Burbank, CA 3/31/2011 10:13:11 PM
News / Business

Built-In Defrags Can’t Provide a Company the Solution for Fragmentation, Data Performance Software Remains the Only Real Answer

While it comes as no surprise that a company will spend a considerable amount of money to protect their computers from issues related to viruses, worms, spyware, and even hackers what may be surprising is the fact that many of these same companies rely upon a built-in solution to handle a threat that could potentially cause more damage than any of those already mentioned.

Fragmentation, a condition in which pieces of individual files and free space on a disk are not contiguous but rather broken up and scattered around the disk, may not get the same kind of media attention that viruses illicit or the same kind of awareness that is generated when a company is attacked by hackers but the reality is this computer disease is capable of bringing business to a halt.

Because fragmentation can appear methodical it doesn’t strike fear in the hearts of many companies. Rather than tackle the issue head-on by installing effective data performance software these companies place their trust in a built-in defrag solution, unfortunately these companies are grossly overestimating that built-in solutions abilities.

The disease of fragmentation isn’t a minor threat to the performance of a company’s computer network system; it actually tops the list of threats facing that network. It’s important to remember that fragmentation is a disease born directly on the drive; essentially it exists because of the manner in which the drive was made. This means that whether a company is aware of it or not, their computer network system is being slowed by fragmentation.

On top of this, fragmentation is a progressive disease, constantly causing performance issues with the network system and slowing down its operability. That should open some eyes in a company because they rely on their computer network system for a number of critical functions including enabling employees to share files, software, and hardware, access and quickly browse the Internet, communicate with customers and clients through email as well as facilitate internal messaging platforms for employees, store company data, and secure information.

Understanding that these functions, all of which are used on a daily basis within a company, are challenge by fragmentation leaves one wondering how a company could trust a built-in defrag solution to protect their business. Of course trusting that built-in solution would be alright if it was up to the task but the truth is built-in solutions are just not capable of solving fragmentation, the disease is simply too big of a problem for such answer. This is because every action that is taken on a computer is multiplying the problem of fragmentation and when you’re talking about a computer network system the number of actions taken just overwhelm these built-in defrags.

As fragmentation continues to progress the damage gets worse and it becomes harder for the network system to operate properly. Eventually the network becomes so taxed that it just crashes, leaving a company facing the possibility of losing everything that they had stored on that network. Nobody needs to explain how devastating that could be to a company but this is the scenario that will play out when a built-in solution is utilized.

Fortunately there is a solution to the disease of fragmentation and among the most effective is Diskeeper 2011, the recently released data performance software designed by Diskeeper Corporation. What makes this data performance software so valuable is the fact that once it has been installed it will repair the damage that has been caused by fragmentation, piecing together the fragmented files and saving them as a single unit. This makes it easier, and faster, for the drive to retrieve those files.

In addition to fixing the damaged files, data performance software like Diskeeper 2011 ensures that fragmentation doesn’t return. Essentially the data performance software keeps a watchful eye over the network, making sure that when a file is retrieved, modified, and resaved it remains in one piece.

Now the real value of Diskeeper 2011 lies in the fact that it can actually prevent fragmentation from ever occurring on the drive. By installing this data performance software as early as possible a company can avoid the headaches associated with the slowdowns, freezes, file hangs, and crashes that are associated with the disease of fragmentation.


For a company that is serious about maintaining the integrity of their business and really concerned about the well-being of their computer network system there really is no justification for relying on a built-in defrag as a solution to fragmentation. These companies must turn to a more effective data performance software solution like that made by Diskeeper.