Drive Geniustm Overview

Drive Genius’s 10 Feature Overview 1. REPAIR is a tool that looks for 2. DEFRAGMENT displays how data 3. DUPLICATE/BACKUP errors on your drive. Select the REPAIR is placed throughout the volume. Overtime as This feature allows you to quickly duplicate a icon and then press the start button to files are added, modified and deleted they get volume (copies bit by bit, skipping free space) scattered across the volume, which results in or create an exact copy of a device (including analyze the volume for a general over- slower access time. Select the DEFRAG- free space). Create a disk image so you can view. This feature lets you know the con- MENT icon and then press the start button to store volume or devices info in a single file. dition of the catalog and the volume see the current layout of the volume. De- If you boot from the CD you can attach a disk header for the selected volume and will fragmenting the drive is a great way to boost image and use it as the source to restore your repair permissions according to Apple the performance of your computer. This will drive. specifications. put all the broken-up pieces into one continu- ous block with the empty space at the the end. 4. SECTOR EDIT (recommended for 5. SHRED will stop prying eyes with 6. INTEGRITY CHECK expert users only), allows you to fine tune all DoD compliant (5220.22 - m) secure erase. This feature is a suite of comprehensive aspects of your system with direct, advanced Removes all traces of data from free space hardware verification tests. It is used to check byte viewing and editing of all the data on and deleted files on any device or OS X vol- read/write times and display results using bar/ your drives, volumes and files. ume. Select the SHRED icon and press the line graphs or raw data. You can perform a start button to begin to shred your data. test, from one minute up to a day long to simulate realistic performance. 7. BENCHTEST 8. SCAN verifies your hard drive's reliabil- 9. INITIALIZE This feature makes sure your hard drive per- ity, scans for bad sectors with a complete suite Go from VOLUME to DEVICE view and formance is what it should be with compre- of non-destructive read verification tests. This your options change, you now be able to see hensive speed tests and graphical comparisons test will make sure that your hard drive can be two features that are specific to Device main- to other common c…