Defraggler is easy to install and gets straight to the point. One of the features we liked most about this app is the ability to defragment individual folders and files in the Action menu. It also includes two defrag modes, Quick and Standard, with the Quick one focusing only on certain file types.

Another good thing about Defraggler is its customization options. You can set your own rules for Quick defrag, customize the Drive Map by choosing a design and setting the blocks' color and size. You can also create a personal list of all the files and folders that should be excluded from the analysis.

Defraggler can be set to turn the computer off once the disk has been defragmented, and also lets you schedule new analyses in the future. One little detail missing, however, was the ability to minimize it to the system tray.

Overall Defraggler is a great alternative to Windows' built-in defrag tool, with great customization tools - though it can be a bit slow.

Defraggler lets you analyze and defragment either individual files and folders, or the whole computer hard drive, all in a nicely designed user interface.

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Portable Defraggler is easy to install and gets straight to the point. One of the features we liked most about this app is the ability to defragment individual folders and files in the Action menu. It also includes two defrag modes, Quick and Standard, with the Quick one focusing only on certain file types.

Another good thing about Portable Defraggler is its customization options. You can set your own rules for Quick defrag, customize the Drive Map by choosing a design and setting the blocks' color and size. You can also create a personal list of all the files and folders that should be excluded from the analysis.

Portable Defraggler can be set to turn the computer off once the disk has been defragmented, and also lets you schedule new analyses in the future. One little detail missing, however, was the ability to minimize it to the system tray.

Overall Portable Defraggler is a great alternative to Windows' built-in defrag tool, with great customization tools - though it can be a bit slow.

Portable Defraggler lets you analyze and defragment either individual files and folders, or the whole computer hard drive, all in a nicely designed user interface.

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CCleaner is a very efficient and easy to use utility that cleans and optimizes your PC to ensure best performance and freedom from malware.

The beauty of free download CCleaner is the speed at which it carries out the various scans and fixes. Its main purpose is to clean any unnecessary files from your hard-drive and on opening the program you see the various aspects of Windows that you can search through and clear. CCleaner will also detect your installed applications that may hold on to files which are no longer any use, such as Google Earth histories or Flash Player configurations. The uninstaller is probably more useful, and more powerful, than Windows own uninstaller although use it with care! If you don't know what an entry relates to in the program list, leave it alone to be on the safe side otherwise you could end-up removing vital components.

When you install CCleaner, it will prompt you whether you want to install Google Chrome as well and whether you want to use CCleaner to preserve cookies that you use regularly to log-onto websites, security checks etc.
The interface in CCleaner is very easy to navigate and before taking any action, you will always be asked to confirm that you are sure about what you want to do. There is a useful Registry Checker that will quickly check its integrity, and let you fix bad entries after making a backup. CCleaner's uninstall and startup tools are very handy to have overall and simply add to the usability of this very rounded little maintenance assistant.

The most recent release of CCleaner now comes with a Drive Wiper. Drive Wiper can be accessed in the Tools section of CCleaner and allows you to choose whether to scrub only free space or an entire drive using three levels of strength - Department of Defense-level three-pass option, a National Security Administration-level seven-pass cleaning or a 35-pass Gutmann-level deep scrub.

There's also improved support for cleaning files left behind by Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 9. Web Apps that use HTML5 database storage are also now included in CCleaner's cleaning process. Finally, a few more System directories have been targeted for cleaning and CCleaner now supports 64 bit machines.

CCleaner makes keeping your PC clean easy for beginners and experts alike. It's small, fast, comprehensive, and free to download - get cleaning now!

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If I asked you about your computer's characteristics, most of you would be able to name the processor, and maybe the amount of RAM memory and hard drive capacity it has. But what about the rest? Speccy gives you a detailed breakdown of your system information.

With Speccy you can now obtain highly detailed statistics about your computer that cover not only the basics like processor and RAM memory, but also hard drive, graphics card, motherboard, optical drives, operating system and more. You can see the information on the program's nicely designed interface and also save a snapshot of it for later reference.

