deb93
18-08-08, 12:06 AM
Trying the evaluation copy of Paragon Total Defrag 2009 I found some major issues:
(1) Extremly slow. The defragmentation of a 60GB NTFS-system-partition (laptop; partition encrypted with truecrypt) lasted nearby eight (8!!!) hours.
(2) No possibility to interrupt the defragmentation once it runs. Pressing the ESC or Ctrl-C-Key opens a window explaining that an interruption will lead to data corruption. Hence the computer is blocked and can no longer be used for a significant period. Additionally this does not improve trust into the software.
(3) "Time to finish"-information: It does not improve trust into a software starting with an indication of some minutes for the "time to finish" and then counting up until hours are indicated.
(4) Status output not useful / insufficient: The status output is very minimalistic (only a progress bar) and gives absolutely no clue about what the program does. This does not improve trust into the program. Additionally the "log text output" may be interesting; nevertheless it is useless, because if there is output it scrolls to fast to be read and you can not scroll up to read.
(5) Truecrypt "shot" by total defrag: The headers (mbr etc.) of a system partition encrypted with truecrypt are "shot" by the boot-mechanism of total defrag. This leads to a non-accesibility of the system partition. After a repair with the truecrypt rescue CD grub is shot. So significant work and time is necessary to restore the system to be useable again.
Conclusion: A defragmentation software being extremly slow and having no possibility to interrupt the defragmentation process is unuseable :(. My advice to Paragon is to take those issues serious and to improve the product.
(1) Extremly slow. The defragmentation of a 60GB NTFS-system-partition (laptop; partition encrypted with truecrypt) lasted nearby eight (8!!!) hours.
(2) No possibility to interrupt the defragmentation once it runs. Pressing the ESC or Ctrl-C-Key opens a window explaining that an interruption will lead to data corruption. Hence the computer is blocked and can no longer be used for a significant period. Additionally this does not improve trust into the software.
(3) "Time to finish"-information: It does not improve trust into a software starting with an indication of some minutes for the "time to finish" and then counting up until hours are indicated.
(4) Status output not useful / insufficient: The status output is very minimalistic (only a progress bar) and gives absolutely no clue about what the program does. This does not improve trust into the program. Additionally the "log text output" may be interesting; nevertheless it is useless, because if there is output it scrolls to fast to be read and you can not scroll up to read.
(5) Truecrypt "shot" by total defrag: The headers (mbr etc.) of a system partition encrypted with truecrypt are "shot" by the boot-mechanism of total defrag. This leads to a non-accesibility of the system partition. After a repair with the truecrypt rescue CD grub is shot. So significant work and time is necessary to restore the system to be useable again.
Conclusion: A defragmentation software being extremly slow and having no possibility to interrupt the defragmentation process is unuseable :(. My advice to Paragon is to take those issues serious and to improve the product.