Tried the evaluation download on my cheap laptop, but there is some problem. This is what I told PerfectDisk:
Trying to run a boot time defrag after analyzing C: Machine is Acer ASpire 368-2633 (cheap laptop) running Vista Home Basic, Norton Protection Suite, SUPERAntispyware, and Comodo BOClean. After the analysis and instruction for boottime defrag, PerfectDisk suggests offline reboot, but there are "open handles". It suggest rebooting, to which I say yes. Then, machine does not shutdown, except by holding down power switch.
Upon reboot, windows ask for normal startup, bacause of the sutdown error.
Then vista seems to start (horizontal progress bar moves), and the defrag too, but an error (driver conflict?) occurs, machine will boot to login screen without doing the boottime defrag. If I login and then redo the drive C analysis, same thing happens. Need powerswitch powerdown, and it repeats all over
However, if I reboot again from the login screen, before logging in, defrag seems to occur (messge no active pagefile????)
So I need to reboot twice????
Of course, this Acer laptop runs a type of PowerQuest imaging program which uses a PQservice drive, normally not visible to Windows, but visible to PerfectDisk.
The hard drive has 3 partitions: PQService Drive C ("programs" Drive D ("data")
It is drive C that needs defragging, according to PerfectDisk, the others are fine.
Any info appreciated before I buy PerfectDisk 8.
The double reboot is annoying, but it seems to work now (performed the boottime defrag, now is working on "regular" defrag, while in Vista).