You may think this information is only valid for computer geeks, network administrators and other kinds of tech-savvy users, but in fact it can be useful for everyone. Speccy lets you check your RAM configuration before buying more modules, or create a list of features in case you want to sell your computer, to give a couple of examples.

The basic data displayed by Speccy can also be found in some specific areas on the Windows system, but Speccy makes it easier for you by gathering everything under a single interface and also providing more details.

Speccy is still in beta development and lacks some extra features we can find on other similar tools: ability to export to multiple formats, performance tests, list of installed software, etc. But being a program from the same developers of CCleaner, Recuva and Defraggler, we can only expect it to improve!

Speccy is a simple system analyzer that displays detailed information about the configuration and technical features of your computer.

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As USB sticks and other flash memory drives increase in storage capacity, so does their popularity as software repositories. Many applications have developed special versions for these devices, usually known as "portable". One of them is CCleaner Portable.

In a few words, CCleaner Portable is the pocket version of CCleaner, an excellent cleaning tool with which you can erase unused files, thus gaining back valuable free disk space and making Windows run faster and smoother. The great advantage about CCleaner Portable is that it allows you to do just the same without leaving any evidence of use on the computer. In fact, you don't even need to install it. Simply run it from your USB memory stick and you'll have immediate access to all of its features. CCleaner Portable does create some necessary keys in Windows Registry, but these are deleted when the program is closed, so there'll be no trace of it left on the system.

Regarding its functions, CCleaner Portable does a very satisfactory job. The program helps you to get rid of many different files such as Internet cookies, temporary files, log files or all those leftovers found after months of installing and uninstalling applications. The configuration menu in CCleaner Portable features interesting options like the possibility to keep certain cookies which may be useful for you or the ability to add custom file types to the delete filter. Apart from freeing up disk space, CCleaner Portable also lets you uninstall applications, find broken registry keys and list all the programs set to run when Windows launches.

On the down side, CCleaner Portable does not allow you to undo changes, so you must be very sure about what you want to erase before clicking on "Yes". Also, the program can take a few minutes before finishing the analysis that must be done prior to deletion. However, this is probably due to the fact that CCleaner Portable runs from a USB device and that we checked all the available options when cleaning our system – the test found 558 MB of removable material, which obviously took a while to be deleted.

All in all, CCleaner Portable is every bit as good as its "big brother" and comes in really handy when you want to use it on any PC without installing anything or leaving any traces behind you.

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You may think the information displayed on Speccy Portable is only valid for computer geeks, network administrators and other kinds of tech-savvy users, but in fact it can be useful for everyone. Speccy Portable lets you check your RAM configuration before buying more modules, or create a list of features in case you want to sell your computer, to give a just a couple of examples.

The basic data displayed by Speccy Portable can also be found in some specific areas on the Windows system, but Speccy makes it easier for you by gathering everything in a single interface and providing more details.

Speccy Portable is still in beta development and lacks extra features we find on other similar tools, such as performance tests or a list of installed software, etc. But since it's a program from the same developers as CCleaner, Recuva and Defraggler, we can only expect it to improve!

Speccy Portable is a simple system analyzer that displays detailed information about the configuration and technical features of your computer.

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FCleaner looks for temporary files, recent document lists, autocomplete lists, files in the Recycle Bin and other types of disposable data, and lets you select what to delete. The cleaning tools in FCleaner include a startup manager and app uninstaller as well, and the program's statistics show how much drive space you've recovered so far.

FCleaner also features a special section for browsers that lets you clean all the elements related to them, such as cookies, browsing history, saved information, typed URLs, cache memory and others. The program works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari.

Though FCleaner is similar to CCleaner in its efficiency and ease of use, it's not as complete as the Piriform tool, especially regarding configuration options like the possibility of creating filters, marking certain cookies so that they're not deleted or the ability to clean Windows Registry.

FCleaner lets you clean your hard drive from all sorts of junk files, thus improving the system's stability and performance, and freeing up precious drive space.

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