Artlantis Studio is the fastest stand-alone 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers, ideal for quickly and easily creating high resolution 3D renderings, QuickTime VR Panoramas, QuickTime VR Objects and animations. A recognized leader in preview window technology, Artlantis is the rendering software used by architects, designers and urban design professionals in more than 80 countries.

Artlantis interfaces directly with ArchiCAD, Revit, VectorWorks, SketchUp Pro, and Arc . With the addition of the DWF, OBJ and FBX import formats and updated DXF, DWG and 3DS plug-ins, Artlantis seamlessly interacts with all the leading CAD software as well.

The method of radiation (Radiosity)
Displaying 3D models taking into account the reflection of light from surfaces! The updated rendering engine allows you to receive high-quality mapping project, taking into account the reflection of light off the walls, floors, ceilings and other objects of the building. And thanks to the fact that the image pre-window recreated in real time, you will get better and expected after the final photographic image rendering 3D models.

Simulation of the sky
The new version of Artlantis substantially reworked all sources of illumination project. With the introduction of new types of sources (physical sky, sun, moon and stars), all visible elements shed light on other objects of the project through the function of global illumination (global illumination). In addition, different types of clouds (cirrus, cumulonimbus and stratus), without a doubt only add realism heavens, and thus your project.

Automatically adjusts lighting
Thanks to new technology automatically adjust the lighting, Artlantis dynamically adjusts the level of illumination of the scene: from the pre-dawn haze the sun to the dim light of the evening sky, depending on external or internal visualization. And this in turn results in improving the quality of images and animations.

Integrated post-processing of images
Need more processing of the received picture does not make sense to use additional software all you need is in Artlantis. In the new version of the program several new features for handling raster images adjust brightness, contrast and color table the final image. And adding the image graininess, contour lines or a pastel shading surfaces, you can achieve fantastic results for styling images. All changes are instantly displayed in the preview window, and the effects can be used either one or a group.

Preparation sheydersov (Shader)
The new version of Artlantis, new tools for the automatic creation of textures. Now sheydersy receive new properties: specular reflection, shine, the effect of blurring, configuring the overlay raster all to improve the quality of textures. This function is intended, above all, experienced users of the program now they can customize the library sheydersov through the program interface.

Rich set of textures and objects
An additional collection of textures and objects, consisting of 25 CD, Artlantis users can quickly begin to work and set a realistic environment, imitated in the virtual world scene from real life. With a new version of Artlantis face additional 5 CD with families for Artlantis: animated 3D models of people, billboards, people, machines, stone and marble floors. New sheydersy and facilities will add realism to your scenes, and control elements is very easy with the help of technology dra.

Artlantis is recognized as the fastest, most powerful solution for photo-realistic 3D rendering and animation. Now, Artlantis 3 is strengthening its lead with an even more accurate radiosity engine, new management of geometry by layers, better management and enrichment of media, and simplified control of optimized lighting.

Editable Anchor Points
The anchor point allows you to place and rotate an object or component in the 3D scene. Grab this point in the 2D view by pressing the key, and simply drag it to the desired location.

Media Search Function
When opening a file, Artlantis 3 allows you to search for and replace any missing media components on your hard drive, as well as delete them.

Media
The richness of the online Artlantis gallery eloquently demonstrates that media play a key role in projects and in Artlantis 3 with new developments, new shaders

Transparency of Billboards and Plants
Accessible directly in Artlantis, the new transparency slider allows you to set the transparency of billboards and 3D plants in order to better view the project. There no longer any need for photo editing!

Detachable Components
Detach elements of the 3D model and keep them as internal components in your 3D scene using the polygon selection tool. This component is easy to handle as an external object (aof) while remaining fully integrated in the scene.

Layers
The continuous development of media (currently several thousand) has focused our interest on their management, and on the handling of geometry in 3D scenes.

Layer Management
Artlantis 3 has a new structure of layers: scene, objects, 3D plants, lamps, animated objects and billboards. You can also add or remove your own layers.

Automatic Placement
The default layer function allows you to determine the destination layer for each type of media. Once you add new billboards or objects to your projects, you can have this placement done either automatically or manually.

Layer Import
ArchiCAD users will appreciate this new feature, which, thanks to the ArchiCAD export plug-in, allows you to select the layers you want to export to Artlantis.

