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1. V Use system recommendations for file system layout layout ini Advanced options Indude external drives Prevent defragmentation of solid stat v Create reports Maximum number of saved reports Write events to the Windows event log Show O amp O Defrag icon in the task tray Must login again to display Y Make advanced controls available to logged on users General settings Settings for the Tray icon Under Setting General in the user interface you can specify various control possibilities for the tray icon Display the O amp O Defrag icon in the notification area This option allows you to set whether the Traylcon should be displayed or not If you change this option you will need to login again to validate the new settings O amp O Defrag 54 Settings Enable enhanced control for logged in users You can allow the logged in user to pause the defragmentation or to stop it completely If you disable this option the user will only receive information on the running defragmentation he will not be able to control it Boot time defragmentation Defragmentation is executed in the background while the system is running and normally optimizes most files Some system files however are locked by the operating system while it is running These files can only be defragmented when they are not being used by the operating system This is only possible at an early start
2. Settings Boot time defragmentation Automatic optimization Thanks to automatic optimization there is no need to set defragmentation settings manually It is enabled auto matically after installation and optimizes your hard disk in the background without your computer losing any of its per formance This innovative function makes it possible for administrators under pressure as well as for non professionals to maintain the highest performance levels without losing time leaming about the program You can also modify the default settings and adapt them to your needs Note Automatic optimization will only be started on your hard disk and not on your external storage media This helps avoid any inconsistencies and data loss that might occur if an external disk is removed accidentally from your computer during an active background defragmentation O amp O Defrag 56 Settings General Boot time defragmentation Automatic optimization Files O amp O ActivityMonitor 080 Defrag constantly keeps the performance of your system at the highest level by automatically optimizing your drives All settings for system load management and for zone filing are applied here as usual Please select the drives to be automatically optimized Drive i Thorough DENNIS disabled disabled amp Volume D every 2 d amp J Volume E every 2d amp Volume F every 2 d amp Volume G every 2
3. 3 One copy of the software is entitled to be used on a maximum of one 1 output device workstation simultaneously 4 If you want to use the software on more than one output device workstation the rights of use must be extended accordingly To find out which O amp O products are also available as volume licenses please consult http www oo soft ware com The separate price list concerning O amp O Volume Licenses will apply to extending the rights of use without redelivery 5 Any use beyond that agreed upon in the contract is one in violation of the contract In such a case you are required to report this use that exceeds the rights of use to the supplier without any delay The parties will then try to bring about an agreement for extending the rights of use For the duration of the excessive usage i e until the conclusion of such an agreement or the cessation of the excessive usage you are required to pay compensation for this excessive usage according to the amount indicated in our price lists The amount of compensation will be calculated on the basis of a four year straight line depreciation If we are not informed of the excessive usage a contract penalty in the amount three times the price of the usage indicated in the price list will be due O amp O 6 You are entitled to create a backup copy of the software and to conduct ordinary data backups The creation of more copies than the amount needed for the backing up of any future
4. TH Volume meeu rrornoreug we Start defragmentation Recommendations for your first defragmentation The first defragmentation usually requires the most time because O amp O Defrag has to check your entire system and move all files into their optimal position This is especially the case with systems that have been in use for a long time and have rarely or never been defragmented Defragment Single Drives 1 Select the drive you wish to defragment from the drive list 2 Clicking the Start button in the Ribbon Bar will start defragmentation using the OPTIMIZE default method If you want to change this method open the Start button s lower menu and select the Method you desire 3 Depending on the size of your database defragmentation can take up to several hours You can see the defrag mentation in progress on the drive symbol and the status display 4 Once defragmentation is completed you can have a detailed status report displayed as an HTML document in your web browser Note You can defragment several drives simultaneously by pressing the Ctrl key and selecting the drives you want to have included Defragment an entire computer 1 To defragment your entire computer select all the drives in the drive list A multiple selection can be done by pressing Ctrl 2 If you click the Start button in the Ribbon bar defragmentation with the OPTIMIZE default method will begin If you want to change this me
5. voce be be e Tuan fs foco Above 5 million files eius Key sege Very applicable 2 Applicable OPTIMIZE OPTIMIZE is O amp O Defrag s default method It executes a SPACE defragmentation in all three zones of the selected drive The files will be so arranged in order to maximize the resulting free disk space It is the recommended default method because it works thoroughly as well as well as quickly OPTIMIZE Quick OPTIMIZE Quick provides a speedy defragmentation requiring very little hard disk usage It defragaments files in all the different zones It also moves files which are not located in the correct zone to the right one This method is new in that it aggressively reduces fragmentation of extremely fragmented files without having to analyze the entire file sys tem OPTIMIZE Complete OPTIMIZE Complete replaces or combines the properties of the previous COMPLETE Methods The user decides which method should be run on each zone SPACE or COMPLETE sorting A new sorting of the data allows the defrag mentation to be done more thoroughly but at a considerably slower pace than the standard Optimize method This method is only needed when for example you want to rearrange the files on a hard disk following a large scale pro gram installation Standard defragmentation methods In addition to the three new methods O amp O Defrag continues to offer its five older methods for defragmenting your com puter STEALTH SPA
6. 5 O amp O Defrag 4 Copyrights Text illustrations and examples have been produced with great care The editor is neither legally nor in any other way liable for incorrect information given and its possible consequences This document is protected by copyright All rights reserved Without written approval no part of this document may be reproduced through photocopying microfilming or any other procedure nor may it be translated into a language used by machines especially data processing plants Rights are likewise reserved for quotation in lectures on radio and tel evision Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 2003 Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 are registered trademarks or the Microsoft Corp Redmond WA USA O amp O and the O amp O logo are registered trademarks of the O amp O Software GmbH Berlin Rev 5 27 2011 1 47 PM 1997 2011 O amp O Software GmbH Am Borsigturm 48 13507 Berlin Germany http www oo software com O amp O Defrag Contents About O amp O Defrag 14 nee clio lio a de SES nd Habe ad ee mete 1 Overview of new and known functions occ 2 Differences between the various Editions 2 2222 ooo ee 4 Other Features of the Server and Workstation Edition 22220200000 ee 4 System requirements etico eiie endet en Reddo Sa ganeedasccostdad scam ases 5 Installation coo REP Em 6 Information about licensing ooocccccccccccccccccccccccccccccn coros 6
7. 52 Settings Settings To adapt O amp O Defrag optimally to your intended use you can set different settings The settings control the behaviour of O amp O Defrag during the analysis and the defragmentation e Click Settings in the Ribbon bar General Settings The settings control the behavior of O amp O Defrag during analysis and defragmentation Chkdsk before the defragmentation and cancel if errors are found You can have O amp O Defrag check the integrity of your drives before a defragmentation You can have O amp O Defrag check the integrity of your drives before a defragmentation This check is like the Windows chkdsk function but errors that are found will not be corrected These need to be corrected manually using the chkdsk function Please note This option in O amp O Defrag makes use of the native Windows chkdsk functionality When activated O amp O Defrag executes a chkdsk on the selected drive s prior to running a defragmentation Out of concem for data security and system integrity O amp O Defrag will refuse to initiate a defragmentation if chkdsk encounters a problem or error A yellow warning triangle is displayed next to the affected drive A test of the connected drives in Windows can also be run manually It is strongly recommended to thoroughly check a drive if an error is detected More information can be found in the Windows Help file Defragment several physical data volumes at the same time You can def
8. Q Selected C SWINDOWS Q Select files and folders O amp O ActivityMonitor Under the O amp O ActivityMonitor you can specify the CPU when optimization should start and the maximum CPU that O amp O Defrag may use The O amp O ActivityMonitor periodically determines degree of use of the CPU It controls the per formance demand of O amp O Defrag during a defragmentation and adapts it to the current state You can thereby work undisturbed while your system is being defragmented in the background O amp O Defrag offers many ways in which you can make your defragmentation even more effective and efficient The default configurations are already optimized for most systems which means you won t normally have to make any changes here You may however also adjust the tuning options yourself The settings are valid for recurring jobs and automatically run defragmentation processes see Automatic Optimization You have the possibility to specify further settings of the O amp O ActivityMonitor for a specific job in the job dialogue System load Here you can specify that O amp O Defrag should not exceed the load of the processor by a certain value during a defrag mentation In addition you have the possibility to specify that an automated optimization not be started if the target drive is in use or other programs are using a high level of CPU Program list Here you can specify that automatic optimization shoul
9. 22 eee nn 67 Results logging of the defragmentation oooococcccccccccccccccccccccncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nono 67 Notifications of boot time defragmentation ssisusssssssssssssssssssssssssssssse esses nn 67 O amp O Defrag IV Data Security and Integrity ooocccccccccccccccccccccococococococccccoccno cnn 68 Supported hardware Saan aseetan ae aeee tt iso ibn dai ada 68 RAID al SES e sn ii dass 68 Supported Fl SYSTEMS ai A A A AE A al 68 Free space needed for defragmentation o ooooocccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccncnncnnc Re e Reese seen 69 SIZE OF DIV OEE EEEE 69 FOE estu ceca Ida ode ee GG YS Gs nd cd RR ck ON iid SNR A S a ded pent uf 69 Free harddisk Space ester tabs 69 Recommendations and Frequently Asked Questions oooooooccccccccccccccccccccccccccnoccncccnccnnccnos 70 S pportand COntacE cate mote a e ea aa e estt S108 cru nn 74 Authorized Resellers 1 55 sens ds acum pica tae at W Ip enit ier en en hos tica p sein SOs Db eS RAO 74 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA susssusssssuellllllssss e eee eee eee err ers eren 75 O amp O Defrag V About O amp O Defrag 14 About O amp O Defrag 14 Thank you for choosing O amp O Defrag O amp O Defrag activates the hidden performance of your computer and packs file fragments efficiently and securely together O amp O Defrag gives you everything from fully automated defragme
10. 30 Dive status aho to capta UE UAE edo iili cogni tei baie a SL Ev aou E Ed A DER 30 AECE O O E Dace BREN 31 Tray icon Notification area icon 22 22 cece cece cece cece eee e eee ce cece ccc eeeececceececeeeeeeeeees 31 Hibernation modes asado sena echoes RS 2 SIS oo Uh o lead bo sind cid 32 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals 20 ccc cece cece cece cece eee eneeeeeeeeeeneeeeeaes 34 Create job General ooo crac ee een eee See ee eee Se ce eee 34 Plane Schedule ea teh no DA a ee tot add ed el 35 Screen Saver Mode mieno ee A rss oe e a EE S eaa E 36 S Re EE E A ET EA E E E E E SE E A EAE A E TA 36 Exclude and include files ooo osse a a A a 37 O amp O Activity Monitor for Jobs 2 2 cece cece cece cece cece cece eR RIIImRmRIRrImemIeeeell 38 Further job settings 20 00000002 cc eee c cece ccc ones 40 Run scripts before and after a job 0 c cece cece cece cece eee cece RR RR Re ee eee nana 41 Duplicate JOD isi espe ee dd e tele lado elo 42 A penne aoc tree O A aioe ORR ETN ea 42 O amp O Defrag III Delete job NEMPE EE 42 SEA A E NIN 43 Creating Status Reports o a id isa 43 Evaluating Status Repons nsoni a a N a a a a III III 44 Deleting Status reports 2 3 sce assess dsd lc a Qoo SAA 44 eurem Me a E E EE a aaa E EEE 45 O amp O Gl sterlrisDector eoe a eo ed a 46 Display file position Details 00 00 000 cece ccc ccc ccc ccc cece cece ee cnc
11. About 50 file entries will be displayed by default To show the following files click the arrows to control the cur rently selected hard disk section Start cluster Start of the currently displayed file section on the hard disk Cluster number Specifies how many clusters are used by this file in this block Fragments Number of areas in which this file is divided A fragment number higher than 1 means that the file is fragmented Size Specifies how much physical area space the file occupies on the data volume File Absolute path of the file Tip A cluster is the smallest allocation unit that the operating system uses for storing of files on a disk Start cluster Fragments Size Disharetoodi55_friicon_oodi3_ 819 00 KB Diishare Thumbs db 195 50 KB Diishareroodi55_friThumbs db 223 72 KB D share ood14_schnellkonfig p 113 02 KB D share O amp O Defrag 14 Server 0 Bytes Free 212 00 KB D SRECYCLE BIN S 1 5 21 207 123 76 KB D share Quick configuration p 40 00 KB DASExtend A SObjId SO SINDEX 103 06 KB D SRECYCLE BIN S 1 5 21 207 138 63 KB DASRECYCLE BINAS 1 5 21 162 0 Bytes Free 1 33 MB D SRECYCLE BIN S 1 5 21 162 9 26 549 26 754 26 803 26 859 C 26 887 8 26 896 26 949 26 950 26 960 26 986 O 27 020 27 035 POnRRmRAO UM Pf 262 s Jos O amp O Defrag 46 O amp O Clusterlnspector O amp O Clusterlnspector More View file status Details Display
12. Enter license EAEE T TA e or Md Lt and 6 Using the test version ooocccccccccccccccccccccc ns 7 Uninstalle icr hac oe E ct 10 outa cd hy ela Ln e Rais chica alia da SS coat feat Aad oi dpt oes 7 Installing Updates of O amp O Defrag 0 2 c cece cece cece eee cece eect e esee e esses sess 8 O amp O Defrag Screen Saver aca aer ee ek dd ee A e alta 9 Online registratlon osse o dd ety eue 11 What are the advantages of online registration 0 0 0 e cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 11 How do register online 2 2 cece cece cece e cece cece eee RR Aaaa aana oaoaraa enn 12 Getting started 2 20 scte o eect ePi lei My she e Cutest cE Ou AE a 13 QUICK Start 228502 tn o tu MELDE iu aes EN Dead e m IRS 13 Schedule automated defragmentation 2 0 2 2222 eee eee cece cece cece cece cece cnn cnn s Reese esee 14 Execute optimization of the system now 0 000 c cece cece cece eee cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeees 15 Optimizing Solid State Drives SSDs 1 000 222 o 2 occ e cece eese esses sees 15 Analyze your drives 02 cece cece cece cece ccc cc ccc ce cee cece eee cece sees teteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 15 Starting an Analysis 00 22 2222 cece cece cece cece cece cc cece eee RR RR e cece cece eect eese esses esee seen 16 Defragmenting your Drives T c cece cece ccc ccc cece cece cece cece ns 17 Recommendations for your first defragmentation 0000000000000000 c cece cece cece eee e eee eee 17
13. Further properties Default configuration already optimal for the majority of users File Status provides an overview of the largest and most heavily fragmented files on your drive Defragmentation of individual files and folders by right clicking Control O amp O Defrag from the task bar Three new eight in total defragmentation methods for an optimal increase in speed ClusterView for detailed information on the distribution of files in the drives O amp O Screensaver Power management for notebooks O amp O Clusterlnspector for targeted inspection of hard disk regions Job assistant to schedule automatic and periodic defragmentations Status reports in HTML format to keep track of developments in performance Support of removable drives USB Sticks Memory Cards etc Execution of Windows commands Batches before and after defragmentation Screen saver mode automates defragmentation whenever the computer is idle Checks for new program versions O amp O Defrag 3 About O amp O Defrag 14 Differences between the various Editions O amp O Defrag 14 is available in three versions e O amp O Defrag 14 Professional Edition e O amp O Defrag 14 Workstation Edition e O amp O Defrag 14 Server Edition The Professional Edition is the version to use for defragmenting a single PC It cannot be used on a server operating system and has no network capabilities The Workstation Edition contains a network agent for controlling O amp O Defrag in conjunct
14. G Volume H i Volume I t Volume J Add new Zone 2 user data Sorts by date of last access System default rules User defined rules Add new rule Zone 3 seldom used files Consolidate free space System default rules User defined rules Zone filing Notation for rules In the following chart you can find the correct syntax and examples for user defined rules to help you influence zone fil ing If you want to work on a file then enter the absolute path Example c windows explorer exe only this file is worked on If you want to capture all of a folders sub entries files and sub folders by a rule the rule expression needs to end with Example c windows system32 If only one folder without sub folder should be captured then enter it without an expression Example c windows Ysystem32 O amp O Defrag 51 Zone filing If you want to move all files of a certain type to one zone enter a star before the file ending Example omg includes all files and folders ending in omg The star jumps over a number of symbols and searches for the expression which is located behind it Only files with a certain characteristic in their name and with the exact file ending are supposed to be cap tured Example test 123 txt includes all text files which contain a test and 123 in their name This means for example test123 txt the star can only jump over zero
