PerfectDisk WHS 11 Winners Announced

As you are probably aware we have been running a competition to give away 11 copies of PerfectDisk 11 Windows Home Server Bundle which included a license for both WHS and a PC too.
We were giving away 2 copies per day (apart from Thursday, when we gave away 1 copy) with a prize fund total worth more than $549.

So without further ado here are the winners, as picked by the missus:

On Thursday March 4th we asked you to explain why you should defrag Windows Home Server and congrats to "diehard" who had this to say:

I have a large collection of Recorded TV shows, this is in the TB range, each file is very large. I Belive that streaming these recording to my 360 would be a lot painless if they were properly defragmented. PD11 could do this.

Friday the 5th’s question was to tell us about a new feature in Version 11 of PerfectDisk, and the 2 winners are:

Heaphus – While there are many, I’ll go with enhanced StealthPatrol. It already works great in the current version, but improved performance is always welcome.

Dave – Faster is always better, so that’s a big plus.

Day 3 of the competition and we asked you for your top 3 or 5 add-ins which you always install. Well done to both:

Adam – I just built my WHS, so only have 2 drives for now: 1 750 GB 7200 RPM, and a 1TB 5400 RPM. Looking to add some larger drives as prices drop. My favorite add-ins are Adminime, AutoExit, Avanced Admin Console, and lights-out.

Jeff Griesel – I have 1 120 GB drive for the system and 2 750 gb and 1 1 tb drive for most of the data. I will always install LightsOut, KeepVault, Disk Management, AutoExit, and PerfectDisk if I win it.

Day 4 and we wanted you to tell us your top 3 resources/sites you use to find out news, tips or tutorials on Windows Home Server. Well done to the following 2 people:

Jaffa – We Got Served, Home Server Land, Home Server Hacks

Chris Miller – MSWHS, UsingWindowsHomeServer, WeGotServed

Its day 5, and today’s question was to tell us the top 2 or 3 things you would like to see in Windows Home Server which are currently not in the product. Congratulations to both:

EWiZaRD – 1. Backup system partition 2. Easy migration if system drive to bigger disk 3. Integrated antivirus (Microsoft Security Essentials or something like th

WHS Fan – Sorry, I can’t keep it to 3. I have to go with counting down my top 5: 5) Integration with external network enabled cameras for home security / DVR / remote viewing support. 4) Backup of traveling or remote family PCs. 3) Automated backup of the server (shared folders and backup databases) to either external HD and/or the cloud. 2) Versioning of files in Shared folders. 1) Integration of Media Center features in the WHS (e.g. ability to add tuners directly to the box, Zune podcast downloads, etc.)

Finally for day 6 we said that if you were lucky enough to win a copy you would nearly save yourself $50. So the question was what would you spent that $50 on. We did like Blaine D’s answer: Well, first some sexy lingerie for my wife, and then something practical too.  Nah, forget practical.

But the 2 winners are:

SteveI – I would use the $50 towards upgrading my wife’s laptop that she has soooo patiently waited for while I added goodies to my home server.

Samalama – I’d put the money towards buying decent paid for add-ins. Many are moving slowly from beta to paid for e.g. LightsOut, Disk Manager ertc.

Well done to all 11 of you, your email address’s have been passed on to Raxco Software who will be emailing you download and license information over the next few days. And if you didn’t win thanks for entering and remember you can for a limited period purchase PerfectDisk 11 Windows Home Server for a 20% discount – See here for details.

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