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PerfectDisk 11 -- Gearing up for Beta

Monday, November 9, 2009 by Joe Abusamra

UPDATE: It goes to 11 -- in 11 days

Our development staff has been making some final improvements to Version 11, including the incorporation of some new enhancements, all with an eye toward making what we believe to be the best defrag software even better.

We've expanded our Alpha test and incorporated feedback from additional testers. Additional tweaks have been made to the new analysis phase of PerfectDisk, allowing for some really good results which lead to a much faster analyze and fast defrag. Some of the performance improvements will be particularly noticeable on large drives. In some cases we're seeing improvements of several hundred percent. We're now also incorporating new graphics into the product and will begin the beta test in just a few weeks.

With PerfectDisk 11, we plan to release all the client versions together with the Enterprise Console. This will be particularly beneficial to our corporate customers, especially with all the new virtualization functionality.

Our latest disk defragmenter program -- the PerfectDisk 11 beta test comes soon.

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Comments for PerfectDisk 11 -- Gearing up for Beta

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 by Irakli:: I hope faster analyse and defrag in PD11 is not achieved by making PD less thorough w.r.t. file defrag and free space consolidation.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 by Joe Abusamra:: Thanks for the comment, Irakli. Legitimate concern and absolutely not; we believe that PerfectDisk's thoroughness with regards to files and complete free space consolidation are important key differentiators, and they are not being compromised at all with PerfectDisk 11. Thanks, Joe
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by bmoura:: Do keep us informed on the progress of Perfect Disk 11. I'm curious what will be added since I don't really have any issues with PD 10 !
Thursday, November 26, 2009 by ahmed:: any specific release date for PerfectDisk 11
Saturday, December 12, 2009 by niktash:: I am more concerned about Boot time and shutdown fragmentation with rock solid reliability which is my top priority with PerfectDisk 11.
Sunday, December 13, 2009 by wade:: I'm a loyal Perfect Disk customer,and I was wondering if you have a news letter I can be added to so I will know when PD 11 is onsale to the public so I can purchase it.
Monday, December 14, 2009 by Joe Abusamra:: Thanks for the comments, everyone. Anyone who is a customer will be notified when PD 11 is available. And we'll make sure it has rock solid reliability, as always. Thanks, Joe
Monday, December 14, 2009 by gacek:: Perfect Disc is The Best ;)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Eric:: Hmm. A beta. I was part of the prior betas. Any luck on being part of this one? Looks like it must be underway. Thanks.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Eric, it hasn't started yet, but soon. Please email me at jabusamra@perfectdisk.com and I will pass your name on to the Beta Test team. Thanks, Joe
Saturday, December 19, 2009 by Andrew:: I'd love for PD11 to have an option for a special boot time defrag that is a 100% comprehensive defrag of all files, folders and free space using the Smartplacment file organization. After one defrag there are still arbitrary fragments left over that it decides would be too much time to defrag and little benefit, but it would be nice to have an option for a total comprehensive defrag
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 by james pantalone:: I bought perfectdisk 10 not realizing perfectdisk 11 was so close.Raxco refunded my money with no problems...so im going to buy perfectdisk 11 when released.No need to check reviews....PD10 is a great product and im sure PD11 will be good also.Thankyou raxco for a great product and great customer support. Raxco always... James Pantalone
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 by Joe Abusamra:: Thanks James!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Luigi:: I was wondering if the Beta testing has started yet. I am interested in being a Beta tester for Perfect Disk. Please let me know. Thanks, Luigi
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Luigi, I've added your name - you'll receive correspondence shortly. Thanks, Joe
Friday, January 8, 2010 by Soldier1st:: I am interested in being a beta tester for Perfectdisk.
Friday, January 8, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Soldier1st, Thanks - I have your information and you will be contacted by the Beta team. Joe
Friday, January 8, 2010 by Esa:: Hi. Have you planned any discounts or update plans for the customers like me who just bought PD10?
Friday, January 8, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Esa, yes, you will be covered - you'll receive details when 11 is out. Thanks, Joe
Saturday, January 23, 2010 by Rick A Boterf:: User name and password will not allow access to site
Saturday, January 23, 2010 by Rob Egas:: I use also Speeddisk. By installing PD11 the program told me that I need a higher version of Speeddisk. But when I try to get an update, I get the mention that I already used the very last version. So I had to removed Speeddisk first, before I could installed PD11. Greetings, Rob
Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Johann:: I've been using perfect disk since it was version 9 (aka 2008). I've always had issues with it on my tb drives. they're full of large video files because i do a lot of video editing, I find that when i do any of the 3 defragment options, especially the comprehensive (even with the time between days set to 1 and 2 repespectively, it likes to move around complete files that are contiguous and move them into spots where other contiguous files are, and the space inbetween them are contiguous files.... therefore wasting time moving these massive files for no reason and when finally reaching these fragmented files sometimes leaving them fragmented (or are still being reported as fragmented, and this is taking into account the MFT/MFT Zone, and the end of platter markers) has this issue been brought to light, since up to this point v10 has this issue as well. Just thought (3 drives, western digital 1001FFALS's, and all are GTP/NTFS 16k/16k/4k clusters respectively)
Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Johann, There is nothing specific in PD 11 to address this issue. What you can do is exclude files or folder paths that you'd like the enfgine to ignore; this would probably be the best approach. You can contact support@perfectdisk.com if you need help with this. Thanks, Joe
Friday, January 29, 2010 by Troy Putzer:: I am also interested in being a beta tester for PerfectDisk 11.
Friday, January 29, 2010 by Troy Putzer:: I would also like to be a beta tester for PerfectDisk 11.
Friday, January 29, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Troy, Please email pdbeta@perfectdisk.com with your request. Thanks, Joe
Friday, January 29, 2010 by J. Lew:: Are you going to Beta Test PD 11 Home Server Edition too? If so, I would like to be added tot hat beta test.. I've already been added to the regular PD 11 beta .. I think/.
Friday, January 29, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi J,, Yes, and that beta is ongoing. Please email pdbeta@perfectdisk.com if you have not yet received. Thanks, Joe
Saturday, January 30, 2010 by WLODARCZYK:: No bug with Windows 7. PD11 is not best than PD10.PD11 is just a litlle faster. I have not seen difference with options in smart placement.
Saturday, January 30, 2010 by Ulf Stahl:: Beta testing PD11 Pro Beta build 161 on Win 7 64-bit, 1 TB & 750 MB drives. Analyzing much faster, but the Estimated completion time info while defragmenting doesn't seem to work - it shows always completion within 1-5 minutes, irrespective the defrag status percentage. Space management graphics look interesting.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by Mariusz:: I am interested in being a beta tester for Perfectdisk 11.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by Kosmos:: Hi I would really much like to test out the new beta of Perfectdisk 11 Have been using Diskkeeper for a few years, but switched to Perfectdisk, and havent regretted it :)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Mariusz and Kosmos, Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately, we're just windong things down now so aren't able to take in any new people. But the good news is we're getting closer to the actual release. Thanks, Joe
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Ulf, Thanks for your comment. Yes, that is a tricky thing and we are still loooking at it. We may end up removing it for now until we can get it more accurate. Thanks, Joe
Saturday, February 6, 2010 by Ron McLendon:: PD seems to analyze much slower than previous versions, yet the actual defrag seems about the same. Duplicate file finder needs a lot of work. It thinks duplicate file names are names that are close or similar. For example, it thinks Filename123.txt is the same as Filenameabc123.txt
Sunday, February 7, 2010 by thezman:: you can always download the beta 162 or newer from all over the place. i hate to recc that but if they are done and you want to test it at least this way you can. just be sure its a legit site and to scan with a good av first.
Sunday, February 21, 2010 by Quentin:: So will the update be free to those who purchased PD10 less than 1 year ago?
Monday, February 22, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Quentin, If PD 10 was purchased a year ago or less along with Upgrade Protection, you would receive it free. Thanks, Joe
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Robson:: To improve the interface, maybe a "beeing executed" blocks can be added to the legend field, so, we can see the blocks that are beeing moved moving in real time. Thanks.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 by Mike B:: Still using PD7 and it works gr8 on 50 PC's in our dept. Why still on an older version? Because all vesion of PD after v7 crashed with Kerio personal firewall 2.0.15 (a really good firewall BTW). Your tech support blames the firewall driver. Well why did it work in v7 or prior and then suddenly broke in v8+. I hope v11 has it fixed (I doubt it, but have my fingers crossed).
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Mike, You're using a VERY old version of Kerio. Kerio updated their driver in newer versions and it is that updated driver that causes the issue. Thanks, Joe
Saturday, March 6, 2010 by James Furie:: Have contacted customer services a few time by email but they do not seam to grasp my query I currently have perfect disk 10 windows home server & site licance and was wondering what the uppgrade options were but keep getting told you must have a PD10 site licance to upgrade which I do but keep geting tol I will need to pay full price their will be no discounts for existing customers? frustrated and dissapointed!
Saturday, March 6, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi James, I spoke with the VP of Sales (Richard Moskowitz) and he said he would take care of you personally. Please email him at rmoskowitz@perfectdisk.com. Thanks, Joe
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Daniel:: Looks like a nice product but ........perhaps V11 will be better for Windows Home Server. I downloaded the trial V10 release 4 days ago and have been running it flat out ever since in an attempt to find a product that can recover and keep the performance of my WHS good. First passes on the 3 x 1.5TB drives were horrendously slow (28 hours worse case on one drive - others 16-20 hrs) but the results look impressive - according to Perfectdisk statistics anyway - but to be honest I don't believe some of the stats - especially the used CPU usage. On a 4-core machine, with ~25% utilisation throughout the course of the defrag (and little else going on) a 16+ hour job reports CPU utilisation of
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Joe Abusamra:: Hi Daniel, Thanks for the comment. A couple of WHS-dedicated sites I might check out for opinion and other user feedback are the WeGotServed and MSWHS blogs. I can only tell you to do your own testing on your machines. We have thousands of WHS users with large drives, and HP partnered with us after extensive testing. I can also tell you -- PD is I/O intensive but CPU usage is very low. It has a lot to write,so it is cranking away on the I/O, but CPU should always remain low. Thanks, Joe
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Larry Bonner:: have pd pro 10, when will i get pd pro 11, since today is the kick off day...wondering