15. Protected Mode Off Creating Status Reports O amp O Defrag Status report Status reports are created after each analysis and after each defragmentation Make sure that the option Create reports under Settings General is enabled O amp O Defrag 43 Status reports The O amp O Defrag agent can keep a maximum of 999 reports for one computer after which the oldest reports will be replaced by newer ones e Please select the drive for which you want to create a report from the drive list e Create the status reports by clicking Create in the Ribbon bar e The drive will be analyzed You can see an analysis being run with the drive symbol in the progress display e Onceananalysis is completed the status report will be automatically saved and displayed Note You can also create status reports for several drives at the same time by pressing the Ctrl key and selecting the drives you want to have included Evaluating Status Reports Based on the O amp O Defrag status reports you can document the level of fragmentation as well as the results of defrag mentation on your system Status reports contain all important information regarding your hard disk drives The level of fragmentation is particularly important It constitutes a normalized value of the fragmentation and can be used as a comparison for different systems and for hard disks of different sizes This value ranges from 0 completely defragmented to 10096 completely
16. SSD optimization e File into zones This option is enabled by default The data is filed into different hard disks areas zones during the defrag mentation based on access requirements also see Zone filing Reports and Logging You can create status reports in an HTML format A maximum of 999 reports can be created and saved Please enable this function if you want to log all O amp O Defrag activities into the Windows Event log You can specify the detail level for notifications whereas level 1 only logs errors and level 4 stores all the information available Please bear in mind that this might lead to many log entries which in turn overwrite entries by other programs or systems O amp O Defrag 40 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals Edit job New job General Schedule Drives Files O amp O ActivityMonitor Settings Pre Job execution Post Job execution You may specify how to handle different storage media types Additionally you may control the creation of reports and exert further influence on user control areas E Check drive s before defragmentation and abort upon error Y Task may optimize multiple physical drives in parallel Use system recommendations for file system layout layout ini Advanced options Indude external drives Prevent defragmentation of solid stat v Create reports Maximum number of saved reports Write events t
17. can find the settings for the Windows Firewall on your computer under Start Control Panel Security Center Windows Firewall Change settings Exceptions e Create a new port e Enterthe number 50300 and name the port O amp O Defrag O amp O Defrag 61 Settings Use these settings to open a port through Windows Firewall To find the port number and protocol consult the documentation for the program or service you want to use Name O amp O Defrag Port number 50300 Protocol a TCP UDP What are the risks of opening a port Chenge sempe Ca Edit port e Confirm the changes e Place a check next to O amp O Defrag in the list More information on the firewall settings concerning O amp O Defrag can be found under hints and frequent questions O amp O Defrag 62 Settings Windows Firewall Settings Windows Firewall is turned off Your computer is at risk of attacks and intrusions from outside sources such as the Internet We recommend that you dick the General tab and select On Windows Firewall is currently using settings for the private network location What are the risks of unblocking a ram To enable an exception select its check box Program or port OBITS Peercaching O Connect to a Network Projector M Core Networking O Distributed Transaction Coordinator O File and Printer Sharing OJiscsI Service O Media Center Extenders O amp O Defrag Firewall settings O amp O De
18. file or the folder you wish to exclude in the dialogue in the Explorer view and click Add You can also allocate more files and folder to the selection 3 If you have made your selection confirm your entries with Apply Include files at all costs O amp O Defrag 37 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals Under Files that must be defragmented you can specify which files must be defragmented even if they have been excluded previously due to a higher ranking condition 1 Click Select files 2 Select the file or the folder you wish to exclude in the dialogue in the Explorer view and click Add You can also allocate more files and folder to the selection 3 If you have made your selection confirm your entries with Apply By size Optionally you can also exclude very large files from the defragmentation due to time constraints In the dialogue spec ify the size above which a file should not be optimized or moved during defragmentation Edit job New job General Schedule Drives Files O amp O ActivityMonitor Settings Pre Job execution Post Job execution With O amp O Defrag you may exdude single files file groups and entire folders from being defragmented Files specified here will not be accessed or moved by O amp O Defrag Exduded files Files that must be defragmented C SWINDOWS Q One file folder has been selected that must be defragmented ove
19. file position Details Through Details of a file you will find out where the individual fragments of the file are located on the hard disk and to what degree they are fragmented 1 Tofind out more on the selected file click on Details 2 All corresponding file fragments are listed with a cluster number and their size All clusters used by a file are highlighted in the ClusterView You will be able to find out the degree to which the scanned file is fragmented as well as where it is located on the hard disk Start cluster Number of Fragments Size File 26 949 1 2 123 76 KB D share Quick configuration p 46 226 30 2 123 76 KB D share Quick configuration p O amp O Clusterlnspector Show details O amp O Defrag 47 Determine file position Determine file position If you want to find out where and how a certain file is located click Determine file position in the Ribbon and select a file in the following dialogue All areas occupied by this file will then be displayed by the ClusterView O amp O Defrag 48 Zone filing Zone filing The division of drives into zones enables the logical separation of the data into performance critical and non critical files A special algorithm makes sure that the data on the disk is optimally organized after defragmentation Files are organized and moved into zones depending on their intended use and access rate For instance system and program files which need to be accessed
20. nor may you in this event demand com pensation instead of full service O amp O Defrag 77 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA 11 In the event of cancellation compensation is due for any uses made The compensation for use will be based on a four year straight line depreciation of the purchase price 12 As a result of the abatement the purchase price will be reduced by the amount which is calculated for deducting the defect from the value of the software The standard used will be its value at the time the contract was concluded The amount when necessary is to be calculated by estimation As a result of this reduction any amount larger than that paid for the reduced purchase price will be refunded 13 If it tums out that a reported problem did not arise as a result of a defect in the software O amp O is entitled to invoice you according to the amount charged in its price lists for such services the expenses for analysis and correction of the problem if you can be accused of malice or gross negligence 14 The sellers warranty is canceled when changes are made on the software without expressed written consent or when the software is not used as intended or used in an improper software environment unless you can prove that these facts had nothing to do with the problems that occurred 6 Limitation of compensation 1 O amp O is liable for compensation for every legal ground to the extent described in the following provisi
21. of a drive is therefore irrelevant Folders Any number of folders can be defragmented O amp O Defrag has an optimized memory management which allows it to record all file and folder information Free hard disk space Drives without any free disk space cannot be defragmented For the best possible results at least 596 of the whole hard disk capacity should be free Files larger than the maximum free and connected storage space may not be pos sible to defragment and if so only with several runs To accelerate defragmentation we recommend reserving at least 10 1596 free hard disk space however this per centage decreases the higher the hard disk size is What really matters is the size of the largest file that needs to be defragmented or moved around For an optimal defragmentation the file should have enough connected storage space available O amp O Defrag 69 Recommendations and Frequently Asked Questions Recommendations and Frequently Asked Questions Defragment your system regularly Only defragmentation on a regular basis can ensure that you always get the best out of your system Forthis O amp O Defrag offers you automated optimization and several options for scheduling a defragmentation Recommended use defragmentation plan Recommendation Manual defrag Automatic Screen Saver jobs Scheduled jobs for mentation optimization Game computer operating for edis es hours ds Desktop E Per ep Rene Desk ela of al a
22. of high level fragmentation is a poorly maintained drive containing a large number of heavily frag mented files with little free space available The run time of the first defragmentation lasts longer than with the previous version as a result of data being divided into zones STEALTH Method The STEALTH method differs from other methods in that it is much faster and uses much less main memory for the defragmentation Algorithm The STEALTH method is based on our unique STEALTH technology and allows an unprecedented level of defrag mentation on computers having a large number of files little free space or available main memory This method defragments all fragmented files and tries to consolidate them in order to optimize available free disk space Speed and resource usage are the main considerations here and the method is therefore not quite as thorough as the SPACE and COMPLETE methods Recommended Application The STEALTH method is especially useful for defragmentation on a regular basis e Initial defragmentation of your system e Computers with few available resources as the method does not greatly increase the CPU usage and does not require much free hard disk space e Servers with very large hard disks e g more than 4 terabytes e Computers with a very large number of files more than 3 000 000 files O amp O Defrag 22 Getting started SPACE Method The SPACE methods offer you a great solution for heavy fragmentat
23. optimally organized after defragmentation Files are organized and moved into zones depending on their intended use and the access frequency For instance system and program files which need to be accessed very quickly are separated from other data like documents and downloads By the division of files according to their write frequency it s possible to intelligently prevent fragmentation Thanks to this logical grouping program and system start times are shortened future defragmentation runs faster and new frag mentation can be prevented Three adapted optimized methods for defragmentation Three methods Optimize Optimize Quick and Optimize Complete facilitate the selection of the most beneficial defragmentation for a specific purpose These new methods group your data into zones and combine optimally with the older O amp O Defrag methods These are of course still available whenever you disable zone filing O amp O Defrag 2 About O amp O Defrag 14 Additional strategies to reduce fragmentation Very large files with high levels of fragmentation can also be efficiently packed together into a few fragments The result is clearly measurable Compatible with Windows 7 O amp O products are always kept up to date with the newest technologies As a result O amp O Defrag was developed and optimized for Windows 7 Of course the new file system exFAT is also supported which was developed by Microsoft specifically for flash drives
24. or more drives from the drive list and click Cluster View underneath the status window Please note that by selecting them simultaneously you can view several drives in a split block view O amp O Defrag 27 User Interface GUI amp 2 C 34704 Clusters per block 0 E Compressed Allocated lisa Fragmented Reserved for MFT l System ls Paging file fi Locked exclusively E Being processed Folder 13 ClusterView Fd Jobs i Reports EE Drive status 8 File status Ready ClusterView The display will show a certain amount of clusters arranged graphically as a block The number of clusters per block is indicated in the title line of the Cluster View You can change the size of the blocks and the way they appear on screen This can be done using the right click menu The Shaded View will display the actual used space of a block in a mixed color If you choose not to use shading the block will be displayed in prioritized full color The varying conditions that can be prioritized with color are listed in the chart below Description Explanation In processing O amp O Defrag is currently working on one or more clusters in this block The block contains files that are Exclusively locked exclusively locked by Windows or other applications e g the registry Paging file Block contains clusters from the pag ing file Fragmented At least one cluster belongs to
25. our Support Team It s always possible that your specific question or problem has already been addressed Made in Germany Made in Berlin All O amp O products are developed in Berlin Germany O amp O is one of the few companies that offers its users phone sup port without a special rate number At O amp O Software GmbH we pay very special attention to the concerns of our cus tomers because we know just how important their data is for them And what s more we ve been doing this for over ten years now O amp O Software Address Am Borsigturm 48 13507 Berlin Germany Telephone 49 0 30 4303 4303 Fax 49 0 30 4303 4399 Web http www oo software com e mail support oo software com sales oo software com Authorized Resellers Our authorized reseller partners in over 30 countries stand ready to assist you with answers to all questions regarding the licensing and purchase of our software products Their names and addresses can be found on our website under the heading Partner Find Resellers Just ask us and we ll be happy to help you find an authorized partner in your vicinity O amp O Defrag 74 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA End user license agreement 3 4 EULA O amp O Software GENERAL and SPECIALIZED SECTION GENERAL SECTION IMPORTANT PLEASE READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is organized into 2 sections a general part which is valid for all O amp O prod ucts and a specializ
26. provide a service to a third party Other limitations may apply in the software itself Please consult the software documentation for more information on these limitations O amp O SafeErase Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O SafeErase Professional Edition The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O SafeErase Workstation Edition The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O SafeErase Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating sys tems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems O amp O SSD Migration Kit O amp O Defrag 85 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating sy
27. registration wizard allows for a simple registration process When you select the option want to enter my license a dialog box will appear where you can enter the reg istration code you received when purchasing the software If you have purchased the download version of the software please enter the license information Name Company and License key just as they are written in the confirmation E Mail you received If you have purchased the box version of the software please enter the license key as it is written on the license card included In addition please enter your name and if needed your company 3 Please make sure that you do not confuse the digit 1 with I or enter any empty spaces where they don t belong 4 Press Next to save the registration data or Cancel to leave the dialog window without saving the data 5 When you have correctly entered the license code you will receive a confirmation in the dialog window If you encounter problems while entering your license key please contact our Support support M 00 software com Note If do not enter a valid license key you will be able to use O amp O Defrag as a test version for a limited time only O amp O Defrag 6 Installation Da O amp O Defrag Server Edition Registration Wizard 08 0 Defrag Server Edition Version 14 0 Build 119 Please enter your name your company s name and your serial number in the fields Confirm your entries with Next You
28. reported to O amp O within the limitation period it will undertake a cure free of charge 7 As part of the cure the corrected software will be redelivered as agreed An on site analysis and correction of the error on your system will not take place O amp O assumes the ensuing expenses for the cure in particular the costs for transport labor and material You are per sonally responsible for installation O amp O specifically does not assume on site installation as part of its obligation with regard to defects of material or title Should a change of the program be required as part of the cure O amp O will make the necessary changes in the doc umentation without any charges 8 After the unsuccessful expiration of a deadline you set for cure you can cancel the contract or reduce the purchase price and demand compensation instead of service or the replacement of any futile expenditures 9 A deadline is not required when 8 O amp O refuses both kinds of cure even if it is entitled to do so as a result of the arising expenses or b the cure is impossible or C the cure is unacceptable to you or d the cure is unsuccessful A subsequent improvement is considered a failure after the second unsuccessful attempt unless there is something particular about the type of software or the defect itself or the surrounding circumstances that would indicate otherwise 10 You are not entitled to cancel the contract if the defect is negligible
29. that other sources are not misrepresenting the functions and properties of the software as described in the documentation You can therefore assume that any descriptions beyond those found in the software documentation have not originated with O amp O and are also unknown to it Please inform O amp O if you learn of any software descriptions that include functions and properties not mentioned in the documentation 3 Please inform O amp O if you learn of any software descriptions that include functions and properties not mentioned in the documentation 4 Any claims conceming defects of material and or title related to the software have a limitation period of two years subsequent to delivery of the program or transmission of the serial number needed for downloading If you are not a pri vate individual the warranty period is shortened to one year If O amp O has fraudulently concealed a material defect a three year limitation period will cover claims related to this defect Payment for compensation that you might have been entitled to as a result of cancelation or an abatement can be refused upon expiration of the limitation period 5 You are required to inform O amp O in writing if possible of any defects that arise immediately upon their discovery While doing so you should also describe as well as possible how the defect is communicated the effect it has on the program and under which circumstances it occurs 6 Should defects be
