Buzzsaw On-The-Fly Defragmenter for Windows

User Reviews

• Just Like a Virus

  yfnetmJanuary 23, 2010

  Pros

  Easy Download

  Cons

  Does nothing. won't work, won't remove

  Summary

  It's just like a virus: once you get it in your computer, it doesn't come out. It doesn't do anything when you activate it but sit there, so it must be a virus in disguise. SHAME ON YOU C-Net: you let a virus in.

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• adware?

  anselinaDecember 19, 2006

  Pros

  I've been using this for a while now and it seems good.

  Cons

  I recently updated to the latest version, but it seems there is adware in it.

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• Does what is ssays, no more, no less.

  Pretzel40kAugust 1, 2006

  Pros

  You don't have to stop what your doing so you can just leave it running in the background.

  Cons

  Very basic. No visual representation of the hard disks.

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• Latest verson is 2.1.1

  WHRoederJuly 22, 2006

  Pros

  Cons

  This is very old version

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• Pros and Cons

  Larry77July 12, 2006

  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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• On the fly? Isn't that too risky?

  hdo_1985May 17, 2006

  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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• As good or better as XP defragmenter and free.

  simonjohn2004April 30, 2006

  Pros

  Shows you whats being done on screen, the Buzzsaw home site has a DirMS to go with buzzsaw this is even better. On my xp defragmenter I stiil had those white lines(free space not defragmented) on the analisys with these programs everything was one single blue then green section.

  Cons

  None

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• Messes up registry

  ibh0bbesDecember 20, 2005

  Pros

  Cons

  Messed up my registry by adding like 2000 entries. Hard to clean them up.

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• Used DIRMS.EXE instead from website. Awesome results!

  twmuellerNovember 15, 2005

  Pros

  I actually did not use buzzsaw, but instead went to the authors site and downloaded DIRMS.EXE 1,2,2,0. Extracted it to c:\ went to start, run, typed cmd, DOS screen opened, changed directory to c:\, typed in "dirms c -q", and it ran like a charm. Did have to let it run overnight since I have a 60Gig drive. The next day, programs loaded faster and IE screens popped up instantly. Even fixed a sound problem I had on one program. As stated in the help file on the website, This is NOT for Win98. If you can read, you can run this program!

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• Excellent program... for advanced PC users

  kestrel83September 8, 2005

  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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