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Ashampoo HDD Control 2

2.05
Maximum performance, constant monitoring and maintenance of your hard drives
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OS
Windows
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Version
2.05
Language
English
Release date
24 February 2011

Editor's review

All computer users would know the criticality and importance of a hard drive that is absolutely vital for smooth working of any computer system. This random access device provides efficient usage for storing data in a system in a general purpose format and since their advent in the year 1956; they have remarkably reduced in cost and physical size with enhancing storage capacities. High design quality and intricate architecture form the creation of a hard drive and contains the capacity to handle large volumes of data in any given situation. Any lack in their adequate maintenance and handling can result in irreparable damage and data loss and hence a utility like Ashampoo HDD Control can be aptly utilized in defragmenting the hard rives to optimize its working.

Ashampoo HDD Control 2 2.01 upon launch opens with a neatly organized interface with the main options placed at the top panel and the left side of the screen displaying the applications stored up on the hard drive. The program analyzes and scrutinizes the usage of the drive and effectively checks upon it to suggest improvements. The program supports not only common IDE but also provides support for external USB hard drives. The extended user interface of the program provides an overview of the usage status and provides data on its health and temperature and performance levels. Further, it offers technical insights on supported features and SMART self test to check for any electric or mechanical problems in the drive along with the noise levels and power management. There are also deletion methods available to free memory from useless temporary data.

To sum up, Ashampoo HDD Control 2 2.01 assures effectual performance and suitable working and maintains its error free functioning and hence gets a rating of 3.5 points for its superlative functionalities and utility value.

Publisher's description

Ashampoo HDD Control 2 monitors, maintains and defragments hard drives. The software supports not only all common IDE and serial ATA hard drives, but also provides improved support for external USB hard drives and solid state drives (SSDs). The extended user interface gives an overview of the status of your hard drives’ health, performance and temperature. It also offers lots of technical information on supported features and their current status. Furthermore the software supports the S.M.A.R.T self-test to check for electric and mechanic problems of hard drives as well as adjustment of the noise level and the power management (if supported by the hard drive).
With just a few clicks the software finds unused files and Internet traces, which can then be deleted. For the deletion of files and folders different erasing methods are available.
Among the common methods Ashampoo HDD Control 2 uses the so-called “proactive” defragmentation. Furthermore it’s possible to restore accidentally deleted files and folders with Ashampoo HDD Control 2 and to use benchmark function, which checks the performance of hard drives.
Highlights:
- Constant monitoring of hard drives (also for multi-user systems)
- Extended user interface with extensive hints and information on health, performance and temperature of hard drives
- Significantly extended support for external USB hard drives and solid state drives (SSDs)
- Support of S.M.A.R.T self-test (if supported by the hard drive)
- Adjustment of the noise level and power management of your hard drives (if supported by the hard drive)
- Data recovery - recovering deleted files and folders
- Fully automatic, “proactive” defragmentation of the hard drives
Ashampoo HDD Control 2
Ashampoo HDD Control 2
Version 2.05
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