30. usage including the backup copies and data backups is not allowed 7 Copyrights and other trademarks within the software may not be altered or removed They must be transferred onto every copy of the software 8 Unauthorized transfer only when you have purchased the software with an accompanying disk are you permitted to transfer it and then only under the following conditions a resale of the software is only permitted when it involves an entire software copy i e by surrendering your own usage of the purchased copy you are entitled to transfer these rights of use of the disk onto a third party according to the terms of the agreement existing between you and O amp O When making such a transfer you are required to hand over to the third party all materials related to the software that are covered in the contract and to delete the software from any storage volumes e g hard disks remaining in your pos session 9 Unauthorized rental and service The purchase of this contract does not entitle you to any public transfer or rental of the software You are also not entitled to include the software as part of your providing services for and in the presence of any third parties You may purchase an appropriate license from O amp O for doing this 4 Payment 1 The prices are given with the corresponding sales taxes included unless otherwise indicated 2 Test versions Downloads of test versions offered by O amp O are provided free o
31. very quickly are separated from other data like documents and downloads By the division of files according to their write frequency it is possible to intelligently prevent fragmentation Thanks to this logical grouping program and system start times are shortened future defragmentation runs faster and new frag mentation can be prevented The system drive is divided into 3 zones by default The zone filing proposed by O amp O Defrag is optimal for the majority of users You may adapt this functionality to your needs by clicking Configure zones in the Ribbon bar see User defined zone filing The following rules are set by default for the system drive 1 Zone Windows system files and installed applications 2 Zone user data e g Office documents temporary files user profile 3 Zone Seldom used data and very large files e g Windows Recycle Bin and files over 500 MB Note Zone filing is disabled by default Enable zone filing To enable zone filing select File into zones in the drop down menu in the tab General under Settings in the ribbon bar Disable zone filing To disable zone filing deselect File into zones in the drop down menu in the tab General under Settings in the rib bon bar 14 m 5 2 C 34704 Clusters per block 0 Free Compressed Allocated im Fragthented Reserved for MFT o Shadow copies System imi Paging file Locked exclusively I Bein
32. 0 38 Volume F TH Ciusteview E Job O Reports B Drive status Fil satus Fri Aug 13 2010 11 44 AM Fri Aug 13 2010 11 50 AM Fri Aug 13 2010 11 50 AM Fri Aug 13 2010 11 50 AM Ready Drive status Report view Displays information about the conditions of selected drives before and after defragmentation Here you can find information about your drive the amount of space being used on it and the file system The refreshed pie chart will dynamically represent the proportional level of fragmentation during a defragmentation run The Status for the entire drive informs you about both the analyzed as well as the non analyzed files and folders A new evaluation occurs dynamically with each defragmentation Status of drive C Size Free Number of files folders Fragmentation level Analyzed folders Analyzed files Moved files Fragmented files before Fragmented files now N fT ClusterView 73 Jobs amp Reports By Drive status 9 File status Ready O amp O Defrag 30 User Interface GUI Drive status File status File Status provides an overview of the largest and most heavily fragmented files on your drive The contents of this file system statistic can also be found in the status reports You have to first analyze the file statistics of a drive in order to have them displayed here This will occur after you click Anal
33. CE COMPLETE Access COMPLETE Modified COMPLETE Name All methods can be used on all drives including volume sets stripe sets with and without parity etc and are equipped for best possible data security This is achieved by their working together with the defragmentation routines integrated into Windows and guarantees that data will not be lost if your computer or network crashes or if there is a power cut O amp O Defrag 20 Getting started 20 00 3 a Schnellstart Analyse Start Pause Stopp Anlegen Erstellen STEALTH Ctrl Fi0 Pte SPACE Shift F10 COMPLETE Name Ctrl F11 COMPLETE Modified Shift F11 COMPLETE Access Ctrl F12 Defragmentation methods Note Please bear in mind that the older methods can only be selected if zone filing is disabled Performance new and old methods of O amp O Defrag Methods optimized for Zone filing Standard methods Optimize Optimize Optimize Space Stealth Complete Meth Quick Complete ods fes on a deb Pe PF T a mun Te oT LA s arum ccr cp m on a o E T Suitability for very iic c gt 4GB Suitability for many ela feto le bf gt 1M O amp O Defrag 21 Getting started Methods optimized for Zone filing Standard methods ire T F o TT TT rr Required RAM E Ip Jf CPU Load eis ge esla gE Very Applicable with runtime quick F gp Extremely Applicable with runtime very quick Our understanding
34. Defrag are already opti mally configured for most computers The choice of options in the QuickStart dialogue covers the most common user scenarios This means your computer can continue performing at its very best without your having to make any special settings e The QuickStart wizard can be started in the system menu on the left side of the program window O amp O Defrag 13 Getting started QuickStart Ctrl G A Opens the wizard for easy configuration of O amp O Defrag You can make your computer run faster right 0 now and also select automatic optimization 0 Open QuickStart wizard If you re using the default settings click OK to apply the changes 9 Automatically optimize hard disks in the background C Optimize when computer is not in use when screensaver is active Defragment drives at a specified time Recurrence Weekly on Friday at 14 00 t Optimize now Speed up your system by defragmenting E Analyze all drives on start QuickStart Schedule automated defragmentation Optimize hard disks automatically O amp O Defrag 14 Getting started All modified and newly added files are checked during the automated defragmentation Newly fragmented files will be automatically defragmented once they are no longer being accessed This will ensure that your system is being con stantly kept at its highest level of performance and effectively prevent any additional fragment
35. Defragment Single Drives 00 0 2 cece cece cece cece cece conos 17 Defragment an entire computer 2 22 22 c cece eee e cece I cece cceececeecceeeeeeeees 17 Defragmenting individual files and folder 000000022 cece cece cece cece ccc cc ccc cece cece Ree esses sese 18 Selecting a defragmentation method 0 000000 ccc cee cece cece cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeees 18 OPTIMIZE 02 tere SS SSS Sash A Se AIRE SEEN SA ous Jains ohhh 20 OPTIMIZE Quick cc e llle ceeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeee 20 O amp O Defrag II OPRTIMIZE COMpPlete netic ccoo nad ovest dl o ed ela dol nto Cn 20 Standard defragmentation MEtho0dS oooocccccccccccccccccccccccccccnnnn ocres 20 STEALTH Method 32 ii Vd A IRR VES Eie Fen rou ek AN A RN lessees 22 SPACE Methods 5 edil Ap tad 2 dt dede 23 COMPLETE Access Method tul cce RI dnd den ade sol ideo oes oer teigiaacdan 23 COMPLETE Modified Method oooccccccccccccccccccccccccccccoccccnnccc es e sse e eR esse ess e sep eli 23 COMPLETE Name Method occ s sse sse esse lille llle rss r rr lnl 24 UserlInterface GUI 22 dance eio EROR IR RR losa aee Se aid utes decet petia 25 System aa K m 26 Quick Access TOOIDAE o UE UE EN Lec noil edd sete ute c 26 RIGDOM EB SEs waa CP E T 27 Dive Est RDUM ERE 27 Cluster VW htu eam tese pA Atc cuba sunt eK Ati eB Ah Line E E RARI HH A AS cto EA ER 27 JOD VOW MEER 29 REDONS otee RENE TRIER d
36. F CONTINUOUS USE Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems The product at hand can only be employed according to the acquired license The following license types exist for O amp O BlueCon O amp O BlueCon Admin Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on all computers a in the possession of the company legal person or natural person s in the case of corporations owning the license and b all located at a single site This license is bound to a single natural person and is non transferable O amp O BlueCon Tech Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on all computers This includes computers that do not belong to the company owning the license also known as Service Technician s License This license is bound to a single nat ural person and is non transferable O amp O BuildPE Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Vista all Editions or Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 a
37. L OUTPUTFILE File name gt SILENT NOHEADER NOWAIT WAITKEY wheras lt COMMAND gt needs to be one of the following activities ANALYSIS OPTIMIZE QUICK COMPLETE COMPNAME COMPACC COMPMOD FRAGFILES SPACE STEALTH O amp O Defrag 65 Technical information Parameters Syntax ANALYSIS C Z ALL OPTIMIZE C Z ALL QUICK CL Z ALL COMPLETE C Z ALL COMPACC C Z ALL COMPMOD CL Z ALL COMPNAME C Z ALL IFRAGFILES C Z ALL IINFO CL Z ALL NOHEADER NOWAIT OUTPUTFILE File name gt SILENT ISPACE C Z ALL STEALTH C Z ALL STOP C Z ALL Description Analyzes the given drives The result will be shown in the standard output device generally the DOS prompt or written into the output file Starts OPTIMIZE defragmentation on the given drives or on all drives ALL Starts OPTIMIZE QUICK defragmentation on the given drives or on all drives ALL Starts OPTIMIZE Complete defragmentation on the given drives or on all drives ALL Starts COMPLETE Access defragmentation on the given drives or on all drives ALL Please bear in mind that this defragmentation method does not support any drive zones Starts COMPLETE Modified defragmentation on the given drives or on all drives ALL Please bear in mind that this defragmentation met
38. Last started Last finished Screeny oosoft Neu SCREENY D Permanen 3 30 Tuesday Augu Tuesday Augus q Screeny oosoft Date SCREENY D Permanen H Friday August Friday August Screeny oosoft VolE SCREENY E Friday August Friday August Clusterview 7 Jobs i Reports By Drive status f File status Job View O amp O Defrag 29 User Interface GUI Reports O amp O Defrag stores and manages all reports in Reports Once you ve enabled the option for creating status reports the results of all analyzing and optimization processes will be recorded The reports are listed chronologically and grouped in folders The information in brackets indicates the drive and job for which the report was created The reports contain all the relevant information about a drive s database see Status reports e Double click any report to have it displayed in your Internet browser 3 Toda 2010 08 16 10 32 37 Windows 7 C 2010 08 16 11 33 18 Windows 7 C 2010 08 16 11 35 49 Windows 7 C 2010 08 16 11 35 52 Volume D 2010 08 16 11 35 53 Volume E 2010 08 16 11 35 56 Volume F B Frida Date Mon Aug 16 2010 12 32 PM Mon Aug 16 2010 01 33 PM Mon Aug 16 2010 01 35 PM Mon Aug 16 2010 01 35 PM Mon Aug 16 2010 01 35 PM Mon Aug 16 2010 01 35 PM 2010 08 13 09 44 47 Windows 7 C 2010 08 13 09 50 33 Volume D 2010 08 13 09 50 36 Volume E 2010 08 13 09 5
39. O with indisputable or legally valid claims 2 Changes and amendments to this contract must be made in writing This also applies to changes to this provision 3 The contract is subject to German law The uniform UN purchasing law CISG as well as the UNIDROIT Factoring Agreement of Ottawa do not apply 4 Any general terms and conditions on your part will not be applied b In the event you are not a private individual or a resident of the Federal Republic of Germany we agree that the dis trict court in Berlin will be the competent court for litigation arising from this contract 8 Contact O amp O Defrag 78 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA If you have any questions concerning the O amp O Software License Agreement or wish to speak with O amp O please get in touch with us O amp O Software GmbH Am Borsigturm 48 13507 Berlin Germany Telephone 49 0 30 4303 4303 Fax 49 0 30 4303 4399 E Mail info oo software com sales oo software com Web www oo software com SPECIALIZED SECTION O amp O BlueCon Important note on the Windows PE Start CD The Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment software included with this device or software may be used for boot diagnostic setup restoration installation configuration test or disaster recovery purposes only NOTE THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS A SECURITY FEATURE THAT WILL CAUSE END USER S SYSTEM TO REBOOT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO THE END USER AFTER 72 HOURS O
40. S Limit FPS stands for Frames Per Second This is the number of frames displayed on screen per second A higher refresh rate means a higher hardware load however it also means a better 3D display X Y and Z Position These controls allow you to specify a horizontal and vertical positioning of the 3D view of a drive The control Z Position changes the size of the 3D object Multisampling If your graphic card supports edge smoothing you will achieve a much better 3D illustration with this option Control Here you can select the drives that O amp O Defrag Screen Saver should defragment In the column Action select the desired method of defragmentation for the corresponding drive You can find more information about the O amp O Defrag defragmentation methods in the chapter Select method of defrag mentation View In this menu various parameters concerning the appearance of the program can be changed O amp O Defrag 10 Online registration Online registration To register O amp O Defrag online you ll need the license key you received when you purchased the program To register online start O amp O Defrag The questions related to online registration always appear at the start provided you haven t registered online O amp O Defrag Server Edition Registration Wizard O amp O Defrag Server Edition Version 14 0 Build 119 Thank you for choosing O amp O Software You can now register online on our website As a reg
41. Tr Pe PE e e F eite Extremely Applicable with runtime very quick Continue working undisturbed while defragmenting Particularly in the case of workstations or servers that are under pressure all the time it is important that defrag mentation take place in the background without negatively affecting the day to day running of the system In such sit uations we recommend you use O amp O ActivityMonitor for keeping an eye on the resource usage and automatically adjusting the burden placed on your system by O amp O Defrag O amp O Defrag and Firewalls O amp O Defrag 72 Recommendations and Frequently Asked Questions At the start of O amp O Defrag my firewall notifies me of an attempted access receive the error 10061 Why does this happen and and how can solve the problem The communication of the individual O amp O Defrag program components O amp O Defrag Agent and user interface is based on TCP IP This communication only runs inside your computer without any access to the Internet or the net work Most firewalls however are programmed to recognize internal IP communication so you receive a warning mes sage You don t have to tum off your firewall Simply open up port 50300 Since O amp O Defrag automatically checks access permissions there can be no external access over this port even if you are connected to the internet In most cases it is enough to authorize O amp O Defrag for exclusively intemal communication wh
42. a frag mented file Folder Block contains a cluster of one or more non fragmented folders At least one cluster is being occu Compressed pied by one non fragmented com pressed file NTFS only Occupied At least one cluster is being occu pied by one non fragmented file At least one cluster is occupied but System could not be assigned to a file O amp O Defrag 28 User Interface GUI Description Explanation Reserved for the At least one cluster is labeled as MFT reserved for the MFT Free All clusters are empty Note A cluster displays the smallest logical allocation unit that the operating system can use for saving files on a disk Job View The job view lists all the defragmentation jobs assigned to the computer Jobs can be edited copied or deleted by marking the job and selecting the desired entry in the right click menu start Options QOO PHA sca a Je Analysis Start Pause Stop Add se bri Clusterinspector Determine Zone Settings job rive s file position filing Defragmentation Jobs Reports File system Options Name i Total files Frag files Degree of fragmentation i Free Window 379411 1 08 4 7007 GB Volume 360 89 43 1 06 GB Volume 92 0 00 2 79 GB Volume 233 92 36 1 70 GB Volume 0 00 i 52 82 GB Volume 0 00 9 07 GB Volume 0 00 4 494 GB Volume 0 00 8 56 GB Target compu Drive s Starting da i Maximum running ti
43. ail a disk containing the update will be sent to the given address for electronically delivered keys a key for downloading updates will be sent to the given E mail address b Changes to the delivery or E mail address can only be taken into consideration when they are supplied in writing or by E mail to the address or E mail address indicated on http www oo software com at least two weeks before deliv ery of the update 6 A printed copy of the documentation will not be included in delivery The documentation consists primarily of elec tronic aids 2 Requirements for application system requirements 1 Installation of the software is not part of the agreement 2 Depending on the software there are certain system requirements that must be met in order to use the software according to the terms of this contract These will be defined according to each product in the specialized section of this contract 3 Rights of use including test versions unauthorized transfer and application 1 O amp O grants you upon payment of the agreed one time fee a permanent spatially unlimited and non exclusive right to use the software O amp O Defrag 75 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA 2 Test versions if you have installed a test version of one of our products taken from the O amp O Website http www oo software com the right of use will be according to the program for a limited time only and or tech nically restricted
44. al defragmentation means that one drive will be defragmented after the other in alphabetical order During parallel defragmentation partitions that are located physically on different hard disks are processed at the same time This shortens the total time needed for completing defragmentation but also leads to a higher system load by O amp O Defrag If you only have one hard disk in your computer all partitions on it will be defragmented sequentially Considering the system parameters on how to allocate files Only valid for Windows 7 Vista and XP during defragmentation the layout ini file is used as reference to allocate files optimally on the hard disk The optimal sequence for start files proposed by the operating system will be considered in order to initiate the system start as quick as possible Under Advanced options you can specify how different drive types are supposed to be handled during the completion of the job e Include removable drive Removable drives e g ZIP Jaz or DVD RAM can also be defragmented e Include external drives It is also possible to defragment drives that are connected by an external interface such as a USB or FireWire e Protect SSD drives from defragmentation SSD drives are subject to physical wear out of flash chips and this might be made worse as a result of defrag mentation Based on their special construction defragmentation will not increase performance of SSDs They should not be defragmented see
