became a PerfectRegistry customer, below: Continue reading

They Like Us, They Really, Really Like Us

Are all of your computer’s hardware and software running in tip-top condition? Ever have an unexplained problem with your Internet connection? Videos not running smoothly? How about a device that once worked fine but now is acting erratically? It’s probably your drivers, and they’re most likely outdated.

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How To Optimize Your SSD (Without Wearing Out Its Lifespan)

The SSD: To Defrag or Not To Defrag?

Overall, solid state drives are faster, quieter and they use less power than traditional hard disk drives since there are no electromechanical parts moving around, using up energy, and making noise. SSDs make memory-intensive activities, such as PC gaming, video editing and photo editing snappier than ever….that is, until free space becomes fragmented on the drive.

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PerfectDisk Case Study: Improving Virtualization Performance

When an Economic Slowdown Hurts Operational Efficiency

Due to layoffs forced by a weakened economy, Americall lost many technical engineers and administrative staff, resulting in severely fragmented disks and diminished performance across all servers because disk defragmentation had always been done manually. Slowed access to data and applications had a significantly negative impact on Americall employee productivity. Continue reading

PerfectDisk Fixes Texture Pop-In During Gameplay

Unleash Your Rage at Texture Pop-In During Gameplay & Play RAGE™ with Raxco!

Join us this Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 5pm ET to play RAGE™ with Raxco fans and employees.

Many of our customers are avid PC gamers. PerfectDisk has even been called a “WoW Optimizer.”

Following a long standing tradition of pioneering cutting edge 3D graphics, the wizards at id® Software have created RAGE™, a game where every surface is uniquely textured and literally hand-painted. Continue reading