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Iolo Technologies System Mechanic 5 Professional

By Barry Brenesal, CNET.com on 06 May 2005

No utility package is perfect, but Iolo System Mechanic 5.0 Professional is the current leader. If you're looking for one utility suite to fine-tune your hard drive and protect its contents, this is the one to get.

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  uuff gave 8/10 on 27/01/2008 08:46 Report abuse

  good for my pc

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  ran gave 2/10 on 07/02/2007 04:39 Report abuse

  Do a google search for 'problems with boot time defragmentation iolo' - the results speak for themselves. Research before installing and using. I didn't and am paying heavily for the slip up.

  • Good: Promises everything.
  • Bad: Delivers loads of problems in the short and long term.
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  oswin tony gave 6/10 on 15/10/2006 14:20 Report abuse

  good good one for the coomin period

  good one for the coomin period

  • Good: good one for the coomin period
  • Bad: good one for the coomin period
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  Anonymous gave 1/10 on 07/06/2005 02:29 Report abuse

  Everything Norton System works does at half the price

  Overall great product. Keeps the registry clean. Removes short cuts that are left over from unistalling programs. The free up RAM feature is really nice too. I especially like the start up manager. You can set up different start ups and save them and switch to them later. People who have problems with defrag not finishing should check their power options. Your hard drive will turn off even if its running which causes it not to finish. Other than that it works great. Just takes awhile to run.

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  simondm gave 1/10 on 16/05/2005 03:16 Report abuse

  The Best Utility Software I have used

  I have been using Norton Systemworks until recently. Iolo's System Mechanic is by far the better of the two. It has optimised and protected my computer to a much higher degree. It also is running about 30% faster than when it had Norton Systemworks maintaining my computer. It also comes with a Anti-Virus program that detected viruses that Norton Antivirus didn't even find!

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  Anonymous gave 1/10 on 11/05/2005 17:30 Report abuse

  Excellent

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  geoff brown gave a review on 10/05/2005 17:44 Report abuse

  Great but too pricey

  i dont have a bank at my disposal so i would not buy either of these products due to price alone. Sounds good but no thanks.