45. amp O Defrag 82 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O DriveLED Server Edition may be used on computers with or without the user inter face You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O DriveLED Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition O amp O Enterprise Management Console Important note on the Microsoft SQL Server This product uses the Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition To the extent that these pro grams are part of the installation of this product the terms of their licensing related to the use of this software will also apply to the terms of this agreement The use of Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition is free of charge in conjunction with this product The purchase of licenses for O amp O Enterprise Management Console and related products is separate from any possible purchase of SQL Server products Amendment to 2 R
46. and run ning of commands after a job are similar to those run before a job Duplicate job If you are using an already existing job and want to edit it you may duplicate it Select the job from the job list right click it and select Duplicate job You can select the job with a double click and then edit and save it in the corresponding job dialogue Job Target compu Drive s Starting da Start tir 177 Screeny oosoft Net rz Add job M Screeny oosoft Dat LN 2 00 P L Screeny oosoft Vol en ee a Screeny oosoft Nev Ey Edit job 12 00 P fe Delete job Del Change columns Editing jobs Edit jobs You can modify a job at a later time by selecting it in the job view and then right clicking and selecting Edit The O amp O Defrag job dialogue will appear with the options for that job Make the changes and confirm your entries with OK Delete job To delete a job select it in the job list right click on it and select Delete job The job will then be deleted The execution of the job is cancelled immediately O amp O Defrag 42 Status reports Status reports Status reports inform you on the performance state of your computer The status reports by O amp O Defrag include gen eral information about drives and file systems as well as the results of already executed defragmentations They also include detailed lists of files that negatively influence system performance the most either by their size
47. anded by any Third Parties unless this is done with the expressed approval of O amp O When in doubt please get in touch with us You can find our contact data at the end of this license agreement O amp O RescueBox Important note on the Windows PE Start CD The Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment software included with this device or software may be used for boot diagnostic setup restoration installation configuration test or disaster recovery purposes only NOTE THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS A SECURITY FEATURE THAT WILL CAUSE END USER S SYSTEM TO REBOOT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO THE END USER AFTER 72 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS USE Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems The product at hand can only be employed according to the acquired license The following license types exist for O amp O RescueBox O amp O RescueBox Personal Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on only one computer This should be used wholly in con junction with all hardware in your possession i e this license may not be used to
48. ar intervals This will help keep your system running at a good speed Above 2096 Your system is very heavily fragmented and suffering from severe performance loss You should defragment your system right away and create jobs for defrag menting at regular intervals Compare the fragmentation levels before and after the next defragmentation run Starting an Analysis Select the drive you want to have analyzed from the list of drives 2 Startthe Analysis using the Ribbon bar or the right click menu 3 Depending on the size of the drive the analysis can take some time You can see the analysis being done on the drive icon and in the status display 4 Whenthe analysis is complete you can view the detailed status report as a HTML document in your web browser Note You can analyze several drives simultaneously Mark the various drives by keeping the Ctrl key pressed while selecting fragmentation Jobs Repo Analysis Ctrl F8 Status RG Starts an analysis of the 0 amp selected drives 0 0 O amp O Defrag 16 Getting started Start the analysis of your drives Defragmenting your Drives O amp O Defrag allows you to defragment individual drives or entire computers with just a few mouse clicks QuickStart Analysis Start job isi l Defragmentation Jobs Reports Start Window MM Starts a default Volume defragmentation on the Volume selected drives
49. ation The various zones of a drive will also be taken into consideration when this option is enabled Optimize while the screen saver is running The defragmentation always starts whenever your screen saver is on For example when you are out for lunch or away from your computer Defragmentation will be cancelled whenever you re working on your computer and will continue once the screen saver comes on again Run defragmentation at a specified time Here you can specify whether defragmentation should recur automatically The next defragmentation will then start by itself without you re having to start it manually Execute optimization of the system now Optimize now All your system s drives will be immediately defragmented The system drive will be sorted using the OPTI MIZE Complete method all other drives will be consolidated using the OPTIMIZE method We recommend this kind of optimization if you re using O amp O Defrag for the very first time Optimizing Solid State Drives SSDs Forthe first time O amp O Defrag enables you to optimize all makes of SSD drives Using regularly scheduled ATA TRIM commands an SSD will be kept informed of those hard disk areas that are available for new data Instead of continuing to save the contents of data that s no longer needed the SSD can now use those freed areas for a drive internal opti mization of its data management As a result the SSD is able to process accesses significantly faster and w
50. be defragmented also see Optimizing Solid State Drives e File into zones This option is enabled by default During defragmentation data is filed into separate hard disk areas zones depending on its required access speed also see zones Reports and Logging You can create status reports in an HTML format A maximum of 999 reports can be created and saved O amp O Defrag 53 Settings Please enable this function if you want to log all O amp O Defrag activities into the Windows Event log You can specify the detail level for the notification whereby level 1 only logs errors and level 4 stores all the information available Please bear in mind that this might lead to many log entries which in turn overwrite entries by other programs or sys tems Tasktray If you wish the O amp O Defrag icon may be placed on the tasktray to display the status of defragmentation The logged in user may optionally use the advanced control possibilities Please see also the chapter Tray icon notification area icon for further information about the tray icon General Boot time defragmentation Automatic optimization Files O amp O ActivityMonitor You may specify how to handle different storage media types Additionally you may control the creation of reports and exert further influence on user control areas Check drive s before defragmentation and abort upon error Task may optimize multiple physical drives in parallel
51. cated on the Task bar e Tocheck the current status of O amp O Defrag place your mouse cursor over the Traylcon e Youcanalso use the right click menu to start and stop defragmentation exit hibernation mode and open the user interface e Thetray icon can be closed using the right click menu entry Close You ll be able to see the program s current activity displayed in the tray icon By running your mouse over the tray icon the tooltip will provide you with more information about the program s current status Ready Drive Status 0 O amp O Defrag is not running any action O amp O Defrag 31 User Interface GUI Analyze m Drive C b Status 18 O amp O Defrag is analyzing your drives 13 15 09 2 gt OPTIMIZE Drive C gt Status 4 O amp O Defrag is running a defragmentation Here using the Optimize method on drive C 2 P 9 cd Auto defragmentation Drive D H Status 44 O amp O Defrag is running automatic optimization in the background Start By right clicking the tray icon you can directly access the options for controlling O amp O Defrag You can for example start running a defragmentation or stop one thatis in progress Exit will let you remove the tray icon from display Pause Stop Hibernation mode Exit hibernation mode Exit You can learn more about using the tray icon in the chapter Settings for the tray icon Note to reopen a c
52. d amp Volume H every 2 d amp Volume I every 2 d amp Volume 2 i every 2 d lt lt 9 a S S S Run quick defragmentation disabled gt Run thorough defragmentation lt disabled gt Optimize solid state drives lt disabled gt ox Ubernehmen rte Settings for the automatic optimization All write accesses and newly added files are monitored Newly fragmented files are automatically defragmented as soon as they are no longer being accessed by the user This basically ensures your system s full performance capacity while continually preventing new fragmentation Furthermore a defragmentation of all files will be performed at regular intervals which will minimize existing fragmentation and put little strain on available resources The normal and regular use of your computer could lead to particular files being accessed very often These files can be your registry database container files of download programs or Temporary Internet Files These files are then defrag mented during the regular defragmentation session without the user having to guide the process You can also influence the behavior of the automatic optimization heavily You can decide between quick and thorough defragmentations on hard disks The quick defragmentation employs the OPTIMIZE Quick method the thorough defragmentation the OPTIMIZE meth
53. d accordingly in the O amp O Defrag user interface We therefore rec ommend running an OPTIMIZE Complete defragmentation on large installations only and otherwise leaving auto matic optimization of O amp O Defrag enabled Using the command line version You can also control the defragmentation by means of the command line version of O amp O Defrag In this way you can integrate O amp O Defrag into scripts that can be run at startup or login The graphical user interface of O amp O Defrag will not be shown during a start from the command line A mini O amp O Defrag icon will appear in the task tray and you can follow the progress of the actions in your DOS prompt O amp O Defrag runs independently of the main user interface and the DOS prompt in the background If you close the DOS prompt or cancel the command line tool with Ctrl Break Ctrl C you can choose whether to end the program or O amp O Defrag 64 Technical information have it continue in the background You can also cancel the started activity later with the help of the STOP command or by using the user interface Tip If you start O amp O Defrag from the command line you can also start the main user interface later This will show you the status as usual without interrupting or stopping the running processes Call The O amp O Defrag command line control processes the following commands and parameters OODCMD C11 Z lt COMMAND gt C Z AL
54. d not be executed if certain programs are running simul taneously These might be imaging programs a virus scanner or even games Energy O amp O Defrag 59 Settings Jobs can also be scheduled to run only when the computer is connected to a main power source something very use ful when using notebooks Tip For notebooks we recommend enabling the option Cancel if computer runs on battery power General Boot time defragmentation Automatic optimization Files O amp O ActivityMonitor O amp O ActivityMonitor constantly monitors the system load and determines whether jobs and automatic optimization may occur at a specific time m Limit the processor load of O amp O Defrag Do not execute task if the processor load is higher than Do not execute task if the hard disk load is higher than Do not execute task if the following programs are running no programs selected Allow defragmentation only when on AC mains operation Y Cancel if computer runs on battery power recommended for notebooks Wake up computer from hibernation mode to execute this job ox j cms ev J me jJ O amp O ActivityMonitor Work within the network Note this function is only valid forthe O amp O Defrag Server Edition The network function serves to control O amp O Defrag from another computer in the network You can establish a con nection to a desired computer and on it you ca
55. data and the exact version number you re using by clicking System menu in the system menu So called Minor Updates Version 5 0 to 5 1 5 2 etc where smaller changes in the program have been made are free Major Updates such as from version 5 to 6 must generally be purchased e Your license data will normally be saved during Minor Updates so you won t have to enter them again after a suc cessful installation To be on the safe side we do recommend keeping your license key for the current version within easy reach just in case you run into trouble e Major Updates will require the new license that you receive upon purchasing the software To install an update please do the following Double click the O amp O Defrag installation file to start the new installation Follow the installation dialogs Once finished the new version is fully installed Please restart your computer when prompted Please enter your license key in the Registration Wizard at the first start of O amp O Defragg If you don t own a valid O amp O Defrag license key you can use O amp O Defrag as a trial version for a limited time Oo Ro O amp O Defrag 8 Installation O amp O Defrag Screen Saver The O amp O Screen saver will be automatically installed if you don t de select it explicitly during the user defined instal lation Together with the O amp O Screen Saver the defragmentation of the hard disk is started while the computer is not i
56. dows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems O amp O DiskStat Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition O amp O DriveLED Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O DriveLED Professional Edition The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the program through a network management is not possible O amp O DriveLED Workstation Edition The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O DriveLED Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O DriveLED Server Edition O
57. ear out on flash chips is kept to a minimum Analyze your drives By analyzing hard disks you can get an overview of how files are arranged on a drive and how heavily fragmented they are O amp O Defrag creates a detailed status report about the fragmentation level once the analysis has been com pleted This level can lie between 096 and 10096 whereby a lower value ideally 096 indicates that your data is not fragmented A value close to 100 is really a worst case scenario your files are almost completely fragmented Even values of around 15 indicate that the performance of your system is seriously affected and that a defragmentation is strongly recommended Level Description and Recommendation 296 Almost all files are optimally arranged on the hard disk This is the ideal condition and can only be achieved and maintained by running a defragmentation at regular intervals 2 5 This degree of fragmentation is still acceptable for a system drive and indicates OL O that your system is running at an almost ideal level of performance 696 1096 This degree of fragmentation is still acceptable for data drives but frequent access ing of such data requires a lot more time than under ideal conditions O amp O Defrag 15 Getting started Level Description and Recommendation Y our system is working slower than normal because of heavy fragmentation Use 11 20 O amp O Defrag s scheduling feature to run defragmentations at regul
58. ed part which includes the particular terms of each corresponding product By accepting both parts of the license terms they automatically form part of your contract with O amp O Software Am Borsigturm 48 13507 Berlin If you have any questions regarding this contract and the license terms our Service Team is available to help you under info oo software com The software product is protected by copyright laws and international copyright contracts as well as other laws and agreements concerning intellectual property 1 Object and form of delivery 1 You receive the software covered by the contract in executable form Binary code together with the relevant doc umentation released by O amp O according to Section 6 2 The software provides the range of functions described in the given documentation The documentation regarding functionality may be consulted prior to concluding the contract in the Internet presentation on the following site http www oo software com 3 Delivery will be made according to the way in which you have purchased the software either by having a disk directly handed over or sent by mail to an address you have supplied or through the forwarding of license as well as any required download information to a given E mail address 4 If you are currently receiving updates as part of a maintenance agreement these will continue to be supplied in the same way as the initial software delivery i e for a disk sent by m
59. ee sess esses sese 47 Determine Tile POSITION uie iR e Woe ed E EI DIM eae aed bee ade SE VE 48 ZOMG MIND ek ks a iA e ea a Se Rot aed ee Du AME Rom oes An Rd hae SITS Un 49 Rules forindividual drives ssec Soe EA does Ss R AAEREN PENRAS 50 User defined zone filiNg oooooccccccccccccccnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn sheer e e emere 50 INotatiorifor TUles 5o ecce rr a eit AOS co EMAAR isis AE AR CEN a LARA Rr NA Lus AA ftris 51 DOMINIOS MILIEU 53 ICI CINIUI DCRRRRMNNNNNNNNENNNNNEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNMNNMNWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWuuJuJaJ MJZwHEssee 4 53 Settings for the Tray icon 2 0 cece cece nono n nn cnncnccnncnes 54 Boot time defragmentation ooo eese RR RR emm 55 Automatic optimization occ nace 56 Select files for defragmentation 2 2 0 0 cece cece cece cece cece cece eeeeeccceecececececeeeeeeees 58 O amp O ActivityMonitor 0 ET A cece cece cece I IIR III rrr ren 59 Work within the network REEEENENNMNM L 60 FEirewallsettings n sses ae aaaea ens aa a LATA Co aaa ee 61 Technical information 2 2 20 2 2 cece eee e cece cece cee cee cee eee ee eee se se se se II Ie I inrer 64 Conflicts with shadow copies during defragmentation 0 02 22 eee cece cece cece eee c cece essere 64 Using the command line version 2 0 2 2 eee cece cece eee e cece cece eee RR RR IRR RR e rre sese 64 A A A ON 65 Parameters 10 atra ete 66 Status notices and program output 2 22
60. eldom used files are defrag mented and will not need to be moved in future Frequently used files are placed at the end of the drive This strategy means that future defragmentation runs will require the least amount of time as fewer files need to be checked and defragmented Recommended Application If you want to use the COMPLETE Modified method for your regular defragmentation runs you should bear in mind that you only use this method on your drive Combining various methods COMPLETE STEALTH and SPACE can result in defragmentation taking much longer as the file system would need to be reorganized each time e Maximizes the read access performance on servers e For regularly defragmenting your volumes e Oncomputers that have sufficient resources available when the defragmentation takes place CPU usage is likely to increase significantly it is strongly recommended that you use the O amp O Activity Monitor A larger amount of free disk space is necessary with this method e All kinds of servers and workstations COMPLETE Modified Method The COMPLETE Modified method defragments your files and also reorganizes your file structure Although this method is slower than the STEALTH and SPACE methods it guarantees maximum system performance when your files are being read O amp O Defrag 23 Getting started The COMPLETE method is particularly suitable for databases and file servers It is important to bear in mind that this method re