Visibility by View
For greater ease of use and increased productivity, especially on large projects, hide the layers that might burden your work in preview (for example, 3D plants). What more, this new function also allows you to present your various layout options from the same document.

Fall-off Presets
Artlantis 3 offers 9 different types of lighting accessible by a drop-down menu (Lights inspector). Based on an adaptation of photometric data of light sources, these lighting options can be completely customized: change the intensity, the color, the angle, the softness of shadows

Neon Shader
The Neon shader has also been greatly improved both in terms of quality and rendering speed.

Radiosity
This brand new rendering engine, developed especially for architecture, is faster and more accurate than ever before. No other product on the market matches Artlantis radiosity engine in rendering speed and precision.

Exceptional Quality
In general, the quality of the renderings has been greatly improved. Abvent team has paid special attention to the likeness between the preview and the final rendering.

Complete Settings
Pre-defined settings for both interior and exterior scenes make life easier for beginners, while more advanced users will appreciate the interface, which allows them to personalize the radiosity settings.

Clouds
In an ongoing quest for realism, Artlantis Studio invites you to animate clouds by activating the wind’s parameters, the direction and speed of which you can choose in the heliodon inspector.

Water
A plain cursor is all you need to add movement to the Water shader, adding life to your 3D scenes with animated rivers, lakes, pools, seas …

Communication
In addition to its many import plug-ins, which are now compatible with the Autodesk 2010 product line, Artlantis 3 now benefits from a new technology for export plug-ins. This new feature, which is available in the OBJ, FBX, U3D, DWF, and SKP formats, integrates Artlantis into the complete design process.

InstallNote:
1. Read nfo
2. unpack
3. install
4. replace files
5. thank you for choosing RedT

PDF-XChange Version is an Adobe compatible, PDF file creation software. PDF-XChange offers an efficient compression and optimisation for PDF file generation. Create PDF files with ease from any Windows software application or if you’re a Software Developer and would like information relating to the PDF-XChange SDK version to incorporate PDF-XChange in your applications for royalty-free distribution then the SDK could well be the right solution for you.

PDF-XChange Pro is the as the Standard version with 1 additional application bundled, PDF-Tools.ou can also add notes, watermarks, use the flexibility to configure and optimize to get the smallest file, compared with similar programs, the file size without compromising quality. The program provides a utility batch conversion of documents Word, Excel and file formats that are supported by IE, as well as many others (DOC, RTF, TXT, XLS, HTML). Included with the professional version of PDF-XChange is delivered as PDF-Tools – tools for creating new PDF-files from the images and manipulating the existing files. With this tool you can easily combine PDF-files, delete them from the page, extract fragments, images and text, create and edit bookmarks, and send files via email and put it on their servers, HTTP and FTP.

Super Flexible File Synchronizer is a great application used to back up data and to synchronize PCs, servers, and notebooks.Users can choose the user interface that suits them best: Wizard Mode or Advanced Mode. The settings are stored in multiple profiles, and the software comes with support for FTP and secure FTP servers, SSH, WebDAV, Amazon S3, http, partial file updating, ZIP compression, data encryption, and a scheduler for automated backups.

The scheduler can run as a service without users having to log on. On Windows XP or later, locked files can be copied using the Volume Shadow Service. This program features the ability to freely select files and folders across the whole folder hierarchy in a tree view, and it has support for e-mail notification, profile categories, and various filters. The software also supports Unicode characters in file names, file paths as long as 32767 characters, and much more. It also includes Real Time Synchronization (folder monitoring).

