Don’t defragment SSDs – TRIM Them

Defragmenting an SSD does not lead to any performance improvement: it can even reduce the life expectancy of an SSD. This must be avoided either through automatic recognition by the operating system or by a defragmentation software. A regular and automatic run of TRIM commands can substantially increase the performance of an SSD and extend its life expectancy. Read more…

Don’t defragment SSDs – TRIM them

Defragmenting an SSD does not lead to any performance improvement: it can even reduce the life expectancy of an SSD. This must be avoided either through automatic recognition by the operating system or by a defragmentation software. A regular and automatic run of TRIM commands can substantially increase the performance of an SSD and extend its life expectancy. Read more…

NEW! O&O Defrag 20 – Brand new in every way!

With Microsoft having released Windows 10, together with a whole range of new devices, it’s easy to forget one snag that not even version 10 has fixed: if you’re using traditional hard disks, they will slow down. It may take a while, you may not have a dramatic crash, but it will happen for sure. Read more…

Your PC will still be slow with Windows 10!

With Microsoft announcing the release of Windows 10 for owners of Windows 7 and 8 for July 29th, together with a whole range of new devices, it’s easy to forget one snag that not even version 10 has fixed: if you’re using traditional hard disks, they will slow down. It may take a while, you may not have a dramatic crash, but it will happen for sure. Read more…

Version 19.5 of O&O Defrag – our best Defrag yet

This great new feature searches for and removes temporary and unnecessary files that are taking up memory and increasing fragmentation. O&O DiskCleaner also increases the security of your data, as private content (e.g. Thumbs.db, copies of documents, drafts of emails, Dumps) will no longer be kept as copies in unnecessary system files. Read more…

NEW! O&O Enterprise Management Console 5 – Central IT Administration

The simple and intuitive user interface is focused on the important functions of network management. The system is up and running in just a few minutes, and you can begin with the remote installations and the Job scheduling. The remote installation of O&O products, specifically the installation of “product agents,” is processed for you and your users transparently and automatically. Read more…

The Windows 10 Technology Guarantee from O&O Software!

As a long-term Microsoft Gold Partner, O&O Software wants to guarantee now that its top products in the current version (effective date May 1st, 2015) will function under Windows 10. This means that O&O Defrag 18, O&O DiskImage 9, O&O SafeErase 8, O&O AutoBackup 4, O&O DiskRecovery 10 and the current O&O PowerPack will be compatible with Windows 10 at release or an appropriate free update will follow. Read more…

O&O Defrag Server also optimizes data images

With O&O Defrag you can make your Windows substantially quicker. If you work on computers a lot, then slow system and program starts, endless rendering and memory processes, or even system crashes when playing can quickly ruin your enjoyment. Defragmenting your PC can hugely accelerate the speed you can work on your PC. When you defragment, those files fragmented across the hard disk are logically rearranged so that files can be quickly recognized and processed by the hardware. Performance gains of up to 100% are not uncommon!

But did you also know that O&O Defrag can play a crucial role in your backup and system imaging strategy? Read on to see how O&O Defrag helped a customer avoid having to totally revamp their company backup strategy.

O&O Defrag accelerates Backups and System Images

It’s acknowledged as an open issue by vendors of backup software that fragmented disks can cause the actual backup or image to fail and with it the Checksum Test. The reason for that is because fragmented files make this process excruciatingly slow which may lead to a corrupted backup.

In the case of a disk failure a corrupted backup might even be worse since it could lead to a complete data loss. That is exactly why a regular defragmentation of your disks is so important for your data backups and images.

O&O Defrag Server Edition optimizes SMI’s Backup Performance

Our customer SMI is doing a backup of their system on a daily basis. These backups, sometimes up to 400 GB, go to a disk during the night time and then to tape during the day.  Thanks to O&O Defrag Server Edition they have not only optimized the actual performance of their servers but have also been able to retain their existing backup strategy, the changing of which would have resulted in substantial costs and time issues.

O&O Software saved us from having to completely rethink our backup strategy. We tried many products, but only O&O Defrag Server is able to defrag these enormous, sometimes 400 GB files. All other products we tried simply couldn‘t do it, even though we have more than doubled the disk space available, and several GB of RAM. Many of them didn‘t even try, they simply failed.“

You can read the whole SMI success story right here.

Try or buy O&O Defrag for speed and security 

Visit our website or send us an e-mail to sales@oo-software.com and we will help you get your PCs and servers running like new again and secure your data backups and images – all with one product!

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Hidden IT Costs

You have no doubt thought about how to cut costs in your IT many a time. But usually this is not so easy because savings often mean cutting departments or even having to lay off staff. There are numerous ways to cut costs. There are also a variety of guides and many consultancy firms who … Read more

Which defragmentation method is the best?

That is why I would like to introduce you briefly to the methods and in which scenarios they work best.  O&O Defrag offers in total eight methods in the current version 15: STEALTH SPACE COMPLETE/Name COMPLETE/Modified COMPLETE/Access OPTIMIZE OPTIMIZE/Quick OPTIMIZE/Complete The first five methods are the standard ones in O&O Defrag. The OPTIMIZE methods are … Read more