PerfectSpeed
PerfectSpeed
Reviewed December 2009
What’s It Do?

Featuring a suite of tools for defragmenting the hard drive, cleaning the Registry, removing duplicate files, and providing advanced privacy protection, PerfectSpeed promises to automatically run and optimize the computer system for peak performance.


Does it do what it promises?

Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: Yes. PerfectSpeed's most notable distinction is a set of defragmentation utilities that do more than optimize the access speed and arrangement of the parts of individual files; it also provides the option to place one's most frequently used files in the most quickly accessible areas of the hard drive.

Reviewer 2 - Name Withheld By Request: The Company's Web site claims that "this powerful suite of tools makes your PC faster, cleaner, and better protected." For the most part, PerfectSpeed lives up to this claim.

Reviewer 3 - Dana Bostick: PerfectSpeed is a typical disc optimizer utility that includes a Registry Scanner/Cleaner, a Free Space Maximizer tool, an "Erase All Traces" tool that removes cookies, history, Cache and MRU files from Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox and Opera browsers, a defragmentation utility, an "Auto Pilot scheduler" and a utility to "tweak" windows for Performance, Security, and Appearance. All functions seemed to work as advertised.

Reviewer 4 - Dana Cardwell: Yes, for the most part. What PerfectSpeed promises is beyond the capabilities of the program. While PerfectSpeed can improve the performance of one's PC, it can help only in the limited scope of the program.

Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: Yes. PerfectSpeed is able to carry out all the functions that it lists, employing an interface that is easy to understand and use. As I generally try to keep my computer relatively well-organized, I did not notice any marked speed or other performance improvements; however, I found PerfectSpeed to be a good tool, particularly for someone who has not yet put together a collection of other programs to carry out these operations.


Was it easy to install?

Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: Installation was fast and straightforward. It set itself and/or components/services to autostart with Windows without notification or permission. The license agreement was short, simple, and restrictive, only allowing return of the product within five days of receiving it if the user does not agree with the terms of the license agreement. It did not allow resale of the software without written permission of the vender.

Reviewer 2 - Name Withheld By Request: Yes, the 34.4 MB download installed quickly and easily. My only complaint is that the program tried to insert itself into the Startup Menu without any warning.

Reviewer 3 - Dana Bostick: Yes, it was a typical install routine. PerfectSpeed was a 34.1 MB download so it may take a little time on a slower connection. The directory ended up being 25.8 MB for the actual program and 74.3 MB for the install file, which is left in place in the directory. Many programs will "clean up" or remove the install files after install and I am unaware why PerfectSpeed needs to keep them.

Reviewer 4 - Dana Cardwell: Yes. I had Perfect Disk, which is a component of PerfectSpeed, already installed on my system. Before installing PerfectSpeed I read the installation instructions that included a note about installing on a system where PerfectDisk was already installed. PerfectDisk had to be updated before PerfectSpeed could be installed. Having updated PerfectDisk before trying to install the 34.3 MB downloaded EXE file resulted in an easy installation with no conflicts or problems.

Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: Yes. It is a standard Windows installation that allowed me to place the program and its icons where I wanted. The EULA (End Users License Agreement) is mercifully short, with no particularly egregious burdens being placed on the user. The number of computers that PerfectSpeed can be installed on is defined by the terms at the time of purchase.

Unfortunately, the program will insert itself into one's start-up procedure without any warning. But WinPatrol notified me of this unauthorized effort and I was able to prevent it. I strongly feel that I must always have the choice of how programs that I install on my computer run. I do not get a good impression of programs that assume that they are so indispensable that they must always run along with all the other programs that begin when the computer boots up. For more on this, please see "Weak Points" below.

PerfectSpeed will check for updates and notify the user periodically and this can be scheduled in Options. Enabling it to download and install updates automatically will then require little user intervention, but be warned that the PerfectSpeed update will also automatically insert itself into the start-up group.


Good points.

Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: PerfectSpeed cleans up the Registry with the option set by default to save initial settings. This is critical to safe manipulation of the Registry. I had no detectable issues with my system after my Registry was cleaned.

Erase Traces deals mostly with cookies and gives a list of all of the cookies with checkboxes to allow keeping those desired. It also deals with history and cache items, but with less detailed information or options given.