Key features:
Synchronizes Files and complete folder structures in different locations, such as a PC and a laptop. 64-bit I/O ensures that files sizes greater than 4GB are supported.
Save complete sets of option settings as Profiles, with instant access to all saved settings. You can even Run Multiple Profiles with one command.
Detect Moved Files. If you reorganized your folders by moving files to different locations, the Super Flexible File Synchronizer will detect this and quickly perform the same moves, for example, on your laptop. No extraneous copying!
With Scheduler. Schedule the synchronization of your data on a backup hard disk at a convenient time each day or as frequently as you wish.
Smart and Flexible. If some files cannot be copied due to other software accessing these files, the synchronizer will continue copying the remaining files, and then retry all those files that were locked, until all files have been copied successfully. A limit for the time spent on retries can be specified. However, during the retry phase, the synchronizer uses only minimal CPU resources.
Keep Multiple Backup Versions Of Each File (optional) This feature doesn’t overwrite the backup files but renames them, until a selectable number of different backup versions is reached. You can also specify where to put these older backup versions (in the same folder as the original, or in a subfolder thereof, or in just one subfolder for the complete profile).
Database-Aware. A special technique prevents any data corruption when copying database files, including SQL server database files. The synchronizer will wait with the copying until it has totally exclusive access to the file. During the copying process, the database server will not be able to work with the file. So, a prerequisite for using this software as a backup tool for database files is that they are occasionally not used (for example, at night).
Can Use Recycle Bin for older versions of files that are overwritten. This is a fairly unique feature because most programs will permanently replace older versions of a file. Using Super Flexible File Synchronizer, you will have a chance of retrieving overwritten files if you select the appropriate options.
Multiple File Masks (Inclusion and Exclusion) File Masks are transparently (and swiftly!) processed. Even if you specify redundant file masks, there will be no strange side effects.
Select Base Folder Items. Want to synchronize only some folders? No need for separate runs for each folder. Just specify the base folder containing these folders, and then choose “Only Selected Items From Base Folders…”.
Minimize Load Using Obsolete File Folders. If you occasionally move obsolete files to a specially designated folder, this usually causes trouble with traditional file synchronizers. They will copy the obsolete files back from your laptop right into the folders where you moved them out of. No longer! If you use the Select Base Folder Items option described above, you can place a grayed checkmark next to each folder for obsolete files. These folders are then taken into account for moving files into them, but not for copying files out. Thus, the synchronizer does the same moving of obsolete files on your laptop that you previously did on the PC, but it does not waste any time copying all obsolete files between the two machines.
No More Trouble With Daylight Savings Time Since exact 1-hour time differences can be ignored if the file size matches, you won’t have any more problems if the file systems of two computers are off by one hour. If this is true only for some files, fine! The ignoring of the offset is done in a flexible way rather than adding a fixed number to the hours on one side.
Easy Resuming On Disk Full. You simply make more space and ask the software to continue copying. It can pause right in the middle of a file until additional space is freed.
Unattended Mode. In this mode, no questions are asked. You can specify beforehand which kinds of files may be overwritten.
Optionally Create Exact Mirrors. If desired, you can optionally create an exact mirror of your data, even if this means that some files are deleted or replaced with older files.

New Features In Version 5

Differential Versioning Backup
You can now combine Partial File Updating with Versioning, Zipping and Encryption and use it with any backup storage location, including FTP and other Internet Protocols.

Checkboxes to choose:
tab sheet Special: “Partial File Updating” (without Remote Service)
tab sheet Zipping: “Zip Each File Individually”

The option “Filename Encoding” on the Versioning tab sheet is automatically active in this use case.

The Zip file sizes can now be limited too so that large files can be split (only in conjunction with Partial File Updating). The transfer can be stopped any time and zip parts already uploaded won’t be lost.

Be sure to keep all zip files on the destination as they may all be needed to reassemble the file upon restore. Any older version can be restored by choosing the desired target date in the Restore Wizard, or by right-clicking the file in the Sync Preview and choosing the desired version. The option “Keep multiple files” is implied and does not need to be checked. It cannot be used to limit the number of older versions. All older versions must be kept on the backup.

A method to limit the number of older files that need to be kept on the backup storage is currently being developed and suggestions on the best strategy are welcome.

Block-level copying is applied to files which are at least 400,000 bytes in size. The granularity of the differential backup is determined dynamically for each file, based on its size. The smallest block size used will be 2048 bytes.

Each partial backup includes an MD5 checksum for each file, so that restored files can be verified to be 100% correct. You can see this in the file MD5.TXT that the partial zips contain.

Hulu Downloader – a powerful tool for downloading Flash videos (FVL) files from the Internet, as well as a handy tool to convert the downloaded FLV files into various popular formats: AVI, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, MOV, WMV, etc.