61. ems with the file system The file is frag mented The defragmentation of the MFT failed because of problems with the file system It is still fragmented In order to defragment the MFT contiguous free space at least as large as the MFT must be available The defragmentation cannot take place because there is not enough free space available During the MFT defragmentation a file system error occurred which blocked writing on the disk The MFT has not been changed The drive should be checked for errors Erroneous entries in the MFT were found during the defragmentation The drive should be checked for errors O amp O Defrag 67 Technical information Output Type Explanation Data Security and Integrity O amp O Defrag guarantees you complete data integrity and security Only functions that are implemented in Windows by the operating system itself are used for defragmentation and synchronization of all file accesses File attributes Date Time System Archive etc and the security settings for NTFS drives will not be changed Access rights also remain unchanged In addition only one file per drive will be processed at any one time This ensures that even in a worst case scenario only one file will be lost e g if there is a power cut If you have more ques tions concerning data security we can provide you with more information Do not hesitate to contact us at sup port oo software com Supported hardware O amp O Defra
62. en the software is started for the first time If this did not happen however including the files OODAG EXE and OODCNT EXE on your firewall s list of trusted programs has also proven successful with all of the firewalls we have tested Please consult your firewall s documentation for precise configuration procedures Note If you have configured your firewall accordingly and are still receiving Error Message 10061 please verify that the services O amp O Defrag and Event Viewing are enabled If this is not the case please enable these serv ices Does optimization of SSD drives function in a RAID array No RAID controllers are presented as a virtual drive to the operating system The actual drives are hidden and cannot be approached technically O amp O Defrag 73 Support and Contact Support and Contact For more O amp O Defraginformation please visit our website http www oo software com and get the latest information about product developments and support Also included on our website are regularly updated FAQs and Knowledge Bases that address the most common issues regarding our products All registered customers receive installation support free of charge for the first 30 days after registration When con tacting our support team please remember to have your registration code available In addition it may be helpful to read the frequently asked questions FAQ section of the web site before contacting
63. equirements The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O PartitionManager Important note on the Windows PE Start CD The Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment software included with this device or software may be used for boot diagnostic setup restoration installation configuration test or disaster recovery purposes only NOTE THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS A SECURITY FEATURE THAT WILL CAUSE END USER S SYSTEM TO REBOOT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO THE END USER AFTER 72 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS USE Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O PartitionManager Professional Edition The software requires Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Win dows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O PartitionManager Server Edition The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Edit
64. equirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O EventViewer Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O EventViewer Workstation Edition The software requires Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Win dows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O EventViewer Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O EventViewer Server Edition The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O EventViewer Virtual Machine Edition The O a
65. f charge unless otherwise indicated 3 If you receive updates of your programs as part of a Maintenance Agreement the terms of payment in these con tracts will apply to these Maintenance Agreements 4 O amp O is entitled to forward any data it has received onto third parties requiring it for purposes of collection 5 Until payment is made in full O amp O retains possession of all rights particularly those conceming copyrighted rights of use on the materials included in this contract O amp O is specifically entitled to cancel a contract for example when your payment is delayed it prohibits the further using of the software and demands the surrendering of all copies or this being impossible to demand their deletion Should a third party have access to the object of purchase before payment is completed for the contractual software you are required to inform this third party about the object being the property of O amp O and to inform O amp O in writing about the third party s access 5 Material defect and defect of title O amp O Defrag 76 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA 1 The software package or download you receive is free of any material defect or defect of title 2 A material defect exists when the software is unable to be used as described in the documentation appearing on the website http www oo software com and included in delivery or available for downloading O amp O is constantly checking to make sure
66. frag 63 Technical information Technical information The following technical information will be helpful when applying O amp O Defrag Conflicts with shadow copies during defragmentation The operating systems Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP64 Windows Server 2003 and 2008 offer users the ability to create Shadow Copies for protecting their data This new feature automatically creates copies of files cur rently in use at regular time intervals Since Windows only captures changes in the files additional space is normally not needed Accidentally deleted files and folders or previous versions of documents can be easily restored using a con venient command accessible through the right click menu Simply right click the object you want to restore and click Restore Previous Versions At the moment of installation Windows Vista and Windows 7 the shadow copy mechanism is set by default With Win dows XP64 and Windows Server 2003 2008 systems it is disabled by default During defragmentation files on a volume get moved Windows classifies these operations as a deletion and therefore creates a complete new shadow copy of the moved file Since a lot of files are moved during a defragmentation a lot of new entries are created in the shadow copies and they take up more space on your data volume than before the defrag mentation This behavior may overwrite older shadow copies with newer ones Unfortunately this can also lead to the deletion
67. fragmented A low value of under 596 is recommended You can also use this value in jobs when defining a threshold for an automatic defragmentation Deleting status reports To deletea status report select it in the report list and use your keyboard s delete key If you want to delete an entire report group e g Last month all reports will be deleted in the specified time period The function Delete all allows you to delete all reports at the same time O amp O Defrag 44 Check drive Check drive In the Ribbon bar under Check drive you have the possibility to check the drive for errors You can find the cor responding report as usual under the tab Reports Checking the drives corresponds with the Windows chkdsk func tion yet it only can run scans in the read only mode and thus cannot correct errors In case of error you need to run the chkdsk command manually It is strongly recommended to thoroughly check a drive if an error is detected More information can be found in the Win dows Help file You can cancel the check by clicking on stop in the Ribbon O amp O Defrag 45 O amp O Clusterlnspector O amp O Clusterlnspector With the O amp O Clusterlnspector O amp O Defrag gives you a convenient tool for checking how the hard disk is being used e Access the O amp O Clusterlnspector by double clicking on a block in the ClusterView The O amp O Clusterlnspector will then show you the files located on the block e
68. g processed 13 ClusterView x Jobs 6 Reports BE Drive status File status Ready O amp O Defrag 49 Zone filing ClusterView with zone filing Key 1 Zone 1 light background 2 Zone 2 dark background 3 Zone 3 light background Rules for individual drives Rules for individual drives You can customize the default configuration according to your wishes and create new settings for individual drives or drive groups 1 If you want to create new rules for individual drives click Zone filing and under All drives click Add new 2 Inthe following dialog select the drive for which you want to create a new rule You have a choice between the System drive or All other drives data volumes You can also select individual drives for the list 3 Confirm your selection with OK The drives you selected will then appear in the list of drives To create a new rule you have to select the drive and on the right side of the program window under User defined rules forthe separate zones clickAdd new rule More User defined zone filing Notation for rules User defined zone filing You can modify the default configurations by defining your own rules for zone filing With the help of these rules you can specify where a file should be placed in the zone based on its name and the paths You can use the charts in chapter Notations for rules as reference for rule notation e Youcan create user defined
69. g supports all hardware components that are supported by Windows Please note the software require ments of the corresponding manufacturer As atule if you can access your hardware with Windows as you would a normal Windows partition and this partition is formatted using a supported file system this hardware can be defragmented Removable drives such as streamers or CD RWs are exceptions since defragmenting them might not be useful You can also set network drives as target for defragmentation RAID Striped Mirrored and RAID5 Volumes The advantage of these drive types lies in their superior speed which on the one side facilitates accessing and storing processes and on the other hand offer a higher degree of data security O amp O Defrag supports all known RAID systems According to many hardware manufacturers defragmenting RAID sys tems is especially important as their files are spread over several hard disks their fragmentation level is likely to be very high Supported File Systems O amp O Defrag supports all Windows file systems The following paragraphs will tell you more about each of these file systems File System Explanation exFAT Starting from Windows Vista the exFAT file system is supported This was designed especially by Microsoft in regard to flash drives and delivers better performance than FAT It is also much better against structural damage to the file system and protected against data loss FAT is the o
70. h drive you want to optimize You can also enable boot time defrag mentation for each drive so that blocked files can be defragmented when your system starts up By entering a minimal fragmentation level you can define the fragmentation level at which defragmentation will auto matically be started You can thereby reduce significantly the number of defragmentation runs needed if you don t require a fully defragmented system all the time A 096 level of fragmentation means that defragmentation is being run at all times We would recommend you enter a value of between 296 and 696 O amp O Defrag 36 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals You can also specify whether the data of a drive should be filed into zones during defragmentation This division will allow for even faster system and program starts In addition important system and program files will be prevented from fragmentation Edit job New job General Schedule Drives Files O amp O ActivityMonitor Settings Pre Job execution Post Job execution Please select the volumes which shall be defragmented by this job For each volume you may specify a different optimization strategy Please select the volumes for this job Drive Method Degree of frag Offline Zones B e OPTIMIZE 4 disabled enabled B D OPTIMIZE disabled disabled enabled Be lt disabled gt lt disabled gt disabled enabled E d
71. hem from your own computer To do this O amp O Defrag will also need to be installed on any computer s you select Check for updates Searches the Internet for new versions of O amp O Defrag About O amp O Defrag displays the version number and product edition of O amp O Defrag In addition you ll be able to see the license data you ve entered in the license dialogue P p MN Quick start Ctrl G FA amp 4 Connect to computer Ctrl R Add Crea job X S Jobs Rep K Check for updates Ctrl U 2 gt Status T About O amp O Defrag Ctrl T 0 0 B Options 88 Exit 0 AH Volume Ready Monitored _ noc System menu Quick Access Toolbar All the O amp O Defrag functions can be easily found in the ribbon bar Those commands you want to use more frequently can be created as links in the Quick access bar e Todothis click the small arrow to the right of the Quick Access Toolbar and select More commands You can then add the settings you want O amp O Defrag 26 User Interface GUI Customize Quick Access Toolbar More Commands Show Below the Ribbon Create Minimize the Ribbon Y Reports Defragmentation Jobs Ribbon Bar The Ribbon bar provides access to O amp O Defrag s common features Advanced settings can be reached with just a few mouse clicks Using the right click menu on any view you can select additional functions for specific purposes
72. hieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Disklmage Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O Disklmage Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating sys tems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Disklmage Server Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to con trol this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O Disklmage Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition Amendment to 3 Rights of use including test versions unauthorized transfer and application Creation and restoration of images The source computer and each target computer are required to hold licenses to create and restore images using O amp O Disklmage One license is sufficient under the previously mentioned terms if the source and the target computer is one non virtual workstation Each virtual machine is seen as an i
73. his same reason there may be slight differences in the presentation of the program s interface More Overview of new and known functions Getting started with O amp O Defrag The various defragmentation methods Scheduled automatic optimization How to determine the state of your computer using the status reports O amp O Defrag user interface O amp O Defrag 1 About O amp O Defrag 14 Overview of new and known functions Besides the continuous maintenance and enhancement of the existing program components you will find several addi tional new and helpful features in O amp O Defrag 14 Simplified user interface The user control was adapted to the most frequent application cases so that the most important jobs will be executed intuitively All basic control possibilities as well as the unique functions of O amp O Defrag can be accessed with just one click QuickStart wizard of O amp O Defrag The QuickStart wizard allows you to automate defragmentation with just a few mouse clicks right after the first start of O amp O Defrag or at a later time Once defined you will never have to worry about the optimization of your hard disk again Everything will be handled by O amp O Defrag in the background The default settings we propose are adapted to the needs of most our customers O amp O ActivityMonitor The O amp O ActivityMonitor periodically determines the system load It controls the performance demand of O amp O Defrag du
74. hod does not support any drive zones Starts COMPLETE Name defragmentation on the given drives or on all drives ALL Please bear in mind that this defragmentation method does not support any drive zones Analyzes the given drive and lists the fragmented files The result will be shown in the stand ard output device generally the DOS prompt or written into the output file Shows the drive information for the given drives or for all drives ALL Stops the display of program information when the program is started from the DOS prompt Starts the given operation and ends the command line program immediately The operation runs in the background This is useful if you want to start an operation with a multiple file but don t wish to wait until this process has finished All output will be redirected to a file with the given path and name No output is being displayed Starts SPACE defragmentation on the given drives or on all drives ALL Please bear in mind that this defragmentation method does not support any drive zones Starts STEALTH defragmentation on the given drives or on all drives ALL Please bear in mind that this defragmentation method does not support any drive zones Stops all processes analysis defragmentation etc on the given drives or on all drives ALL O amp O Defrag 66 Technical information Syntax ANAITKEY Description Waits for a keystroke before ending the command line program once the o
75. hort period of time but don t wish to cancel it completely you can disable it In this way the job will not be run until you enable it once again e Tocreate a new defragmentation job select Create in the ribbon bar You can then define all settings for the jobs in the O amp O Defrag job dialogue Create job General Enter the name of your job This name will later be used for creating reports and will provide information about the action the job runs The name of the job is only important for this purpose and it is possible to use this name for other jobs too In the field Notes you may enter text that can provide a few details about the job Post job task Here you can optionally select an activity you want completed after defragmentation If your system BIOS supports power management functions you can get O amp O Defrag to shut down or restart your system when the defragmentation is finished Shut down the operating system will be shut down after the defragmentation job has been completed Restart and run Boot time defragmentation The computer will be restarted after the defragmentation has finished and will then run a boot time defragmentation Restart and shut down after boot time defragmentation The boot time defragmentation can be executed after the restart You can then leave your computer while it is being defragmented It will shut down afterward automatically O amp O Defrag 34 Schedule defragmentation at regular i
76. ile you are working For Servers used heavily during the week or in daytime we recommend a nightly job which runs an Optimize Quick as well as a complete Optimize on the weekend Don t wait too long before you defragment As soon as you ve installed your operating system the file system will begin to fragment Avoid reduced performance right from the beginning and install O amp O Defrag as quickly as possible Only then can you be sure that your hard disks will access your files quickly You will also avoid unnecessary wear and tear on your hardware due to increased move ment of the read write head Avoid moving large numbers of files during defragmentation O amp O Defrag will calculate the best position for your files before and during the defragmentation If you copy move or delete files these calculations will have to be carried out again This will take time and lengthen the defragmentation time Automatic defragmentation with the threshold tool Besides the default automated optimization in the background O amp O Defrag offers you the possibility to run job based defragmentation at fixed times You can shorten the duration of a defragmentation by specifying a border value for its execution This means that defragmentation will only take place when a particular degree of fragmentation is reached You can thereby avoid unnecessary defragmentation runs In the job dialogue under Drives just enter a degree of frag mentation e g 5