Defragmentation options include:

point Defrag only

point Smart Placement

point Consolidate Free Space

Defragmentation is done with a detailed graphical interface that gives information about the layout drive of information and its status. It includes categorization for whether files are rarely, occasionally, or frequently modified. If it uses this data appropriately, it is possible that it could decrease future fragmentation and increase write speed by placing the frequently modified files in the appropriate locations. This is what appears to happen under the "Smart Placement" option.

All of the functions of PerfectSpeed can be scheduled to run at regular intervals.

Reviewer 2 - Name Withheld By Request: Although I tend to be wary of "Swiss army knife" programs that offer a wide variety of features, I imagine that many people would find it convenient and cost-effective to have a program like PerfectSpeed that offers drive optimization, Registry cleaning, wasted space removal, and privacy protection in one package, along with an assortment of tweaks to improve the computer's performance, security, and appearance. Moreover, PerfectSpeed's features can be scheduled to run automatically if the user so desires.

I was most impressed with PerfectSpeed's Drive Optimization feature. In the past, I had defragged my computer's hard drive when necessary using Windows' built-in defrag mechanism, but I had never noticed much difference in performance after doing so. To my surprise, after defragging the hard drive using PerfectSpeed's Smart Placement Optimization feature, I found that software programs started more quickly and the computer seemed in general more responsive. In retrospect, this is perhaps not so surprising, since the company's main product is PerfectDisk, whose technology PerfectSpeed largely shares.

Reviewer 3 - Dana Bostick: The program seems to work well, doing what it says it will do. It is quite configurable, with many items having check boxes to select or deselect them. I such as the ability to "check all" or "uncheck all" with the click of a button. If a list is huge, it's a real chore to scroll through a long list to check or uncheck check boxes, one by one when I only want to do something to a couple of the items. PerfectSpeed appears to incorporate the defrag utility from the previously reviewed PerfectDisk from Raxco (the interface looks identical) but adds the other functions of Registry cleaning, cookie and history removal and the ability to tweak various Windows settings for better performance.

Reviewer 4 - Dana Cardwell: PerfectSpeed is a combination of several utilities that perform different functions. PerfectSpeed allows use of all these utilities through a single operation or the individual maintenance function of each utility may be performed separately; thus allowing the user to decide what maintenance needs to be preformed and when. Some of the utilities contained in PerfectSpeed can be found in PerfectDisk.

PerfectSpeed is an easy-to-learn program. It has a help file that answers nearly all questions on how to use it, but if more detail is needed, Raxco offers a downloadable PDF users guide. PerfectSpeed's user interface is very easy to navigate. I like the learn more links that act as clickable balloon notes providing simple explanations so that delving into the help file is not necessary. I also like the ability to contact Raxco support from within the program itself. This makes it easy to make a suggestion or an inquiry directly to the maker while the idea or problem is at hand.

PerfectSpeed contains tools for hard drive defragmentation, Registry cleaner, privacy track cleaner, free space organizer, and tweaking utilities. Most of these utilities are grouped together in an overall function called Performance Check that allows the user to perform the maintenance functions of several utilities from one command. This interface makes it extremely easy for user to perform several maintenance and cleaning chores with just a few clicks. Unlike many other one-click type programs, PerfectSpeed allows the user to select what maintenance and/or cleaning utilities will run with this click. Each of the utilities involved in the Performance Check has a scan function that analyzes the PC to determine if use of the utility is necessary and rates that necessity on a simple scale. The individual ratings of each utility are combined together to give an indication of overall PC health. This single indicator is a quick way for the user to determine if maintenance and cleaning tasks are necessary. Through the use of this ratings system, PerfectSpeed can recommend which utilities should be run.

The flexible Performance Check method of performing several maintenance and cleaning functions through a single interface makes these chores extremely easy, but utilizing PerfectSpeed's scheduling functions turns these chores into click-and-forget. It is extremely easy to schedule PerfectSpeed to perform any combination of utility use for any time frame. I was able to schedule each individual utility to run at different time intervals and thus customize the frequency of each maintenance function based upon my individual needs. Not only did I like the ability to schedule the frequency of when each utility ran but also the ability to customize each of the utility's options for those scheduled runs.

PerfectSpeed's Optimized Drive utility performs exactly like Raxco's PerfectDisk. I have previously tested and reviewed PerfectDisk and found it to be an excellent disk defragmentation tool. Rather than repeat the details of that review here I will simply state that, following my review, PerfectDisk became my sole defragmentation utility. PerfectSpeed's Optimized Drive utility can be set under automatic scheduling to keep my hard drive defragmented without any interference in my use of the PC.

