PerfectDisk Pro

Any system, regardless of performance, can be kept running smoothly if it is maintained properly. An excellent solution is to avoid cluttering the hard drive with temporary files or to defragment data from time to time. PerfectDisk Pro features all the tools you need to perform these tasks. In many cases, a computer will stop working correctly or the operating system will not even load anymore, because the hard drive is damaged. Besides cleaning it up, the software will provide you with many details about your disk's health.

You will have to pay for the program, but you can try a free version for a limited period of time, during which you may benefit from its full potential, without restrictions. It works with various Windows platforms and it will perform excellent, regardless if you are using FAT32 or NTFS partitions.

PerfectDisk Pro can defragment your hard drive, remove temporary files and Recycle Bin contents, find and erase duplicate files, optimize your system and more. You will find a wide range of options to use and adjust these features, under separate tabs on the interface. Before defragmenting your disk, you may perform an analysis to see various performance statistics and decide if a defragmentation is really needed. You may also target individual files, for the same process, access logs, drive preferences or enable a boot time defrag for one or more partitions. If enabled, the program will defragment the selected partitions automatically, when you reboot the computer.

PerfectDisk's space management feature comes with three main functions. You can erase temporary files, empty the Recycle Bin or both. You will not have to specify what types of temp files to delete. Just tick an option, before starting the process and the program will automatically target any junk file that it finds on a selected partition. The second purpose of the application's space management is to locate duplicate files. You can set it to look for text documents, pictures, videos, music and other files, by typing their extensions in separate fields. Finally, you may generate detailed reports, for individual partitions, regarding space usage. The software will provide you with a vast array of statistics, displayed in lists or illustrated with graphs and pie charts.

S.M.A.R.T. information is available as well and it will provide you with details regarding your hard drive's temperature, performance and overall health. Other features include a scheduler, for automatic tasks and stealth patrol, which will optimize your system and prevent further disk fragmentation. You can activate it for any partition, set it to work when the system is idle or when the screen saver is running and set exclusions for certain hours of certain days.