77. in the list of files to be defragmented In addition when time doesn t permit you can also specify that large files should not be defragmented or moved Exclude files Under Excluded files you can specify the files you want to exclude from defragmentation 1 Click Select files 2 Select the file or the folder you wish to exclude in the dialogue in the Explorer view and click Add You can also allocate more files and folders to the selection 3 If you have made your selection confirm your entries with Apply Include files at all costs Under Files that must be defragmented you can specify the files that must be defragmented even if they have been excluded previously due to a higher ranking condition 1 Click Select files 2 Selectthe file or the folder you wish to exclude in the dialogue in the Explorer view and click Add You can also allocate more files and folders to the selection 3 If you have made your selection confirm your entries with Apply By size Optionally if time doesn t permit you can also exclude very large files from the defragmentation In the dialogue please specify the size above which a file should not be optimized or moved during a defragmention O amp O Defrag 58 Settings File selection Files Folders B C SINPLACE TR SRecyde Bin WINDOWS Q ATI Boot Config Msi Documents and Settings found 000 J fea NNI H E FF C SWINDOWS
78. installed programs sorted by file name e Zone 2 user data and settings sorted by date of last access e Zone 3 seldom used and large files Files consolidated to get the most contiguous free space O amp O Defrag 18 Getting started ME N Start A y Schnellstart Analyse Laufwerk S C D AE Overview Volume OPTIMIZE OPTIMIZE Quick OPTIMIZE C Stopp Anlegen E Bereit berwacht Selecting a defragmentation method Ctrl O Ctrl Q omplete Ctrl C Erstelle The following chart provides an overview to help select the right method for each intended use The best results can be achieved by your selecting the right method for the function that is being performed An empty field means that another method is better suited for getting optimal results Recommendation for First time application Occasional repeated application Frequently repeated application After the installation of a larger pro gram After the installation of a game After the installation of a com prehensive Update e g Service Pack After the installation of a program or a game Defragmentation of system drives Defragmentation of data drives Very large files seldom changed OPTIMIZE Lus sl epale Tr F Tr Lus Tr F OPTIMIZE Quick Ls Tr Tr Pr OPTIMIZE Complete Tr Ls Tc rr O amp O Defrag 19 Getting started
79. ion It also allows you to consolidate your data so that the amount of contiguous free space is as large as possible and further fragmentation is prevented Algorithm All fragmented files will be defragmented and then placed into the free slots in which they fit This maximizes con tiguous free space This method is very quick and efficient and it does reorganize your volume but not as thoroughly as the COMPLETE methods Recommended Application The SPACE method is ideal for the first defragmentation run on a system that has never been defragmented as it requires far less free space than the COMPLETE methods SPACE can also be used for regular defragmentation runs e Initial defragmentation of your system e Computers with few available resources as the method does not greatly increase the CPU usage and does not require much free hard disk space e Servers with large hard disks e g more than 1 terabyte e Computers with a large number of files more than 100 000 files COMPLETE Access Method The COMPLETE Access method defragments your files and reorganizes your file structure Although this method is slower than the STEALTH and SPACE methods it guarantees maximum system performance when your files are being read Algorithm Files are sorted according to when they were last accessed The files that have been accessed the least will be placed at the beginning of the partition and those accessed most frequently are put near the end S
80. ion with the O amp O Enterprise Management Console The Workstation Edition can only be applied on desktop computers The Server Edition a network agent for controlling O amp O Defrag in conjunction with the O amp O Enterprise Management Console It can be used on both Servers and Workstations the latter making more sense when the administrator wishes to control and monitor the defragmentation process from his computer Other Features of the Server and Workstation Edition The Server Edition offers the possibility to access other computers in the network and to control O amp O Defrag remotely Additional information is available in chapter Work within the network In addition you can run the following network functions using the Workstation and Server Edition in combination with the O amp O Enterprise Management Console Easy defragmentation of the entire company network Management of your computers in sites Definition of group settings for PCs Creation of a time table for automatic defragmentation with just a few clicks Defrag Jobs Automatic installation of O amp O Defrag Software in the network Integration in Active Directory Group rules for software distribution and configuration Execution of Windows commands Batches before and after defragmentation Should you have no O amp O Enterprise Management Console or do not yet own a volume license please contact us We will gladly send you the installation media and advise you on using
81. ions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O RegEditor Important note for working with the Microsoft Windows Registry Before making changes to the Microsoft Windows Registry in the following Registry you should prepare a backup copy of the Registry and ensure that you ll be able to restore the Registry if a problem should arise O amp O formally declares that it is not responsible for damages arising from the improper use of O amp O RegEdit Changes to the Registry should only be made by experienced users who are aware of the consequences of such changes A defective Registry can influence the entire stability of the system and lead to a crash of the computer or make it unable to start This can further lead to loss of data O amp O Defrag 84 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows Server 2008 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems Amendment to 4 Payment O amp O demands no fee for the use of O amp O RegEditor In addition a fee forthis license and this program may not be dem
82. isabled disabled lt disabled gt HG lt disabled gt lt disabled gt disabled enabled g7 H lt disabled gt lt disabled gt lt disabled gt lt enabled gt AL lt disabled gt lt disabled gt lt di gt lt gt m as Please specifiy the defragmentation method lt disabled gt F Enable boot time defragmentation The boot time defragmentation will be carried out on all selected drives during the system startup Excluded files will automatically be taken into account File drives into zones All stored data will be filed into different speed zones of a drive Critical system and program files will be loaded particularly fast excessive fragmentation will be obviated ox j cms ev J e J Job dialogue Selection of drives and methods Exclude and include files You can specify individual settings for every job These settings complement the global settings for this computer while the job is running Under Files in the Job assistant you can exclude files and folders from defragmentation You can for instance exclude a complete folder but still put certain files from it the list of files to be defragmented In addition you can also specify that large files should not be defragmented or moved due to time constraints Exclude files Under Excluded files you can specify which files you want to exclude from defragmentation 1 Click Select files Select the
83. istered user you receive technical support as well as reduced prices on updates and new products a E mail lt Your E mail adress Je Additional Information Privacy Online registration What are the advantages of online registration Online registration gives you the benefit of having your customer data kept safely in our files which means we can pro vide you with even better service If for example you accidentally lose your license key we can quickly resend it to you without any problem The license key is needed for using the full version of a program getting updates and for rein stalling the program when you make a new setup of your computer Further advantages will let you Be supplied with the latest information about our products Make free updates on new versions of purchased items minor updates Upgrade to a new version at a special discount price major update Obtain support from our customer service And much much more O amp O Defrag 11 Online registration How do register online If O amp O Defrag was purchased on our Online Shop you ve automatically registered with us If O amp O Defrag purchased at a retailer you will be asked if you want to register while entering the license information You then have the option of either registering immediately or at another time All you ll need is a functioning Internet connection and a valid license key You may also complete the registration form righ
84. ldest data system the roots of which go back to MS FAT DOS It is supported by Windows O amp O Defrag can be used without any problem on FAT drives FAT32 FAT32 is the native file system of Windows 95b 98 Me It offers some O amp O Defrag 68 Technical information File System Explanation advantages compared to the older FAT FAT32 drives are Windows supported by default and can be defragmented without any problem using O amp O Defrag The NT file system was developed completely new for the Windows NT family It offers the option of security restrictions on the file level increases the security against data errors and achieves higher per NTFS formance It is supported by Windows And O amp O Defrag gets optimal results when defragmenting NTFS drives EFS A file system introduced with Windows 2000 which is based on NTFS and its encryption ensures higher data security against abuse or unauthorized access The Encrypted File System EFS makes data for unauthorized users unreadable O amp O Defrag supports EFS hard disks neither data integrity nor data security is compromized Free space needed for defragmentation The following limitations are valid for O amp O Defrag These are caused by Windows and cannot be circumvented Size of Drive All drive sizes supported by Windows are supported by O amp O Defrag O amp O Defrag was optimized for use on file systems having an especially large number of files The storage capacity
85. ll Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved with out the application of these operating systems O amp O CleverCache Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O CleverCache Professional Edition O amp O Defrag 79 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA The software requires the Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O CleverCache Server Edition The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems O amp O Defrag Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O Defrag Professional Edition The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the program through a network management is not possible O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition The software require
86. losed tray icon the user needs to login again Hibernation mode You can set O amp O Defrag in the hibernation mode using the right click menu of the Tray icon This makes sense if you need the full capacity of your computer for your applications and want to make sure that O amp O Defrag is not in oper ation during this time We recommend closing the user interface to save load on your main memory O amp O Defrag 32 User Interface GUI e Toset O amp O Defrag into hibernation mode right click the Tray icon and click Hibernation mode e Toexit O amp O Defrag s hibernation mode select Exit hibernation mode in the right click menu of the Tray icon and reopen the user interface if needed Launch O amp O Defrag Start gt Stop Hibernation mode Exit 11 41AM 8 16 2010 Lal Right click menu of O amp O Defrag s Tray icon O amp O Defrag 33 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals Defragmentation on a regular basis is the key to maintaining top performance O amp O Defrag offers you a sophisticated scheduling system so that you don t have to run the defragmentation manually each time Defragmentation jobs allow you to define the time the activity and the additional parameters for defragmentation All job settings may be specified as you can see from the settings dialogue You can create edit and delete jobs If you want to leave out a job for a s
87. ls Workstation ee la ES SF Notebook running slo on battery on TT p fiese4ca y PF Server with many als Hb files gt 1 Mio 2 Very Applicable Extremely applicable For constantly running gaming computers we recommend manual defragmentation Only the gamer himself can decide when he can afford to lose system performance as a result of defragmentation Alternatively we recommend configuring the O amp O ActivityMonitor so that an automatic optimization will not start while a game is running Fora regular desktop PC where mainly Internet or office applications are used or even some games are played we recommend keeping the default setup of O amp O Defrag Automatic optimization makes sure that your system is always running at its optimal performance level without any effort on your part For office computers requiring average performance the rule for for private desktop PCs should apply We rec ommend keeping the default setup of O amp O Defrag as it is O amp O Defrag 70 Recommendations and Frequently Asked Questions With video editing or hard disk recording systems the data throughput of the disk subsystem plays a decisive role In particular with hard disk recording systems some unwanted failures might occur which can render an entire record ing session useless We recommend manual defragmentation of drives before and after a session Please do not use automatic optimization It could start analyzing your drives wh
88. mp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition O amp O ISOBoot Important note for working with O amp O ISOBoot The program overwrites the target data volume these include among other things rewritable CDs or USB sticks Please make sure that no data you need is left on the target data volume Overwriting data cannot be reversed O amp O Defrag 83 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA O amp O formally declares that it is not responsible for damages arising from the improper use of O amp O ISOBoot Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires the Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 all Editions operating systems Appli cation within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems Amendment to 4 Payment O amp O demands no fee for the use of this license In addition a fee for this license and this program may not be demanded by any Third Parties unless this is done with the expressed approval of O amp O When in doubt please get in touch with us You can find our contact data at the end of this license agreement O amp O MediaRecovery Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system r
89. n remotely execute all the same program functions you have on your local O amp O Defrag O amp O Defrag Professional Workstation or Server Edition has to be installed on the target computer in order to create a connection You also have to open port 50300 of your firewall of the target system Please consult the handbook of your firewall for this O amp O Defrag 60 Settings e Access the network connection dialogue over the system menu with Connect to computer e You will be able to establish a connection then Note You will be able to benefit from comprehensive network functionality by working with O amp O Enterprise Man agement Console Further information is available in the chapter Additional properties of the Server and Workstation Edition or simply contact us Connect to computer This kind of remote control facilitates the analysis and defragmentation of drives on remote computers As usual you might access and apply all functions as if you would be sitting in front of the computer yourself O amp O Defrag must be installed on the target system you want to optimize In addition the TCP port 50300 must be opened in your firewall Please consult the documentation of your firewall Computer name SCREENY 0 IP address 111 111 111 Connect to network computer Firewall settings To build a remote network with another computer you have to make the following changes to your firewall settings Hint you
90. n use The screen saver displays the defragmented drive in Cluster View so that you can follow the defragmentation live In addition the status text generated by O amp O Defrag is shown in the background As is the case with most screen savers the operation of the O amp O Defrag Screen Saver stops as soon as mouse or key board activity is detected O amp O Defrag Screen Saver 040 Defrag Screen Saver Version 14 0 Build 119 Copyright 1997 2010 080 Software GmbH Preview 3D Rotation speed FPS limit X Position Y Position Z Position Multisampling Enabled only when supporting hardware is present View File system Action V Shaded blocks NTFS OPTIMIZE defragment y Display status text NTFS OPTIMIZE defragment Display FPS counter NTFS OPTIMIZE defragment NTFS OPTIMIZE defragment E NTFS OPTIMIZE defranment Change color of status text O amp O Defrag Screen Saver To change the settings for the O amp O Defrag Screen Saver open the settings for Display in the Control Panel and then select Screen Saver Select the O amp O Defrag Screen Saver from the Screen Saver drop down menu By clicking the Settings button you will be presented with a new window containing the settings for adjusting the O amp O Defrag Screen Saver s operation Rotation Speed This slide bar regulates the rotation speed of the defragmentation display O amp O Defrag 9 Installation FP
91. nction with all hardware in your possession i e this license may not be used to provide a service to a third party This license is bound to a single natural person and is non transferable O amp O DiskRecovery Tech Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on all computers This includes computers that do not belong to the company owning the license also known as Service Technician s License This license is bound to a single nat ural person and is non transferable O amp O DiskStat Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O DiskStat Professional Edition The software requires Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Win dows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O DiskStat Workstation Edition The software requires Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Win dows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O DiskStat Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O DiskStat Server Edition The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Win
