RegDefrag is a free utility by Quicksys, that defrags your Windows Registry by removing gaps, fragments and wasted space. It even optimizes your registry to help improve performance and boost access to it. This is a very small (approx. 1 MB), light and easy-to-use application. It is also safe to use because it does not modify any registry entries.

Quicksys RegDefrag is compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista.

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Download Quicksys RegDefrag 1.3

Piriform brings us another useful free utility for our daily use called Defraggler. It is the same company that also brought tools like CCleaner and Recuva. What makes it different from other defrag tools is that it allows you to easily defrag files individually, without having to process the whole drive. This makes the task easier, and way faster than the default Disk Defragmenter in Windows OS.

Features

• Defrag individual files
• Compact and portable
• Locate files on the drive
• Vista compatible

For more details on these features, click here.

It is recommended that you use it for personal-testing only because currently it is in beta stage and may contain bugs.

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Download Defraggler 1.0 RC2

Some people may recall that not too terribly long ago, a good deal of what one did on their computer was restricted by their hard drive space. I do not know how many times I would spot check my hard drive space, on my Windows 95 computer, to make certain that I had enough free space from programs, images, and the like.

Fast forward a few years, and the average personal computer’s hard drive is 120 or 160 gigabytes, compared with the meager 6 gigabytes hard drive in the aforementioned Windows 95 computer.

So free space is no longer an issue, right? We would think that this is the case, but system administrators, technicians, and home computers continue to run into situations where there is less free space than they thought. A good deal of people can easily keep abreast of their current free space simply by checking the My Computer panel, then clicking on View, and then Details. Doing so will produce a view similar to this screen shot.

Now we know, at a high level overview, that this computer has approximately 40 gigabytes free, with that total

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Macrium Reflect is an award-winning disk imaging utility that lets you backup your hard drives or partitions without having to log out of your Windows. It is a complete file backup solution for Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003. One feature I liked about this application is that you can create a Linux based as well as a Windows based PE disk which can be really useful when your Windows does not load due to problems. And another thing I liked about this is that you can also create schedule backup times for late night backups.

A complete disaster recovery solution for your home and office. Protect your personal documents, photos, music and emails. Upgrade your hard disk or try new operating systems in the safe knowledge that everything is securely saved in an easily recovered backup file.

Macrium Reflect (full version) costs for $40, but Giveaway of the Day is giving you a chance today (June 16th, 2008) to grab the full version for FREE. Full version gets you some nice features like email notifications, automatic PC shutdown after backup etc.

Note: After downloading, don’t forget to read the readme.txt file

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