Hulu Downloader enables you to download videos from Hulu.com and convert Flash video (.flv) files.
It includes a FLV Browser that you can use to browse popular video sites and download any FLV content that you come across.
You can then use the additional utilities that come included to convert the downloaded FLV files to various video formats (AVI, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, MOV, WMV etc.) or extract audio tracks from the video files.
Hulu Downloader also includes a tool that lets you convert existing video files to FLV formats, as well as a FLV Fixer that you can use to repair FLV files that contain incorrect duration data.

Since 1996 PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information programs on the market. PC WIZARD is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It’s able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.

PC WIZARD is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance, MP3 compression performance.

PC WIZARD can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs …).

Hardware Information

* Mainboard / Bios (Connectors, ID String, MP Support …)
* Chipset (FSB Frequency, Norhtbridge, Hub, Direct Media Interface, XMB, NSI, …)
* Main Memory (FPM, EDO, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR-2 SDRAM, DDR-3 SDRAM, RDRAM, FB_DIMM, Timings …)
* Memory Profiles : EPP (SLi Ready), Intel XMP.
* Cache Memory (L1, L2, L3, Size, Frequency …)
* Processors (Type, Speed, Multiplier coeff., Features, Model Number, Vanderpool Technology …)
* Coprocessor
* APM and ACPI
* Busses : ISA, PCI, AGP (2x, 4x,8x), SMBus/ i2c, CardBus, Firewire, Hyper-Transport … )
* DMI / SMBIOS
* Mainboard Sensors, Processor, Hard Disk and Battery (Voltage, Temperature, Fans)
* Video (Monitor, Card, Bios, Capabilities, Memory, Integrated Memory, Frequencies …)
* OpenGL and 3Dfx
* DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput, DirectX Media)
* Keyboard, Mouse and Joystick
* Drives (Hard Disk, Removable, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD …)
* SCSI (Card, Controller, Adapter, Devices …)
* ATA/ATAPI and S-ATA (Devices, Type, Capabilities, S.M.A.R.T. Features, RAID)
* Ports (Serial, Parallel, USB, IEEE-1394)
* IDE and SCSI Devices
* Twain and WIA Devices
* PCMCIA (PC Card) Devices
* Bluetooth Devices
* Biometric Sensor Devices
* Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix, AC’97 codec, High Definition Audio)
* Printers (Local and Network)
* Modem (Features, Speed …)
* Network (Server, Connexion, Firewall …)
* Security (Scan Ports …)
* PocketPC and SmartPhone Devices

System Information

* MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) and ACM
* SAPI
* Passwords (Outlook, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Dialup …)
* DOS Memory (base, HMA, UMB, XMS, EMS, DPMI, VCPI)
* Windows Memory
* Windows (Version, Product Key, Environment, Desktop, XP Themes …)
* Windows UpTime (Boot, Shutdown, BlueScreen, System Restore Points …)
* TrueType and OpenType Fonts
* WinSock (Internet), Telephony et Remote Access
* OLE (Objects, Servers …)
* Microsoft Applications
* Activity (Process, Tasks, Threads)
* Modules (DLL, DRV, 32 and 16-bits) and NT Services
* Internet Navigator (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, FireFox)
* .NET Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
* ODBC
* CMOS/RTC
* Resources (IRQ, DMA, E/S, Memory)
* System files (.ini, .log, .bat, .nt, .dos …)

System Benchmarks

Processor (Dhrystone (MIPS), Whetstone (MFLOPS), Mandelbrot fractal …)
L1, L2, L3 Cache, RAM (Bandwidth, Latency …)
Main Memory (Bandwidth, Latency …)
Hard Drives
CD/DVD Rom
DirectX
Video
Removable/Flash Support
MP3 Compression
VISTA Experience Index

Tools

Can save, print, e-mail a report
Can save a TXT, RTF, HTML, PDF or CSV report
Can export any graphics as BMP file
Can export text and graphic with the clipboard
Web update Wizard
Communicate with Motherboard Monitor
Dump (Hardware registers, System BIOS, video BIOS …

Photo MovieTheater is a professional HD video slideshow software. It can create DVD slideshow with photos and video clips, make photo slideshow and create Blu-ray Movie! With this powerful photo editing and movie making software, you can do all these. More than that, you can share the slideshow almost anywhere!