92. ndependent computer in other words each virtual machine needs its own license O amp O DiskRecovery Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows 2000 all Editions Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems The product at hand can only be employed according to the acquired license The following license types exist for O amp O DiskRecovery O amp O DiskRecovery Professional Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on only one computer This should be used wholly in con junction with all hardware in your possession i e this license may not be used to provide a service to a third party Other limitations may apply in the software itself Please consult the software documentation for more information on these limitations O amp O DiskRecovery Admin Edition O amp O Defrag 81 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA You are authorized to install and use the software product on all computers a in the possession of the company legal person or natural person s in the case of corporations owning the license and b all located at a single site This should be used wholly in conju
93. ntation to a professional set up everything a good defragmentation software should give you An increasingly fragmented hard disk compromises the performance of your computer This occurs as a result of frequent write and read access during your daily routines while surfing or gaming or due to frequent user access on Server For a lasting maximum speed while accessing files it is important that your data is organized systematically Windows disperses single file fragments all over the entire hard disk which increases the time for its access The defragmentation packs file fragments coherently together on the hard disk and files the data into separate zones Win dows as well as other programs will start and run faster O amp O Defrag includes a clever scheduling function which allows you to schedule regular automated defragmentations if you wish In addition the permanent and automatic optimization in the background is key to prevent a loss in per formance of your computer as well as a renewed fragmentation This will allow you to save time compared to running a manual defragmentation We sincerely hope you are satisfied with our new O amp O Defrag and that you will be able to maintain your optimal sys tem performance like million other users worldwide Your O amp O Software Team http www oo software com Note As a result of regular program updates some information in the printed manual may vary from that found in Online Help Fort
94. ntervals Edit job New job General Schedule Drives Files O amp O ActivityMonitor Settings Pre Job execution Post Job execution The job will be run once on Monday 8 16 2010 at 12 00 PM You may change the automatically generated name of this job New job You may specify an additional description for this job New job 3 Please specify the task to be performed after the job is completed Post job task No action 7 Job enabled Create a new Job Plan a schedule Under Schedule you can specify the time of execution You can schedule a job for one time only or repeatedly at a specified week day or whenever the Screen saver is running The options for how this should be done will change according to the way you select to run the job With the help of the start and end date First job execution Last job execution you can specify the time frame in which the job is to be executed The maximum running time limits the running of a job to a particular time frame after which the job will stop whether it has finished or not It will be continued at the next run You can also enter advanced options If you want to run the job several times a day enter the desired interval under Advanced Repeat job execution The option If the start time cannot be adhered to start later is meant for computers that are not switched on the whole time Normally a job is skipped if the computer is shut down and
95. o the Windows event log Show O amp O Defrag icon in the task tray Must login again to display Make advanced controls available to logged on users Further settings for jobs Run scripts before and after a job Running batch commands before and after a job enables you for example to pause certain Windows services before defragmenting and then continuing them afterwards Files that are normally in use by other applications can now be defragmented online If you use O amp O Defrag on a Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server you can pause these services before defragmentation optimize the drives and then automatically continue with the services You no longer need to create a script to do this Please note All commands must exist and be capable of running on the target computer All commands are run under the SYSTEM username with the maximum system permissions Running scripts before a job When this option is enabled all the commands entered into the text field will be run before defragmentation You can also import an existing file and insert its contents into the text field To do so simply click the Import button and select the desired file in the dialog box BAT CMD or TXT Confirm with OK Running scripts after a job O amp O Defrag 41 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals If this option is enabled the commands entered in the text field will be run after defragmentation The entering
96. oad and determines whether jobs and automatic optimization may occur at a specific time p Limit the processor load of O amp O Defrag Do not execute task if processor load higher than Do not execute task if drive I O load higher than Do not execute task if the following programs are running no programs selected Allow defragmentation only when on AC mains operation Cancel if computer runs on battery power recommended for notebooks Wake up computer from standby mode to execute this job ox Abbrechen Ubemenmen Hie O amp O ActivityMonitor for jobs O amp O Defrag 39 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals Further job settings Under Settings in the job dialogue you can influence the default behavior of different drive types during the job execution Check drives before defragmentation and cancel if errors exist You can have O amp O Defrag check the integrity of your drives before a defragmentation If O amp O Defrag finds an error on one of your drives the defragmentation will not be run for safety reasons Checking the drives corresponds with the Windows chkdsk function yet it only can run scans in the read only mode and thus not correct errors In case of error you need to run the chkdsk command manually Job may defragment several physical data volumes at the same time You can defragment your drives either parallel or sequentially Sequenti
97. od Forthe first time O amp O Defrag enables you to optimize all makes of SSD drives Thanks to regularly scheduled ATA TRIM commands an SSD will be kept informed of those hard disk areas that are available for new data Instead of con tinuing to save the contents of data that s no longer needed the SSD can now use those freed areas for a drive internal optimization of its data management As a result the SSD is able to process accesses significantly faster and wear out on flash chips is kept to a minimum Notes for the automatic optimization O amp O Defrag 57 Settings If the automatic defragmentation defragments large files such as the data container of virtual computers without you wanting it to and the system slows down because of it we recommend excluding these files from defrag mentation under Settings Files Automatic optimization will never be applied to external USB and firewire drives This has been restricted for rea sons of data security It is possible to lose data if a drive is removed without having been properly logged off Since automatic optimization runs permanently in the background without your notincing any negative effects it s easy to overlook the defragmentation of an external drive Select files for defragmentation Under Files in the settings dialogue you can exclude files and folder from defragmentation You can for instance exclude a complete folder but still put certain files from it
98. of the system recovery points These consequences are most frequent when using the COMPLETE method Shadow copies are filed in the folder System Volume Information and cannot be defragmented This can end up hav ing a negative influence on the results of the defragmentation There is on the other hand almost hardly any loss in per formance caused by fragmented shadow copies Although these files will be displayed as fragmented they still have only a minimal influence on the operating speed of your system You could disable the shadow copies to achieve improved defragmentation results but you would then wind up losing the operating system s built in backup functionality That s why we recommend your leaving the shadow copies ena bled Microsoft is already aware of this problem as this issue also occurs in the Windows native defragmentation software More details may be found in this article from Microsoft http support microsoft com default aspx kbid 312067 In Windows XP64 and Windows 2003 Server this problem will not occur as long as storage volumes have been for matted with a cluster size of 16KB or larger Notes concerning the default enabled automatic optimization Please bear in mind that under Windows 7 Vista Windows 2003 Server and Windows Server 2008 a complete defragmentation of drives that are imaged by shadow copies may lead to losses of old image sets This is a problem known to Microsoft and these drives are marke
99. ons 2 The extent of liability of O amp O for damages caused by malice or gross negligence arising from O amp O itself or one of its vicarious or legal agents is unlimited 3 There is no limit to the extent of liability of O amp O or any of its legal or vicarious agents for damages involving injury to life physical well being or health or for simple breach of duty 4 There is unlimited liability for damages caused by serious organizational fault on the part of O amp O as well as for dam ages arising from a missing guaranteed characteristic b For the breach of an essential contractual duty O amp O is liable for damages normally foreseen in a contract when none of the instances in provisions 2 4 applies 6 Any further liability for compensation is excluded specifically excluded is liability without fault 7 Liability as defined by the product liability law remains untouched 8 If damage can be traced to have arisen through a fault on the part of O amp O as well as on the part of yourself you must have your share of the fault evaluated You are responsible for making a standard backup of your data at least once a day For data loss caused by O amp O O amp O is only liable for the expense of duplicating the data on your backup copies that need to be created and for the res toration of data which would have also been lost during a standard backup procedure 7 Final provisions 1 You may only balance claims from O amp
100. or level of frag mentation The reports are HTML documents and can be read with any internet browser Status Reports Show Increases in Performance Status reports include the date of creation so that you can compare them and see how performance has improved e 2010 08 16 10 32 37 Windows 7 C Windows Internet Explorer Qu C Users oosoft AppData Local O amp 0 0 amp 0 Defrag reports D11F9A90 2215 4F v 4 X x Es Konvertieren ED Ausw hlen 88 Development Produktlize 2010 08 16 10 32 37 Wi X 3 Favorites B e Suggested Sites y Web Slice Gallery v ta Bu v Pagev Safetyy Tools v e 2010 08 16 10 32 37 Windows 7 C Status Report of 0 amp 0 Defrag on Machine SCREENY created 8 16 2010 10 32 37 AM Report for volume Windows 7 C Action carried out Status Start Finish Duration hh mm ss Volume data Serial number Device name File system Total space Free space Total clusters Free clusters Sectors cluster Bytes sector MFT length MFT mirror start Start of MFT reserved area End of MFT reserved area Volume statistics 4 ANALYSIS Successful 8 16 2010 10 31 38 AM 8 16 2010 10 32 37 AM 00 00 59 5659 15E4 Device HarddiskVolume1 NTFS 120 03 GB 128 890 101 760 Bytes 69 82 GB 74 971 881 472 Bytes 31 467 310 18 303 682 8 512 409731072 Bytes 5 680 957 11 604 672 11 655 904 Done jB Computer
101. ork station Edition The Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment software included with this device or software may be used for boot diagnostic setup restoration installation configuration test or disaster recovery purposes only NOTE THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS A SECURITY FEATURE THAT WILL CAUSE END USER S SYSTEM TO REBOOT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO THE END USER AFTER 72 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS USE Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The O amp O Disklmage Express Edition O amp O Defrag 80 End user license agreement 3 4 EULA The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the program through a network management is not possible O amp O Disklmage Professional Edition and Special Edition The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the program through a network management is not possible O amp O Disklmage Workstation Edition The software requires the Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not ac
102. orkstations e Forregularly defragmenting your volumes e Oncomputers that have sufficient resources available when the defragmentation takes place CPU usage is likely to increase significantly it is strongly recommended that you use the O amp O Activity Monitor A larger amount of free disk space is necessary with this method e All kinds of servers and workstations O amp O Defrag 24 User Interface GUI User Interface GUI The main view of O amp O Defrag consists of the following components E Te position File system Options Total files Frag files Degree of fragmentation Size Free Fi 420 547 9 0 07 120 03 580 00 MB Ready Monitored 0 0 0 00 201GB 17 79GB Ready Monitored 0 0 0 00 2143 GB 4 08 GB Ready Monitored 0 0 0 00 186 30 116 68 GB Ready 0 0 0 00 30 00GB 12 67 GB Reserved for MFT Being processed Folder Legende System menu Quick Access Toolbar Ribbon Bar Drive list Cluster View see Figure Job View Report View Drive status File status ONDARON O amp O Defrag 25 User Interface GUI System menu Using the system menu you ll be able to select a number of additional functions QuickStart opens the QuickStart wizard Here you can find the functions most frequently needed by the majority of users Establish connection with computers only available in the Server Edition You can connect to other computers and run defragmentation jobs on t
103. peration has ended Status notices and program output Results logging of the defragmentation O amp O Defrag logs the start and stop times of defragmentation runs as well as any errors encountered These are recorded according to the systems own settings for application logging How to start the event viewer when running Windows e Toopenthe Event Viewer please go to the Control Panel of your computer and select Administrative Tools Event Viewer Notifications of boot time defragmentation The chart below contains a list of all notifications possible during boot time defragmentation and their corresponding explanations Output Drive could not be opened File could not be opened Not enough space to move Could not be moved MFT could not be defrag mented Not enough space to move the MFT Could not write to partition Attribute error in the MFT Please start chkdsk Type ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR Explanation The given drive could not be found by the system orthe file system is not sup ported The given file could not be found is encrypted or has been exclusively locked by the system Contiguous free space is required to move a file somewhere else on the disk and this amount of space must be at least as large as the file Defragmentation cannot take place because there is not enough free space available The defragmentation failed because of probl
104. phase of Windows even before the graphical login prompt appears At this point no system operating processes are enabled and you cannot start any application This phase is called Boot time defragmentation It is now possible using this feature to defragment a file which is being used exclusively by the operating system Depending on the operating system for example this can be the swap file the registration database as well as the MFT Master File Table e The options for the boot time defragmentation can be easily set in the settings dialogue under boot time defrag mentation e Please select whether you want to useboot time defragmentation regularly at every system start or one time only at the next system start You can also disable boot time defragmentation O amp O Defrag 55 Settings Boot time defragmentation Automatic optimization Files O amp O ActivityMonitor O amp O Defrag can optimize drives even before the operating system is started You may use this function to defragment files that are usually locked or heavily utilized 0 Please select the drives to be defragmented during system start up Drive Offline amp J Windows 7 C amp J Volume D J Volume E gt Volume F amp Volume G J Volume H amp Volume I amp Volume 3 9 Disabled Execute once during next system startup Execute regularly during each system startup
105. quires quite a lot of main memory due to file reorganization If this is likely to be a serious problem for your system we recommend you use the STEALTH or SPACE methods Algorithm Files are sorted according to the date on which they were last changed The files which have not been changed recently are placed at the beginning of the partition and those recently changed are placed at the end This option is a good one for file or database servers containing files that have never been changed e g system files but where others on account of their size or content are frequently modified e g database files This strategy means that future defragmentation will require the least amount of time as only a few files need to be checked and defragmented Recommended Application If you want to use the COMPLETE Modified method for your regular defragmentation runs you should bear in mind that you only use this method on your drive Combining various methods COMPLETE STEALTH and SPACE can result in defragmentation taking much longer as the file system would need to be reorganized each time e Maximizes the performance for write access on servers e Forregularly defragmenting your volumes e Oncomputers that have sufficient resources available when the defragmentation takes place CPU usage is likely to increase significantly it is strongly recommended that you use the O amp O Activity Monitor A larger amount of free disk space is necessary
106. r name gt Your Company Access license information from your own files Paste License Information from the clipboard Additional Information Privacy Registration wizard Enter the license key Using the test version You can use the trial version of O amp O Defrag free of charge for 30 days Each time you start the program the reg istration wizard will appear informing you of the time remaining for the trial period Should you have any questions please contact our Support Team Uninstall To uninstall O amp O Defrag please follow these steps 1 2 3 Our Open the Control Panel from the Start menu Click on Add or Remove Programs Depending on your Edition select O amp O Defrag Professional Edition O amp O Defag Workstation Edition or O amp O Defrag Server Edition from the software list Click Remove The O amp O Defrag uninstallation program will be started Confirm then the uninstallation of O amp O Defrag Once the uninstallation is complete you may have to restart your computer O amp O Defrag 7 Installation Installing Updates of O amp O Defrag O amp O Defrag automatically checks if a new version is available whenever it s started If there is a new program version you will be able to update your version If you decide to upgrade download the cur rent program version from our website under Downloads and save the installation file on your computer Suggestion You can find your license