PerfectSpeed's Registry Cleaning utility performs a safe Registry cleaning and will automatically perform a backup of the Registry before actually deleting any Registry keys. It also generates a log so a user can look at exactly what Registry keys and entries the utility considers unnecessary and can be cleaned. There are options in the Registry cleaner to exclude certain groups of Registry keys in the cleaning process if the user so desires. These groups of Registry keys are denoted by general functions of those keys. In my testing of PerfectSpeed's Registry Cleaning tool, I found the operations of scanning, cleaning, and restoring from a backup of a cleaning to be very smooth and quickly performed.

PerfectSpeed's privacy track erasing utility functions quite well. I like the ability to tag certain items (such as cookies I want to keep) to avoid deletion while deleting other tracking files. Like PerfectSpeed's other utilities, this cleaning can be set up to run automatically. Inside of PerfectSpeed's erasing utility is another nice small utility simply called file shredder. This file shredder utility is an excellent tool to physically remove a file from the hard drive so that recovery software cannot recover it.

PerfectSpeed's tweaking functions are well-known Registry edits. PerfectSpeed does a very nice job of explaining what each tweak will do and an easy interface to activate that tweak. When I tested this on my setup, which already has numerous registry tweaks, I was impressed that PerfectSpeed detected existing Registry edits that already had these tweaks engaged. This indicates that PerfectSpeed's tweaking utility examines these Registry keys in real-time and determines if that tweak is already turned on and functioning. The tweaks that PerfectSpeed makes with its user interface are safe and will result in saving the user time and desktop real estate.

Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: PerfectSpeed begins with a series of steps that takes the user through each of the four main modules of the program. They are:

point Registry ("clean the clutter and junk from your Registry")

point Free Space ("delete unnecessary files...temporary Internet files...and duplicate files")

point Traces ("remove trances of your Internet browsing and file access history")

point Optimization ("defragments your files...")

Each can be run immediately or set up for later analysis and processing when the computer is not otherwise occupied.

For each module, you can choose which details and/or drives should be included, what should be done now, and what should be scheduled for a later time. The PerfectSpeed analysis provides a health report with graphs, images and explanations. The whole procedure is well designed with context-appropriate help each step of the way, and it is easy to change any choices before actually having the program do anything. Those new to computer management will find this process easy to follow.

PerfectSpeed does an excellent job of defragmenting drives (in the Optimization module). Unlike some other defragmenters that I have used, it can handle all the drives installed or plugged into a computer. In the options, one can specify which drives PerfectSpeed should work on, and which ones it should leave alone. I have set it up so that it can defrag any of the drives on my computer except for flash drives. When it is analyzing and defragging, it displays the traditional "Drive Map".

In all parts of the program there is a "Learn More" item to explain what a particular feature does. I found this to be particularly useful in the section called "Tweak your PC". There I can "fine tune" some of the Performance (6 items), Security (6 items) or Appearance (12 items) settings of my computer. Beside each tweak the "Learn More" explains the effects of each potential change. Actually, I found one setting here that I had changed some time ago, according to a suggestion made in one of the on-line newsletters that I read. Alas, I had forgotten where I had seen it, and was unable to turn if off again. I wished that I had never known that such an annoying feature was possible. Fortunately, the PerfectSpeed designers included it, so I could restore this particular setting back to its normal state.


Weak points.

Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: When cleaning up temporary files or recycle bin files, there is no display of the files to be deleted, nor any choice of keeping them; this seems to be "all or none" by category.

The graphic defragmentation interface disappears once defragmentation is complete. It would be nice to have the option to see how the final system status looks.

The "Tweak Your Computer" items are mostly minor settings, most dealing with visual effects and a bit with security issues, and should not have a major effect on most users' performance.

Reviewer 2 - Name Withheld By Request: I have reservations about two of the 4 major components of PerfectSpeed, namely, the Registry Cleaner and Erase Traces. The first time I ran the Registry Cleaner, it told me that it had found 132 Registry errors, and that my Performance Status was poor; however, I had a hard time finding out what specific errors it had found. Eventually, I discovered that I had to click on SafeClean Registry to obtain a list of the specific Registry problems PerfectSpeed had found. I think the user should be shown the list of problems before clicking on a Clean Registry button, or at least it should be made clear that clicking on that button does not automatically start the cleaning process. At any rate, after learning that PerfectSpeed had found 132 registry errors, I ran two other registry cleaners I have on my computer, JV PowerTools2009 and Registry Mechanic. JV PowerTools found and removed 98 errors, after which Registry Mechanic found and removed an additional 22. I then ran PerfectSpeed's Registry Cleaner again. It continued to find 132 errors!

