Executive Software has released a new version of its free Diskeeper Lite defragger, after a long wait--the previous version of Diskeeper Lite worked only on Windows NT.
Based on the commercial Diskeeper 7.0, the new Lite runs on Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP. It is available from Executive Software and can be downloaded free of charge.
Diskeeper Lite lacks the automation capabilities that are the primary selling point of Executive Software"s commercial products. As with Windows" own bundled defragger utility, you run Diskeeper Lite by launching it and telling it to do its job.
The Lite version "educates people about the limitations of manual defragmenters," says John Kimmich, product manager, which might sound like a strange job for a manual defragger.