107. ragment your drives either parallel or sequentially Sequential defragmentation means that one drive will be defragmented after the other in alphabetical order During parallel defragmentation partitions that are located physically on different hard disks are processed at the same time This shortens the total time needed for defragmentation but leads to a higher system load by O amp O Defrag If you only have one hard disk in your computer all partitions on it will be defragmented sequentially Considering the system parameters on how to allocate files Only valid for Windows 7 Vista and XP The layout ini file is used as reference during defragmentation to allocate files optimally on the hard disk The optimal sequence for start files proposed by the operating system will be considered in order to initiate the system start as quick as possible Under Advanced options you can specify how different drive types should be treated by O amp O Defrag by default e Include removable drive Removable drives e g ZIP Jaz or DVD RAM can also be defragmented e Include external drives It is also possible to defragment drives that are connected by an external interface such as a USB or FireWire e Protect SSD drives from defragmentation SSD drives are subject to physical wear out of flash chips and this might be made worse by defragmentation Because of their special construction defragmentation will not increase performance of SSDs They should not
108. ring a defragmentation and adapts it to the current state You can thereby work undisturbed while your system is being defragmented in the background Automatic optimization Thanks to the new automatic optimization in O amp O Defrag there is no need to configure the defragmentation manually It is activated automatically after installation and optimizes your hard disk in the background without your computer los ing any of its performance Advanced report management The new report function lists the defragmentation reports after their date of creation and groups chronologically In that way you will always stay informed on the performance development of your computer over time Optimization for all makes of Solid State Drives SSDs Forthe first time O amp O Defrag enables you to optimize all makes of SSD drives Using regularly scheduled ATA TRIM commands an SSD will be kept informed of those hard disk areas that are available for new data Instead of continuing to save the contents of data that s no longer needed the SSD can now use those freed areas for a drive internal opti mization of its data management As a result the SSD is able to process accesses significantly faster and wear out on flash chips is kept to a minimum Filing drives into zones The division of drives into zones enables the logical separation of the data into performance critical and non critical files A special algorithm makes sure that the data on the disk is
109. rules valid for all drives Select All drives from the drive list and then select the cor responding zone under User defined rules in the sub item Add new rule e If you only want to create rules for certain drives select the drive from the list click the corresponding zone to the right under User defined rules and then the sub item Add new rule This specific rule overrides the higher rule if they intersect Always file into three zones Here you can specify that files with a certain size should always be filed to zone three Path based rules which include a very large file always have a higher priority than the size based rules You can specify different optimization strategies for each zone The strategy allowed is used by OPTIMIZE Complete the most thorough method employed by O amp O Defrag You have the following strategies to choose from Consolidate files Files are defragmented and packed together as closely as possible to create large connected free hard disk areas This prevents a fragmentation of newly created files Sort files Files are sorted based on a certain criterion file name modification date last access date This allows files that are often in use to be accessed and loaded faster O amp O Defrag 50 Zone filing Configure zone filing E All drives Zone 1 programs and start files Sorts by name Windows 7 C Volume D System default rules P Volume E Use t Volume F t Volume
110. rwrites exclusion Select files O amp O ActivityMonitor for Jobs Under O amp O ActivityMonitor you can specify the start of a job depending on the system load as well as the maximum share of the CPU that may be used by O amp O Defrag at one time System load O amp O Defrag 38 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals Here you can specify that O amp O Defrag should not exceed the CPU by a certain value during a defragmentation In addi tion you also have the possibility to prevent a job from being run if the target drive is in heavy use or other programs are consuming much CPU Program list Here you can specify that a job should not be run if certain other programs are currently being executed These pro grams could include imaging programs a virus scanner or even games For this click the plus sign and select the pro grams in the browser window Energy Jobs can also be scheduled to run only if the computer is working from a main power supply which is very useful when using notebooks If a computer is in standby mode whenever a job is scheduled to start the job cannot be executed Here you can also set to reactivate the computer from the standby mode to successfully run a job Edit job New job General Schedule Drives Files 080 ActivityMonitor Settings Pre Job execution Post Job execution O amp O ActivityMonitor constantly monitors the system l
111. s or also xtestyz 123abc txt Files can also be approached that are not constrained by where they are stored in a drive Example The rule Mile txt finds all files which are called file txt and lie in the root directory of any drive If no drive letter is given and the rule starts with a backslash a path is intended that is independent from the drive on which the file it is located If you want to include all sub folders of a folder use the backslash in the beginning and at the end of the folder name and the star Example windows all sub entries of all Windows folders on all hard disks Further examples c hall txt Here the question mark is any not empty symbol It is also possible to cover c hallo txt and c halli txt or also c hall8 txt Add rule to zone You can adapt the default configuration according to your individual needs You just have to define your own zones With your help it is possible to allocate files and folders to zones If you want to specify a single file please enter the absolute path Example C Windows Explorer exe If you want to move all files of a certain type to a zone enter the file extension Example omg includes all files and folders ending in omg If a rule shall apply to all sub elements files and sub folders of a folder then the rule expression must be terminated with Example C Windows System32 C Windows Explorer exel Create new rule O amp O Defrag
112. s the Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O Defrag Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating sys tems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Defrag Server Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O Defrag Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition O amp O Disklmage Important note on the Windows PE Start CD This note is only valid forthe O amp O Disklmage Professional and the Server Edition Start CD The Microsoft amp Win dows Preinstallation Environment Windows PE is not a part of O amp O Disklmage Express Special and the W
113. stems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the program through a network management is not possible O amp O UnErase Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating sys tems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems O amp O Defrag 86
114. t here http www oo software com register Just return the completed online form by clicking Send and you ll be eligible to take full advantage of our O amp O Cus tomer Service O amp O Defrag 12 Getting started Getting started The following chapters will explain how you can use O amp O Defrag after it has been successfully installed Start O amp O Defrag using Start All Programs O amp O Software O amp O Defrag Online Help can be displayed by clicking Help or using the F1 key E N O amp O Defrag 14 Server Edition Start QUO di Q Ade QuickStart Analysis Sen Pause Stop Create Check Clusterinspector Determine Zone Settings E Drive s file position filing Decent Jobs RDE j File system Options Na Action Total files Frag files Degree of fragmentation Size Free Window Ready Monitored 420 547 9 0 07 120 03 580 00 MB Volume Ready Monitored 0 0 0 00 2031GB 17 79 GB Volume Ready Monitored 0 0 00 21 43 GB 4 08 GB Volume Ready Monitored 0 0 00 186 30 116 68 GB SSD Ready 0 0 00 30 00GB 12 67 GB Compressed im Allocated hal Fragmented gt Reserved for MFT lla System ls Paging file Locked exclusively E Being processed Folder B ClusterView 79 Jobs 6 Reports By Drive status i File status O amp O Defrag main view QuickStart O amp O Defrag 14 was designed to fit the needs of almost any user The default settings for O amp O
115. the O amp O Enterprise Management Console in your company Contact sales oo software com O amp O Defrag 4 System requirements System requirements e The system requirement of each operating system have to be fulfilled e 50 MB free hard disk space e 32 64 bit Support from Windows XP Server 2003 e Windows XP till Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions Supported operating systems i Professional Edition Windows 7 yes Windows Server 2008 no Windows Vista yes Windows XP yes Windows Server 2003 no Windows Server 2008 R2 no All variants of this server operating system are supported except Core Installations If you wish to use the network functionality you must also have the following available e Network card and connection Access permissions Workstation Edition yes no yes yes no no Server Edition yes yes yes yes yes yes You need local administrator permissions for the installation and for its later use This is usually the case if you were able to install other programs before In a network you must be the domain administrator if you wish to install and control O amp O Defrag locally as well as on the network computers Microsoft Windows Installer The installation takes place with the help of the Microsoft Windows Installer It is a Windows integrated component which controls all installation and uninstallation O amp O Defrag 5 Installation Installa
116. thod first open the Start button s lower menu and select the Method you desire 3 Depending on the size of your database defragmentation can take up to several hours You can see the defrag mentation in progress on the drive symbol and the status display 4 Once defragmentation is completed you can have a detailed status report displayed as an HTML document in your web browser O amp O Defrag 17 Getting started Defragmenting individual files and folder You can also defragment individual files and folders Just right click the folder or file you want and select Defragment O amp O Defrag will be opened and the defragmentation begins Defragmentation of smaller amounts of data is often com pleted within just a few seconds ho J Open Explore Share Restore previous versions Defragment Send To gt Cut Copy Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties Defragment folder by right clicking Selecting a defragmentation method O amp O Defrag provides three methods for defragmenting a hard disk divided into zones The choice of methods appears whenever you open the lower menu of the Start button Note If you have explicitly disabled zone filing you will only have the methods of the previous versions available An explanation of this can be read in the chapter on Standard defragmentation methods Default sorting can be customized by the user see Zone filing e Zone 1 operating system and
117. tion Installing O amp O Defrag is very easy Please follow the steps below Start the computer on which you would like to install O amp O Defrag Sign in as an administrator or equivalent Start the O amp O Defrag installation file that you downloaded from our web server or that is found on your CDROM After the setup program has been successfully initialized please follow the installation dialogue Pon Information about licensing O amp O Defrag needs to be licensed per computer in other words you have to purchase a license for each computer where you want to use O amp O Defrag You are not allowed to transfer this license on another computer If you would like to implement O amp O Defrag in your company or as a technician for your customers then please contact one of our resellers or our Sales Department If you do not enter a valid license key you can still use O amp O Defrag as a fully functional trial version for a limited time Should you have any questions please contact our Support Team Enter license Note In order to activate O amp O Defrag after installation or to gain access to the Full Version at a later time you must possess a valid license key This license key is also called a registration code serial number or product ID The dialogue for registration always appears automatically at the start to guide you if you are using an unregistered ver Sion or have entered the registration code incorrectly 1 The
118. upon which the job should be run O amp O Defrag on notebooks The Power Management enables you to prevent defragmentation if your notebook is running on battery power The length of your battery s life will therefore not be affected and you won t have to stop the defragmentation manually O amp O Defrag recognizes the switch between main and battery power and will run the defragmentation according to your own configuration You can read more about this in the section Settings Which defragmentation method for which type of system Below you will find several pieces of advice conceming which method is best for your system Search for the relevant tip and use this to determine the best defragmentation method for you Methods which include zones Methods without zones T E TI Complete Optimize Optimize Quick Optimize Complete Space Stealth Methods Defragmentationoffles sasia lal isis H X ep DN the free SPE aega H gpg O amp O Defrag 71 Recommendations and Frequently Asked Questions Methods which include zones Methods without zones Optimize Optimize Quick Optimize Complete Space Stealth ape E Prevention of further frag flo e lero als e mentation vede do e el i Suitability for very large es fe es files gt 4 GB Sas for many files gF dpe sk Run time of first defrag afa ale mentation pri e PSP oP Required RAM la aloja JE CPU Load als aleja eis es Very Applicable with runtime quick
119. will be continued whenever it is turned on again If this option is enabled the defragmentation will be run whenever the computer is switched back on This ensures that your job won t be ignored O amp O Defrag 35 Schedule defragmentation at regular intervals Edit job New job Schedule Drives Files O amp O ActivityMonitor Settings Pre Job execution Post Job execution Please specify when you want to run the job weekly Y Monday Friday Time 12 00 First job execution on Monday August 16 2010 Last job execution on not defined Repeat job execution Maximum running time of this job E If the start time cannot be adhered to start later Job Dialogue Schedule Screen Saver Mode O amp O Defrag can be instructed to always start when the screen saver is active A defragmentation will be run auto matically if your computer is not in use Create a new job for doing this and in the Schedule tab select Frequency ScreenSaver All other settings are spec ified by O amp O Defrag itself As soon as the screen saver ends login etc the running defragmentation stops Note Make sure that the screen saver is enabled Otherwise it is not possible to start the O amp O Defrag screen saver mode More information on enabling the screen saver can be found in the Windows help file Select drives Specify the defragmentation method for eac
120. with this method COMPLETE Name Method The COMPLETE Name method defragments your files and also reorganizes your file structure Although this method is slower than the STEALTH and SPACE methods it guarantees maximum system performance when your files are being read The COMPLETE Name method is particularly suitable for system drives It is important to bear in mind that this method requires quite a lot of main memory due to file reorganization If this is likely to be a serious problem for your system we recommend you use the STEALTH or SPACE methods Algorithm Files are sorted alphabetically from the beginning to the end of the partition and this leads to quick access to files in a directory When Windows starts up many system files will be read in sequence from the WINDOWS and the WI NDOWS system32 directories DLLs system drives etc and the start up time will therefore be shorter This method is particularly recommended for computers on which the files rarely change This reduces the reor ganization time that is needed for every defragmentation Recommended Application Please bear in mind that if you use the COMPLETE Name method for your regular defragmentation runs it should be the only one used on the drive Combining various methods COMPLETE STEALTH and SPACE can result in defrag mentation taking much longer as the file system would need to be reorganized each time e Maximizes the performance for the read access to w
121. ysis in the Ribbon bar Files can be listed according to various criteria with the Sorting drop down menu Fragmented files File Large fragmented files Size Fragments Relative degree of fragme Start cluster 3 Fragmented system files CASExtend SUsn Large system files 2 65 GB 1 0 69 2 133 988 C System Volun Fragmented locked files 1 86 GB 10 37 08 11 068 020 CASystem Volun an E 178 GB 35 47 11 155 136 B C ProgramData Microsoft Search Data Applications Windows 40 06 MB 0 78 226 192 0 00 543 571 BB CASBadClus SBad SDATA 120 03 GB 0 02 463 465 0 00 9 878 7 60 543 567 0 57 206 159 0 03 2 655 052 0 02 3 030 901 anno 10 BNA AR m e B C Windows System32 wdi LogFiles WdiContextLog etl 002 784 00 KB f C Users oosoft AppData Local Microsoft Windows Temporary I 56 61 KB iB CA SMFT 390 75 MB C Windows System32 catroot2 F750E6C3 38EE 11D1 85E5 0000 29 25 MB C Windows System32 config SOFTWARE LOGL 256 00 KB C Windows SoftwareDistribution DataStore Logs edb00052 log 1 25 MB M CA Dreier eo ists Micrnenf Min desee Defender Granc Hitan Rer 14 1 vn 11 ClusterView 24 Jobs Reports B Drive status File status MJ UJ UJ UJ UJ e e o in Ready File status Tray icon Notification area icon You can check the status of a running defragmentation using the tray icon or Notification area icon as well as the user interface The tray icon is lo
122. z O amp O Defrag 14 Server Edition So Start al Options O SF Y a moa A m We ROVO RS Aa du ay QuickStart Analysis Start Pause Stop Add Create Check Clusterinspector Determine Zone Settings job Drive s file position filing Defragmentation Jobs Reports File system Options Ribbon Bar Drive List The drive list displays information about every drive and the action O amp O Defrag is currently running on it The columns of this list can be setup as you like All you need to do is right click the drive and click Change Columns The default display consists of the following drive letter status progress of an action in percent number of frag mented files size of drive amount of free space file system and the current file folder Drive Name Action Status Total files Frag files Degree of fragmentation Size Free File systerr QC Window Ready 0 379 411 47 1 08 120 03 70 07GB NTFS 42D Volume Ready 0 360 8 89 43 292GB 106 GB NTFS DE Volume Ready 0 92 0 0 00 292GB 2 79GB NTFS amp JF Volume Ready 0 233 1 92 36 487 GB 170GB NTFS DG Volume Ready 0 0 0 0 00 8271GB 52 82GB NTFS 22H Volume Ready 0 0 0 0 0000 914 GB 9 07 GB NTFS DL Volume Ready 0 0 0 0 00 5 00 GB 494GB NTFS ap J Volume Ready 0 0 0 0 00 8 63 GB 8 56 GB NTFS rm m i C 34704 Clusters per block no Drive list Cluster View The Cluster View displays a drive s allocation graphically e Toseethis click one

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