PerfectDisk Rx Suite vs. Windows Vista Built-in Defragmenter
Total PC health care suite

A complete set of tools, including the best of the award-winning CNET 5-star PerfectDisk.

Health Meter for at-a-glance PC health status

Provides easy-to-read graphical view of your PC's health.

Flexible and Powerful Scheduling Options

Exclusive AutoPilot™ allows you to control when and how often defragmentation gets performed

Easily Viewable and Detailed Fragmentation Information

Provides detailed information about fragmentation on your computer along with recommendations on what to do in order to improve drive performance

Patented file placement strategy

The only proven and patented method for placing files on the drive in order to slow fragmentation and reduce system resources when defragmenting

Single-pass defragmentation of files

Defragmenting files in a single pass, without having to defrag over and over, results in an immediate improvement in drive performance.

Single-pass defragmentation of free space

Exclusive Space Restoration Technology. Defragmenting free space in a single pass, without having to defrag over and over, and leaving the largest block of contiguous free space possible, results in an immediate improvement in a drive's write performance

Safe registry cleaner

Cleans clutter and debris from your registry so your computer runs faster

Reclaim free space

Removes unnecessary files that waste space

Privacy protection

Erases traces of your computer activity and complies with US Department of Defense standards

Tweak tools

Lets users set Windows according to personal preferences to improve performance, security and appearance

Automatic background disk defragmentation

Exclusive StealthPatrol™ defragments only when system is idle

Ability to defragment drives with minimal free space

Ability to defragment a drive with as little as 5%) free space, rather than the 15-20% typically required

Intelligent Screen Saver mode

Defragments the drive while the system is idle - but only if a defrag pass is necessary

Defragments directories

Defragments all the file directories on the drive, improving drive performance

Consolidate Free Space Defrag

Quickly consolidates the largest possible block of free space. This improves performance for audio/video applications, enhances drive partitioning and faster/more efficient virtual hard drive compaction

Feature
PerfectDisk Rx Suite
Windows Vista Built-in
 
Yes
 
No
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
Limited Scheduling Options
 
Yes
Fragmentation information only available via command line tool
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
 
No
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
 
No
 
Yes
No
 
Yes
 
NTFS only
 
Yes
 
No