Sep 28 2008
Puran Defrag – Fast, Efficient, Low-Cost Defragger
Puran Defrag is a relatively new program. It’s origins only date back to August of 2007. I get lots of requests to review software and after a little research about the product and/or company I usually turn it down unless there is something there that piques my interest. In this case it was the positive comments by Donn Edwards, author of The Great Defrag Shootout.
I’m not going to bore you with too much information or too much hype. After doing my research and testing I found it just wasn’t necessary. My defragger of choice has been PerfectDisk and this short review will compare the two.
-Both have excellent scheduling options.
-Both have the option not to run on battery power.
-Both have near 100% efficiency at standard (non-boot time) defrag.
-Both have excellent boot time defrag. This is for files that cannot be defragged while windows is running. As near as I can tell both these programs are the only two that can move just about every type of file.
-Both are very fast at what they do. For those who want to defrag drives while they work, Puran has a low priority defrag option to minimize CPU use.
-Cost:
PerfectDisk 2008 – $39.99 regular price. On sale for $29.99 until Sept. 30 ( 25% off using code September25 ).
Puran Defrag – $24.95 regular price. On sale for $19.95 (no ending date posted, no coupon necessary).
Let’s see what PerfectDisk has to say about the job Puran Defrag does:
No fragmentation, 100% performance!
Conclusion
Puran Defrag is a fast, efficient, low-cost defragger. It is now the defragger I will recommend and the one I will put on peoples systems when I do custom builds. Let me put it this way. Puran provided me a free copy to evaluate. I actually went out a purchased a copy for myself. I spent my own money on it. That’s about as good a recommendation as one can give. Puran Software is a new, small company. The big boys of the defrag world better watch out for the new kid in town.
*Test System – Windows Vista 64-bit. RAID 0 and non-RAID drives tested.
**I neglected to mention there is a free 30-day trial:
http://www.puransoftware.com/Puran-Defrag-Download.html
I hope you guys give it shot and let me know what you think.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:02 am
So is it actually better or just cheaper?
September 29th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
IMHO, It’s just as good a PD and cheaper too.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I neglected to mention there is a free 30-day trial:
http://www.puransoftware.com/Puran-Defrag-Download.html
I hope you guys give it shot and let me know what you think.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Paul, I’ve been trying out Puran Defrag recently and can confirm what Eric says.
It is very good indeed, in fact I ended up paying the license fee I liked it that much.
The only downside I’ve noticed when compared to PerfectDisk is that the hard drive tends to get fragmented again slightly sooner with Puran than if I do a defrag with PD. That could possibly be down to my PC though and may not be typical for everyone.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Installed Puran. Ran a boot defrag then defrag with all options enabled. End result added about 10 seconds to my boot time (Vista Home Premium). Ran Vista built in defrag a couple of times. Boot time restored to normal. I have found that all 3rd party defrag tools extend my boot time (PD2008, Disk Keeper, JF Defrag). Frankly I now just leave the std Vista defrag tool to run once per day at 4PM. This keeps things stable and fast/quick boot times for free!
PC Spec: OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name GAV-PC
System Manufacturer ECS
System Model A770M-A
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) 9600 Quad-Core Processor, 2300 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080014, 10/16/2007
SMBIOS Version 2.5
All HD’s are SATA II.
Gav