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UltraDefrag Version 1.0.5
Updated Aug 2th, 2007
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1. What is UltraDefrag?

   UltraDefrag is powerful Open Source defragmentation tool for Windows NT.
It's engine is very fast, because it is created as kernel-mode driver. 
They are three interfaces to them: graphical, console and native. First 
is very useful, because it use cluster map visualization. Console is good 
for task scheduler, and native tool - for advanced users and programmers.

   Design of the UltraDefrag is very ergonomic: no skins, no localization, 
no animation and so on. It's true small and powerful program!

   It can be used on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003,
Windows Vista and all of the 64-bit editions of Windows.
NT 4.0 support is currently unavailable.

   Note that you must have administrative rights to run defragmenter!

   More information is available at http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net


2. Features and restrictions

+ optimal algorithm
+ support basic include/exclude filters
+ exclude zero-length files and files that are placed in MFT
+ full support of compressed files processing
+ 'Compact' command optimize free space disposition
+ generate useful html report
+ nice graphical interface
+ full x64 support

* don't support volumes with more than 4.294.967.295 clusters

- don't work on NT 4.0
- gui don't work if screen color depth is less than 16 bits per pixel

3. Bug Tracker

   Please report all problems and bugs in our bug tracker:
                 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=199532

   NOTE: include please in your report following data:
   1. If you see 'Blue Screen Of Death' as result of UltraDefrag working 
   then include important parts of messages on them.
   2. In other cases run Sysinternals DebugView before you start UltraDefrag 
   and include in your report last 200 significant messages (or less). 
   You can free download DebugView here:
                 http://www.sysinternals.com

   For help requests visit our forum:
                 http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=199532

   Other messages you can send to authors email:
                dmitriar@gmail.com


4. Frequently Asked Questions

See the FAQ.TXT file.


5. Building UltraDefrag

See the INSTALL.TXT file.


6. History

See the HISTORY.TXT file.


7. Who is responsible

See the CREDITS file.


8. Copyright

   Copyright (C) 2007 by Dmitri Arkhangelski.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA