@f0dder:
The placement of files you can regulate in some sense. However, you also can use the layout.ini as is generated by Windows itself, so starting programs and booting goes fast.
I agree that 400%/500% speed gain is over the top, especially in the way you just posted
However, their help file shows a calculation that makes some sense.
From the example:
A typical EIDE hard drive from 160GByte has the following specs:
- Read Seek Time: 8,9msec
- Latency: 4,2msec
- Full stroke seek: 21,0msec (from center till the rim of the platter)
- Track-to-track seek: 2,0msec
- Transfer rate (max): 750Mbit/sec
The average Access Time for this hard drive is 8,9 + 4,2 = 13,1msec
The minimum Access Time for this hard drive is 2,0 + 4,2 = 6,2msec
The maximum Access Time for this hard drive is 8,9 + 4,2 = 25,2msec
Between the slowest and the fastest access time there is some 400% performance difference.
They also go by the following rule: 80% of the time you use only 20% of the files.
Those 20% of files are stored on the outer edge of the platter as the data transfer rate there is more like the promised 750MBit/sec, while the other 80% of files are stored near the center where the data transfer is more like 400MBit/sec.
Maybe I am just plain silly (or naive) but the idea of data and software I use most, stored in the most speedy area of the hard drive, does sound plausible to me.
For me the DiskTrix software led to a system that feels as 'snappy' as a fresh Windows installation for the best price as well, free.
For all intends and purposes I should send the help file, it expands a lot more about the reasoning behind their software and all of the possible options. Then again, I don't want to be regarded as a spammer
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...and which make me a (very) happy Disktrix user. 