PerfectDisk 8 25% off and free upgrade to 9

[wonderwrench]

Purchase any new or additional PerfectDisk 8 licenses with Raxco's 25% year-end coupon code by December 31st and Raxco will upgrade these licenses to the soon-to-be released PerfectDisk 9 absolutely free. With a brand new look and many new features such as "hands off" automation and a tool to reclaim disk space, PerfectDisk 9 is a great example of the best getting better. We asked our customers what else they wanted and they said better performance, more automation, and complete control - so we did it.

Code PD94FREE will discount and upgrade for free: PerfectDisk 8, both PerfectDisk Small Office Packs, PerfectDisk Exchange and PerfectDisk Windows Home Server.
To take advantage of this special 25% and upgrade offer, just follow the steps below before midnight on December 31, 2007. This offer does not apply to previous purchases.
*This code can not be used towards the $99 December PerfectDisk 8 Server Special currently on Raxco's home page.

• Purchase directly from our Online Store and enter and apply coupon code PD94FREE after filling your cart.
• For volume purchases, use the PerfectDisk Volume Discount Calculator and enter coupon code PD94FREE in your cart.
• For enterprise license discounts, I can have a member of our Enterprise Team contact you directly to discuss the options available.

[jmlikos]

Thanks. I love PerfectDisk! I will check it out.

[polonyc2]

I'm still using PerfectDisk 7...but I might use this promotion to get Version 9 just in case I decide to upgrade to Vista in 2008

[wonderwrench]

I have used PD since PD5 and also have 6,7 and 8. The best one's IMO are 7 and 8. They are both better than previous versions. PD8 can defrag external drives but if I remember correctly 7 can't. I can't comment on 9 as its not out yet.

What I did when I bought 5 was pay a few bucks extra for the software assurance. So I have always had the latest version for about 7 bucks per year. Not a bad deal if you ask me.

[shaihulud]

Curious question, how long does the 25% off last?

BTW, version 7 you can defrag external drives and version 8 you have to toggle the option first to defrag them.

[traveler]

Will it sort files while defragging? That is sort them alphabetically in a directory?

[mtek]

Originally Posted by shaihulud

Curious question, how long does the 25% off last?

BTW, version 7 you can defrag external drives and version 8 you have to toggle the option first to defrag them.

if I remember correctly, its only until 12/31/07
as per
the email from Raxco.

[jmlikos]

I have a question, I bought my Perfect disk form Ebay, digital delivery. I hae the serial number for it and it is registered. You think I will still be able to use the offer code? TIA

[wonderwrench]

Originally Posted by traveler

Will it sort files while defragging? That is sort them alphabetically in a directory?

No it will not, sorry

[wonderwrench]

Originally Posted by jmlikos

I have a question, I bought my Perfect disk form Ebay, digital delivery. I hae the serial number for it and it is registered. You think I will still be able to use the offer code? TIA

Quote from first post."This offer does not apply to previous purchases."

[wonderwrench]

BTW at any time you can call raxco sales and they will email you a discount code. I have gotten codes for 50% off before. The more you kiss up the better the discount!

[jmlikos]

Nice. I will give that a try.

[traveler]

Originally Posted by wonderwrench

No it will not, sorry

Thanks for the response.

What defraging software will defrag and sort alphabetically so I can defrag large storage drives?

I don't want any "most frequently used" sorting crap. I want a directory and all the files in that directory all located in one spot on the 500 gig drive regardless of whether I use some of the files in the directory daily and never use other files in the directory.

[ctal]

Traveler -- With Perfect Disk you can select the threshold number of days representing "rarely modified" and "frequently modified" ("occasionally modified" would be in between), so I'd imagine that setting everything to 1 day or something like that would pretty much accomplish what you want, with respect to that question.

As far as sorting alphabetically goes, what would be the point to doing that (i.e., to locating files on the drive in physical locations corresponding to an alphabetical arrangement by file name, if I understand your question correctly)?

Regards,

-- Al

[traveler]

Originally Posted by ctal

Traveler -- With Perfect Disk you can select the threshold number of days representing "rarely modified" and "frequently modified" ("occasionally modified" would be in between), so I'd imagine that setting everything to 1 day or something like that would pretty much accomplish what you want, with respect to that question.

As far as sorting alphabetically goes, what would be the point to doing that (i.e., to locating files on the drive in physical locations corresponding to an alphabetical arrangement by file name, if I understand your question correctly)?

Regards,

-- Al

Thanks ctal.

I have found the alphabetic sort useful in a few ways.

Most memorable was when I unfortuneately got bad sectors or a corrupted hard drive area. When I salvaged what I could I could quickly determine what was lost by clicking 'Name' at the top of Windows Explorer. That sorts things alphabetically in the window. Where ever the alphabetic list was missing I instantly knew the extent of the damage.

Doesn't one have to select a sort method when defragging even if it's the default method?

Selecting one day would not work. I move blocks of data around. If I moved a directory od data with all its subdirectories and files without a 'sort alphabetacally within each directory' then after the move to optical disk storage I end up with holes all over the 500 gig hard drive (or rather drives). That results in high fragmentation the next time I move data to that hard drive. That's bad if I want to use that video file or whatever it is. On the other hand, if the empty space is one big space, then everything newly moved to it is not fragmented except for only one or two files. It talkes too long to defrag a 500 gig partition constantly.