I found it odd that there was no overlap whatsoever between the findings of two major Registry cleaners and the errors reported by PerfectSpeed. I then looked more carefully at PerfectSpeed's results and became uneasier. The Registry Cleaner wanted to "Delete Invalid Key" for programs on my hard drive that I use. It also flagged a number of common file extensions for which it wanted to set new values in the Registry's OpenWithList designation. I wrote to tech support to ask about these findings. Tech support did not explain them but did say that they have discovered the problem and have implemented the fix in their base code; however, they said it wouldn't be available until the next update is released, and they had not yet set a date for that. More than three months passed after that without an update. Finally, a few days before this review was due, an update appeared. I ran the Registry Cleaner in the updated version, and it too claimed there was a need to set new values for common file extensions. Unfortunately, the "new values" set by PerfectSpeed removed programs from OpenWithList that had been there and should have remained there. For example, it removed the image-enhancing program ReShade from the .jpg list and Mailbag Assistant from the .mbx list.

PerfectSpeed's Erase Traces feature also had problems. It is designed to find and remove pieces of information on my computer that supposedly pose a danger to my privacy. However, on several occasions the feature ran for an inordinate amount of time (10-20 minutes) without reporting any results. I could find no way to stop it except to shut down PerfectSpeed. After taking almost a full week to respond, tech support suggested that I uninstall PerfectSpeed, use their clean-up tool, and then download and install another copy of PerfectSpeed. This seems to have cured the problem. Even when Erase Traces works as it should, however, I have reservations about this feature. I value and use the information contained in my browser's history records to help me remember where I saw a particular graphic or piece of information; hence, I have no use for this aspect of the Erase Traces feature, since it wipes out the record of Web sites I have visited. I also make constant use of selected cookies. If I tell Erase Traces to get rid of cookies, it does not recognize the protected status I've set up with Firefox's Cookie Culler extension, and so it gets rid of all cookies, not just the unprotected ones. To work around this, I would have to go through each of the hundreds of cookies PerfectSpeed finds and individually choose those I wish to protect, a rather tedious and needlessly time-consuming task. This situation continues in the new update. Moreover, when I ran the Erase Traces feature in the update, PerfectSpeed listed cookies, history, and cache items for Firefox and Opera as well as Internet Explorer, even though only Internet Explorer had a check mark next to it.

Reviewer 3 - Dana Bostick: Oddly enough, although it uses the PerfectDisk defrag, PerfectSpeed reports a different number for fragmentation than PerfectDisk does when run as a standalone utility. I ran the PerfectSpeed defrag and it reported 2.6% fragmentation. I immediately ran PerfectDisk defrag (which has been running in the background for months, automatically) and it reported 0.7% fragmentation. This program also misreported an "Excellent" rating and no deleted files in the recycle bin when in fact there were 55 files in there.

Reviewer 4 - Dana Cardwell: PerfectSpeed claims that using it will greatly enhance the speed and performance of one's PC. While cleaning the Registry, defragmenting the hard drive, and deleting unneeded files will improve the performance of a PC, there are other factors that slow the operation of the PC. Since PerfectSpeed does not contain utilities that address these other performance hindrance areas, it will not be able to enhance the speed and performance of PCs hindered by settings in these other areas. For example: install programs that add themselves to the startup process and are running in the background will hinder performance; yet, PerfectSpeed does not contain a startup manager.

I really liked the scheduling abilities of PerfectSpeed, but was disappointed to find out that I could not schedule the Performance Check to run on a regular basis. Although being able to schedule the individual utilities can obtain the same results, one would miss out on the overall PC health rating.

I compared PerfectSpeed Registry Cleaner to other registry cleaning programs and found that most other Registry cleaning program found more errors in the Registry than did PerfectSpeed Registry Cleaner. It can be argued PerfectSpeed's Registry Cleaner does not detect certain Registry errors to make it safer and less likely to delete needed Registry keys; however, the removal of these keys by other Registry cleaners did not cause any deletions of keys that were needed. This comparison to other Registry cleaning programs indicates that the PerfectSpeed Registry Cleaner is not as effective a Registry cleaner as other Registry cleaners.

Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle. By default, and because of the installation process, PerfectSpeed starts when the computer is booted then continues to run in the background, monitoring the system at all times. Then, when little else is going on, it can automatically run some of the Optimizers without user intervention. This must be appealing to a lot of people, who have absolutely no interest in how their computer works or what to do when it doesn't. As a car owner who has a similar attitude towards my car, I understand this completely. On the other hand, a number of the programs that I need to work with demand a lot of my computer, so I do not want to have finite computer resources used to constantly monitor those functions offered by PerfectSpeed.

As noted in the Installation section above, PerfectSpeed inserts itself into the start-up procedure without giving the user either the information that it is going to do so, or the choice to allow this or not. Whenever an update is installed, it will again attempt to become an integral part of the computer's boot-up procedure. I was only able to prevent this with WinPatrol, a program that watches for behaviour often exhibited by malware trying to sneak into a computer's operation without one's knowledge. Worse, I was unable to find any place in PerfectSpeed that would allow me the choice of having it run all the time or not. Thus, it must be allowed to start with boot-up and then manually exited. If it were not able to control this with WinPatrol, this behaviour alone would cause me to uninstall PerfectSpeed and use other programs to do the optimizations that PerfectSpeed does.


Developer's Web site.

Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: The Web site provides a reasonable description of this product's features without being excessively commercial. There is a good list of technical questions and their answers in the Technical Support section.

Reviewer 2 - Name Withheld By Request: The PerfectSpeed Web site, part of the larger PerfectDisk site, is clean, compact, and informative. It offers information about PerfectSpeed's main features, explains which operating systems and hardware drives are supported, provides a chart comparing the features of PerfectSpeed with those of PerfectDisk Home, Professional, and Home Server Editions, and has a White Papers section with more than two dozen pdf files offering more detailed information about defragmentation. There are also two sections containing testimonials and awards, though these sections deal primarily with PerfectDisk. The site also has a Support and FAQs tab at the top that includes frequently asked questions as well as instructions for contacting customer support and/or technical support and a link to an Online Community. However, the community turned out to be the PerfectDisk Pro User Community. I saw no community devoted to PerfectSpeed.

Reviewer 3 - Dana Bostick: Raxco offers quite a few variations of its utilities: A Single User version ($29.99), 3-Pack for 3 ($99.99), as well as a "combo pack" of PerfectSpeed and PerfectDisk 10 (although I don't see why this would be needed since PerfectSpeed already includes the PerfectDisk defrag capabilities) There are Server versions of PerfectDisk as well as a version dedicated to a virtual machine. The site is obviously professionally designed and easy to navigate to find what one is looking for.

Reviewer 4 - Dana Cardwell: The Raxco Web site is easy to navigate and find what is wanted. It has on each page what I think every Web site should have, a list of clickable links to every page on the Web site. I could easily find any topic I expected to be on a Web site.

Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: That part of the Web site dedicated to PerfectSpeed does a reasonably good job of presenting the software. Those new to the Registry or to the idea of Defragmentation will find the small links: "Defragmentation 101" and "Registry Cleaning 101" to be helpful information. Much of the information, such as anonymous testimonials, is quite unnecessary. The site is somewhat confusing, as the different products offered by Raxco are mixed together -- PerfectSpeed, PerfectDisk, PerfectDisk Professional, etc. With some rummaging around, I was able to find a 100-page Users Manual for PerfectSpeed mixed in with information about the other Raxco products. Purchasers outside the U.S. can choose their local currency and I appreciated knowing what will actually appear on my account, instead of having to guess a conversion from $US.


Other comments.

Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: When PerfectSpeed first did a Performance Check, it rated my system as "Poor" despite my running a disk defragmentation program and having recently cleaned my hard drive. While I am sure my system status was not perfect, I am sure that it is better than >90% of the systems running "in the wild". A "poor" rating was surely overstated.

Subsequently, after thoroughly optimizing my system with PerfectSpeed, my performance was still rated as "poor". Although all of the other items were rated "excellent", my optimization was rated "poor", with a note displayed that my "current free space optimization was 100%" and that my drive needed to be optimized. This is either a reporting bug, which should be corrected, or a statement that PerfectSpeed had not done its job; I'm fairly sure that it is the former rather than the latter.

In keeping with my experience with other programs of this nature, once my system was optimized, its statistical profile was improved. This, however, did not result in any noticeable change in performance/speed/stability that I could detect in day-to-day usage. Perhaps the effect would be more detectable on a system that had less maintenance over time. Fortunately, there was no detectable negative effect from use of PerfectSpeed.

