- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (40-day trial); $14.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 28, 2008
- Total Downloads: 318,651
- Downloads last week: 665
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 508 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on March 04, 2009
Instead of having to remember to defrag disks, Ashampoo Magical Defrag will keep up with the task with little intervention on your part. It may not be magical, but it is a practical approach to a job that needs to get done but often gets forgotten.
The user interface is pretty basic, but the straightforward design makes it easy to navigate. Settings options allow you select the hard disk(s) that you want to include in the defragmenting process. Once you click the Defragment Now button, setup is pretty much finished. Ashampoo Magical Defrag goes to work when your computer is idle. You can pause the program, but otherwise you don't need to do anything. If you're really interested, the defragment screen visually displays the process. Tiny, color-coded square symbols show you the amount of free space on your hard disk. You can also opt to show weekly statistics, display the taskbar icon, and to cease running the program while in battery mode. A statistics summary tells you how many files were defragmented and how many clusters of files were moved, so you can keep tabs on what's going on behind the scenes.
An extensive Help file will answer questions you might have along the way. The program comes with a very generous, 40-day trial period. It doesn't get much easier to keep your disks defragmented, and we recommend Ashampoo Magical Defrag for all users.
Publisher's description
From Ashampoo :The end of fragmented disks. Really. You probably have better things to do than worry about whether the hard disks on your Windows computer are getting fragmented. Just install Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2. This radically improved program keeps all your computers hard disks defragmented. Permanently. Just install it and forget it. Your hard disks will never get fragmented again. And Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2 does this without slowing down your computer or interfering with your work.
Version 2.34 improves the performance and adds support of some languages.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.34 improves the performance and adds support of some languages.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 508 votes
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2.34
Pros: Oh, this might not be the best tool of it's type but it's one of a handful thats smart enough to know that a Drive image on another hard drive can't be defraged. Others show a 40GB drive image as a mass of fragmented files, not this one!
Cons: Theres not much to complain about except it's not free. For "Ashampoo", giving this as a freebie wouldn't hurt their business one bit. However, it's cheap enough & my keys been working ever since v2 was released so I'm satisfied my $15 was well spent
Summary: They seem to be back on track with this release. Even though theres a couple of nice free ones, I'll keep using this in conjunction with the defrag module in the new version of "AusLogics Boost Speed". That combo keeps my systems running great. In m... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2.34
"Excellent. Easy to use and quite fast."
Pros: See above !
Cons: None discovered so far !
Summary: Would recommend it to any user.
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Version: Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2.34
Pros: Fast at defragging and you can just leave it too keep your files from fragging up again.
Cons: no cons !!!
Summary: This has too be one of the easiest defragmentation programmes i've ever used . Just set it too go and that's it.
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Version: Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2.34
Pros: reliable and fast
Cons: not free, but trial period is reasonable
Summary: It is very easy to use, and gets the job done fast and well, never had a problem during the trial.
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Version: Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2.34
"Background operation - GOOD."
Pros: It does what it says on the box
Cons: No system interference, and it works perfectly. As advertised.
Summary: I would like to have an analysis display, where, when I select a block of files, I am told what is in it.
I want to move Windows "Un-Movable" files to MY chosen location. Somehow ! - See all 25 user reviews Write review
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