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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: April 28, 2003
- Total Downloads: 135,657
- Downloads last week: 44
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 66 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Buzzsaw truly is a do-it-yourself defragmenter for those who require no interface and who like to work in DOS. The program consists of two executables, one that runs in Windows and monitors your system in the background as you work, defragging whenever it detects a change. The other, which runs only from the DOS command-line prompt, does defragging based on parameters selected by the user. In our tests, defragging results were decent but did not noticeably improve system performance. The included help file is basic and may not answer all questions. The most worthwhile part of this program is the component that monitors your system--the user-unfriendliness of the on-demand defragger suggests that you use Windows' built-in utility instead.Publisher's description
From Mind Array Technology :Buzzsaw.exe defrags files while you work, keeping your drive undefragmented in the background. Dirms.exe is a command-line defragmenter that will even partially defrag large files when instructed to do so.
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- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 66 votes
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4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Buzzsaw On-The-Fly Defragmenter 1
Pros: Really good, theres a new version Buzzsaw 2.0.0.2
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Buzzsaw On-The-Fly Defragmenter 1
Pros: The defragmentation process is effective and really on-the-fly.
Cons: The installation instructions are not very clear and at times, having dificulties installing the program.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Buzzsaw On-The-Fly Defragmenter 1
"Excellent program... for advanced PC users"
Pros: This nifty little program helped my files from getting fragmented, and helped improve the read-and-write speed of my hard disk. Overall, it speeded up my computer. I tend to delete and install new stuff everytime (especially from Download.com!), so this helps keep my disk neat and tidy.
Cons: Most ppl don't understand the need for defragging, and these ppl are also the ones who are just basic PC end-users. DIRMs is not for those who love eye-candy and Buzzsaw is not much to look at either, despite being DIRMs' GUI. Needs a healthy amount of experience in DOS environments (for DIRMS), so this is strictly for the pros and computer junkies only. Noobies keep out!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Buzzsaw On-The-Fly Defragmenter 1
"On the fly? Isn't that too risky?"
Pros: On the fly defragmenting can be very dangerous, i mean, if the computer suddenly crashes, a file could be lost the program was actually working on. But i will take that risk because this program is DEFINITELY doing something useful. :)
Cons: I miss a logfile. The changes should be logged, and i would like to see the filename, the program is actually working on.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Buzzsaw On-The-Fly Defragmenter 1
Cons: Messed up my registry by adding like 2000 entries. Hard to clean them up.
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