Reviewer 2 - Name Withheld By Request: When I was selecting options for PerfectSpeed's Drive Optimization feature, a box informed me that "PerfectDisk Professional is the perfect compliment [sic] to PerfectSpeed and also includes additional space management tools to better manage data on your drives. Both PerfectSpeed and PerfectDisk Professional can be installed on your computer at the same time. Would you like to purchase PerfectDisk Professional now?" I wrote to tech support to ask about this and was told that this was an old message that needed to be updated, and that Raxco now recommends adding PerfectDisk Home, since it includes the boot time defrag option, which is the only additional feature that a PerfectSpeed user would need. Tech support also pointed out that Raxco offers a Combo package of PerfectSpeed and PerfectDisk Home for $39.95. I asked whether the boot time defrag option was substantially different from the freeware program Page Defrag offered by SysInternals, but that question went unanswered. I also asked whether the Combo package was available retroactively to people who had already purchased PerfectSpeed. I received a response from Raxco's sales department offering me such an arrangement, but it wasn't clear whether this was available to the general public. I did not take advantage of the offer.

Reviewer 3 - Dana Bostick: Except for a couple of anomalies in incorrect reporting of some results, this seems to be a fairly user-friendly program if one is at all familiar with these bundled utility-type programs. I did not see anything that set PerfectSpeed apart or above the offerings from SystemMechanic or RegistryMechanic. They all seem to do much the same thing. Each offers a trial to test run the interface and one that most suits the user's needs.

There are various support options available from the "Help" dropdown in the program; Clicking Help>Support opens a "Self-diagnostic and Troubleshooting" tool window through which PerfectSpeed will run a scan to locate possible system conflicts that may prevent it from working as desired. Buttons on this window also allow one to jump to the Raxco site for a list of top support issues and FAQ's as well as to send a support request email to Raxco. There is also a typical Help window with an index and search capabilities, an "About" screen and a "Register" screen to enter one's software key, along with an option for joining the User Forum on the Web site.

Reviewer 4 - Dana Cardwell: PerfectDisk and PerfectSpeed sell for the same price. Unless there is a difference in the defragmentation tool in PerfectDisk and PerfectSpeed, it would make sense to purchase PerfectSpeed to get other utilities for no additional cost. If there is a difference in the defragmentation tool of PerfectDisk than PerfectSpeed, then I would select PerfectDisk over PerfectSpeed as I considered the defragmentation tool the most important of the utilities offered by PerfectSpeed.

Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: If one has not already put together a set of tools to carry out the functions of Disk Defragmentation, Registry Cleaner, Reclaim Free Space and Erase Traces, PerfectSpeed would be a good program to start with. The price is reasonable, and compares well with the other Raxco products that focus more on disk defragmentation. The tweaks are interesting and well-presented and can be helpful to people who are less familiar with the internal workings of the Microsoft Operating Systems; although I am not sure that many of them are particularly essential to the operation of my computer. The program offers potential clients a 15-day free trial period (I would prefer to see as the more standard 30-day period), the price is reasonable, the presentation is attractive, and the program is easy to use. The Autopilot Scheduling of PerfectSpeed will be welcome to many who have neither the time nor the inclination to dig around in the innards of the computer's engine.


Will you continue to use it?

Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: Yes.

Reviewer 2 - Name Withheld By Request: I will keep PerfectSpeed on my computer in order to use its drive optimization feature. I strongly prefer other programs for cleaning the Registry, for getting rid of unneeded files, and for managing my browsers' cookies, caches, and history records.

Reviewer 3 - Dana Bostick: Due to continual software testing, this would be redundant and I will probably uninstall it when the next similar program comes along for review. I find it useful to have at least two of these type utilities installed at the same time to use for comparison. For me, it's a "rolling" install/uninstall process as new ones come along.

Reviewer 4 - Dana Cardwell: Yes and no. If PerfectSpeed keeps my PC's hard drives defragmented in the same manner that PerfectDisk does then I will switch to PerfectSpeed. If not, I will continue use PerfectDisk and only use PerfectSpeed when I rarely need a file shredder.

Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: Personally, I already have other programs which do a better job at managing the Registry, the Free Space and Traces modules offered by Perfect Disk, so I do not need it on my own machines. Nonetheless, it will be a good addition to one of the other computers in my household, whose owner will be glad that he will not have to pay any attention to it, but be able to profit from the results of its work.

OPERATING SYSTEMS USED IN THIS REVIEW
Windows XP Pro, XP Home XP Media Center

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