subject: System Mechanics Vs Spotmau PowerSuite: Which One to Choose for Windows Maintenance? [print this page] System Mechanics Vs Spotmau PowerSuite: Which One to Choose for Windows Maintenance?
Spotmau PowerSuite and Iolo System Mechanics are two Windows utilities software that targets similar market. It is true that Iolo successfully attracted a broader audience with its balance between Windows optimization and maintenance features. You can see for instance that even though both of them offer optimization features like registry cleaner, junk files wiper, Windows settings tweaker as well as features like Bootcare or Drive Medic for maintenance purpose, Iolo manage to give customers a real balance between the two functions by solidifying each functions. On the other hand, Spotmau seems to be fall behind in Windows optimization aspect. You can see from its optimization tools that actually is only shortcuts to much of Windows own services. But if you look at a closer look, Spotmau has more succeeded in bringing a complete package for Windows maintenance than Iolo.
Among other things, we can see this comparison in System Mechanics' Drive Medic and Spotmau PowerSuite's BootCare. These two modules have the same fundamental function: Booting up your computer in a time when your Windows fails. Their presences function as recovery toolkits for your troubled Windows or system so that you can do your normal activities with it again. First, if we look System Mechanics recovery console, we will easily see that it resembles Windows Recovery Console in a way that both run under Dos-based command. This means that you will not find fancy interface here. In order to run the console, you just put the bootable CD that you created with System Mechanics in your CD drive and let your computer boots from there. As soon as you are in, on-screen instructions will guide you through the whole process. You won't find any mouse command here as everything is based on keyboard shortcut command. In functionality aspect, Drive Medic only lets you scan your hard drive and fix any detected problem. Although it is quite helpful when you want to fix corrupted hard drive sectors, it certainly is not enough to meet recovery standard. We will not find disk backup, cloning, and restoring. We will neither find file recovery nor file transfer. This is not to mention Windows restore access, lost Windows password retriever, and partition manager. So it's quite limited overall.
Spotmau PowerSuite on the other hand offers lots more flexibility. Unlike Drive Medic, under its BootCare module it brings more applicable recovery tools. Almost every single of its tools that can run under Windows can also be run here. And this availability becomes so important that this factor alone can determine between successful or failure recovery. So imagine that you suddenly cannot boot up your computer in the most unexpected moment. With System Mechanics, you can only scan and repair hard drive errors. While with Spotmau PowerSuite, instead of just doing that, you can bring out full Windows restore, you can backup your important files or make a full system restore, recover your deleted or formatted files in case it is wiped out by drive failure, fix your damaged Master Boot Record, rebuild your corrupted or missing NTLDR and copy it from your Windows CD, or in case you are in a hurry you can just transfer your important files for a meeting while solving the problem latter. All of these recovery attempts can be done with simple clicks of a mouse.
As conclusion, Spotmau PowerSuite manages to outperform Iolo System Mechanics in Windows maintenance and emergency recovery aspect. With its more applicable tools and easy to use interface, Spotmau PowerSuite confidently becomes the better choice than its competitor. And if you look for Windows optimization software, you should check TuneUp Utilities before going with System Mechanics as its offers more innovative optimization method.