Convert your Photos and Video Clips to HD video slideshow and HD Movie easily & creatively!
Full of transition styles! Includes kids, wedding, family and effect. Instant slide enhancement with these styles, just have a try! Abundant decoration material! Add text, music, illustration, record, etc. All these make your slideshow more attractive!
Various output formats! Burn and present on TV, PSP, Xbox, Zune, Mobile phone and more…

ImTOO Video Splitter is a perfect video tool to split one video file to several segments. With it, you could easily split one video file to several segments at super fast speed.
It supports so comprehensive video formats including VCD AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, 3GP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.264/PSP AVC MOV, ASF etc. Moreover, the intuitive interface makes ImTOO Video Splitter the perfect tool for both new and experienced users.

DiscSafe is an easy-to-use tool that wil provide an inexpensive way to do backups of large amounts of data onto CD-R(W), DVD-R(W, DVD R(W) and DVD-RAM.
DiscSafe was designed in order to meet the growing need of storing large amounts of data as easily as possible. All in all it’s a powerful Backup Solution with data spanning and time controlled backup.

DiscSafe 2 – Data backup made easy
DiscSafe will be your trustworthy partner for backup to CD, DVD, hard disc, an image or a compressed file as well as the creation of periodically reoccurring processes.
Backups themselves do not really need to be discussed. They are not very popular with most users but are indispensable accompaniments with work on computers anyway. The reason lies at hand: Digital data has the command over an extremely fleeting existence base – that, however, only appears when something went wrong.
The causes of such an unbill can be many fold in nature: a defective hardware component, a software bug or even a virus to mention only a few examples. The result always looks the same: Either you’re lucky and the computer presents itself after a new startup as usual or the ,short-term irregularity’ ripped one or another important document resulting in loss – permanently.
With DiscSafe you are provided with the most important functions that you require for regular security of your data – whereby the program mainly focuses on storage on a CD-R, DVD or CD-RW. For several reasons:
CDs/DVDs possess long durability data, depending on the used medium between ten and one hundred years.
CDs/DVDs know no incompatibilities between different systems like other backup media. A CD/DVD-ROM drive will in most cases recognize an inserted CD or DVD, as long as it isn’t defective – no matter in what computer it is installed.
CDs/DVDs enable the immediate availability to stored data not matter where on the medium the special data is stored. Tedious fast forwards and rewinds as with magnetic tape is eliminated. With large amounts of data DiscSafe ,streamlines’ your data backup over several media.
CDs/DVDs are unsusceptible in comparison to magnet fields and, furthermore, unequally inexpensive with almost unbeatable costs per stored megabyte.
CD recorders are less expensive than other backup media – and can be used conveniently for other purposes than backups: the creation of photo, video and audio CDs, for example.

Diskeeper 2010 on your systems means clean disks on servers, workstations and laptops. It means unprecedented speed and reliable efficiency. Every minute. Every day. It means systems lasting years longer due to reduced drive wear. It means tight budgets relax and the cost of ownership drops

Diskeeper is a fully automatic defrgmentation engine that replaces the standard Windows defragmenter which runs only manually, consumes high resoureces and rewquires full administrator privileges to operate. Diskeeper constantly monitors and maintains your systems maximum performance, using the fastest defrag engine. According to the National Software Testing Lab (NSTL) proven 300-500% faster and far more thorough than Windows built-in defragmenters. The program includes a unique `Set It and Forget It` functionality with Smart Scheduling, that, once set, runs invisibly and fully automatic in the background. In addition, the Frag Guard feature helps prevent fragmentation in your most critical system files. Additional features include boot-time defrag, priority settings as well as the ability to defrag multiple disks automatically and simultaneously while system is in use.

Diskeeper Corporation announces the release of new Diskeeper, the most automated performance enhancement defragmenter ever built. New features include the ability to defrag in the most extreme levels of low free space or the highest levels of crippling file fragmentation. Intelligent defrag dynamically chooses which software engine will net the most performance gains on a given system or environment. This is all done completely transparently, in real time, tapping the full power of otherwise unused idle resources with a highly advanced background processing technology called, InvisiTaskingT.

So important is Diskeeper to the world of computing that it was named among the Top 5 products that everyone should have on their computer systems or networks.

Every machine suffers from file fragmentation1. Past solutions included resource-heavy “one pass” or manual approaches. With advancing technology, these have since become antiquated and replaced by more modern background processing technology. Using Diskeeper revolutionary InvisiTasking, defragmentation operations now take place “on the fly”, in real time, as fragmentation occurs. This means no performance degradation is ever caused by fragmentation related build-up-giving the user a constant maximum in speed and reliability at all times.

Diskeeper also introduces the most powerful defragmentation engines ever developed. Even on systems with as little as 1% free space available, Diskeeper can restore performance and reliability. New engines also handle crippling levels of file fragmentation numbering in the millions, as seen at large enterprise sites with massive server traffic.

And lastly, the “brains” behind Diskeeper contain an intelligent defrag function that detects volume and system conditions (e.g. low free space or heavy fragmentation) and dynamically chooses the most effective software engine to net performance gains on that system. As with all Diskeeper operations, this too takes place automatically, on the fly, in real time. Hands down, Diskeeper is the most intelligent real time defragmenter ever built.

Diskeeper 2010 Professional FEATURES:

New! IntelliWriteT fragmentation prevention technology. IntelliWrite prevents up to 85% of the fragmentation every system suffers from. It intelligently writes contiguous files to the disk so system resources are not wasted creating fragmentation. The results? A whole new level of system speed and efficiency beyond what can be achieved with defragmentation alone.
InvisiTasking? technology -Available in Diskeeper 2010, InvisiTasking provides up-to-the-moment defragmentation without tapping into active system resources. The result: completely invisible yet robust automatic defragmentation that acts in real time to keep your computer running at maximum performance.
Real-time defragmentation -Handle fragmentation as it occurs, providing maximum speed and performance at all times!
Uncompromising file and free space defragmentation -Defragment in the most extreme hard drive environments. Diskeeper 2010 eliminates fragmentation even on disks with as little as 1% free space or files split in millions of fragments.
“Defragmentation Intelligence” enhancements -Diskeeper monitors and analyzes each drive, then chooses a defragmentation strategy specific to the needs of that drive. Every drive is defragmented using the best method possible.
I-FAAST? 2.0 (Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology) automatically boosts access speeds for the most commonly used files.
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Compatibility mode -Diskeeper works intimately with the automatic backup system already on your PC. VSS compatibility mode means Diskeeper does not damage your ability to recover lost files and does not take up valuable free space with necessary file information.
Automatic online directory consolidation boosts antivirus scans and back-up speed.
Native 64 bit operating systems support.
BOOT-TIME MODE safely performs Microsoft? recommended defragmentation of critical system files.
Network Management Support -control Diskeeper settings and functionality via Diskeeper Administrator edition or Group Policy.

The Ashampoo HDD Control software performs hard disk maintenance for you. This involves taking measures to prevent potential failures and crashes before they occur. Towards this end, the program combines several functions available for the first time in this particular configuration.

Monitoring
The software supports all commonly available IDE and serial ATA drives. Please note, however, that devices connected to the system via USB, firewire or RAID controller often do not support this function. Based on the type of drive in use, Ashampoo HDD Control provides the user with all important facts and information, including the drive serial number, firmware version, cache size, number of configured partitions, drive space and current temperature. As the number of signs indicating that the drive could soon potentially fail begins to mount, the background guard signals an alarm. If you are not near your computer, the program can be set up to notify you of the alert by email. In the final report, the program also provides information on the health and performance of the hard drive shown in percentages.

Maintenance
Over time, an ever-growing number of unwanted and unneeded files accumulate on your hard drive and Ashampoo HDD Control is a useful tool to help you locate and delete these files. Temporary files, files in the recycling bin and backup copies are all removed. In addition, the software empties the cache, clears the browsing history and erases cookies from the Internet browser.

Defragmentation
An empty space appears when you delete a file from your hard drive. This gap is then filled the next time a file is saved to disk. If not enough space is available to store the complete file in this space, it is broken up into fragments. Windows in turn saves these at different locations on the hard drive in order to make best use of the available gaps. For this reason, it is easy to understand why the computer takes longer to read the file, since it first of all needs to locate and assemble all the separate fragments. With its defragmentation module, Ashampoo HDD Control is able to read out file fragments and arrange these in one cluster on the hard drive to ensure rapid access. As a result, the hard drive needs to spin less while the performance remains unchanged. As an additional benefit, there is less demand placed on system resources.

Proactive defragmentation uses the time when you are not working to measure the level of disk fragmentation. If it needs to be defragmented, the process is started automatically.