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Ashampoo HDD Control Editor's Review

Every PC users needs to use a range of third party software to address needs like office productivity, media playback and online activities etc. However, it also becomes necessary to use specialized applications that ensure your PC hardware components remain in top shape and help avoid system slowdown. Of course, you can use the Windows integrated utilities for such needs. There are several affordable and capable third party apps that actually offer better performance for such tweaking and maintenance needs. One such contender is Ashampoo HDD Control, a versatile hard disk health and performance monitoring and management utility.

The app is quite affordable and it is also available for usage in trial mode for 40 days. You can use it on computers equipped with Windows XP and later versions. To install Ashampoo HDD Control, you have to be logged in an administrator account in the PC. The installation is pretty simple but if you are not careful, a third party toolbar will be installed in your web browser and search engine will be altered too. This can be avoided by choosing custom installation mode. The app supports a wide range of external and internal HDDs, SSDs and can be used in various languages.

As it is, Ashampoo HDD Control has been designed as a multipurpose hard disk management utility. It keeps tab on S.M.A.R.T. attributes of your PC hard disks. The app can also perform automatic or scheduled defragmentation to ensure your PC speed does not slow down over extended usage. It also comes with bundled features like Internet cleaner and data recovery.

The application window looks quite intuitive and uncluttered, despite the numerous features included in the software. You get the main features listed as tabs on top part of the interface. The app can search for faulty sectors in hard disks. Apart from regular defragmentation, the app also offers an “intelligent defragmentation” method. Its proactive defragmentation method works when the computer is staying idle. For all analysis and tests, the app presents results in easy to understand graphic formats.

For advanced users, Ashampoo HDD Control offers a benchmarking section. It helps you understand how fast or slow your PC hard disks are running compared to similar rival products in market. For internet cleanup tasks, the app supports IE and third party browsers barring Google Chrome. The software also includes a file shredder utility.

Positive Points:
- Supports wide range of hard drives including SSDs.
- Offers Smart Monitoring, defragmentation .
- Comes with utilities like File shredder and data recovery.
- Trial mode usage, multilingual app.

Negative Points:
- Internet cleaner lacks support for Chrome.
- Default installation alters browser settings.

Conclusion:
Overall, Ashampoo HDD Control is comprehensive hard disk health monitoring and management tool that also offers added utilities for PC maintenance. It is multilingual, supports multiple types of hard disks and has sleek interface that will not intimidate beginners. Its low price and extended trial mode usage also deserve applauds. The defragment section contains some nifty features such as Proactive defrag. Advanced users will like the HDD benchmarking option. However, no HDD utility is absolutely perfect and same is true of this app. Its internet cleaner tool is not compatible with Google Chrome. The software installer adds third party tools in default installation mode. However, these minor flaws can be overlooked if you look at its overall performance.
Rating: 4/5







Ashampoo HDD Control Publisher's Description

As long as the drive is functioning properly, you are lulled into a false sense of security. However, when the trusted hard drive suddenly fails, this is more than just a minor inconvenience. As a consequence, the data that is lost is often very damaging. Ashampoo HDD Control is therefore ideally suited to boost the performance of your drive, guard against disk failure and remove clutter from your hard drives, while performing all three functions of monitoring, maintenance and defragmentation.

Monitoring: The software supports all commonly available IDE and serial ATA drives. Devices connected to the system via USB, firewire or RAID controller often do not support this function. Based on the type of drive in use, Ashampoo provides the user with all important facts and information, including the firmware version, cache size, number of configured partitions, drive space and current temperature. In the final report, the program also provides information on the health and performance of the hard drive.

Maintenance: Over time, an ever-growing number of unwanted and unneeded files accumulate on your hard drive and Ashampoo HDD Control is a useful tool to help you locate and delete these files. Temporary files, files in the recycling bin and backup copies are all removed. In addition, the software empties the cache, clears the browsing history and erases cookies from the Internet browser.

Defragmentation: With its defrag module, the program is able to read out file fragments and arrange these in one cluster on the hard drive to ensure rapid access. As a result, the hard drive needs to spin less while the performance remains unchanged. As an additional benefit, there is less demand placed on system resources. Proactive defragmentation uses the time when you are not working to measure the level of disk fragmentation. If it needs to be defragmented, the process is started automatically. for WindowsXP, Vista, Vista64, 7, 7x64

Free download from Shareware Connection - As long as the drive is functioning properly, you are lulled into a false sense of security.

Publisher: ashampoo GmbH and Co KG | License: Shareware
Version: 2.05 | Platform: Win7 x64, Windows 7, WinOther, WinVista, WinVista x64
Released Date: | Rating: 5 | Title: Ashampoo HDD Control

Author Url: http://ashampoo.com
Program Info Url: http://ashampoo.com
Download Url: http://downloads.ashampoo.com/ashampoo/0165/ashampoo_hdd_control_2_2.05_sm.exe

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