See Disk Defrag like XP version
Posted by admin on Mar 24th, 2007
The disk defrag in vista does not show much. Is there a way to see the details and at what point it is, or when it will be finished?
Posted by admin on Mar 24th, 2007
The disk defrag in vista does not show much. Is there a way to see the details and at what point it is, or when it will be finished?
Mar 26th, 2007 at 06:47 am
Nope. You can read about it until you weep by doing a search for "defrag" in this forum. "Dino+"
Mar 29th, 2007 at 01:33 pm
The graphical interface for defrag was removed because it wasn't deemed necessary. I don't think many people are willing to spend hours in front of the screen watching little boxes being shuffled around the screen as they get put into a contigious order.If you want to see what goes on with defragmentation then you need to buy a third party defragmentation application. For preference I would recommed PerfectDisk (see the following link on my website for a review of PerfectDisk)vistasupport.mvps.org/perfectdisk_8.htm John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Shell/UserWeb: xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: vistasupport.mvps.orgThe information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.."Dino+"
Apr 3rd, 2007 at 04:29 am
Yeah, but I liked the analyse button in XP. I used it on customers computers to see whether they needed to be defragged or not. And also, the old way with the % complete was very handy. Mick"John Barnett MVP" wrote:
Apr 3rd, 2007 at 10:19 pm
If you just want an analysis of the drive fragmentation, you can do the following: Find your Command Prompt program (normally Start | All Programs | Accessories) Rightclick on it and select Run As Administrator Type "defrag c a v" (that should give you a verbose (v) analysis (a) of all volumes (c). For other options, type "defrag /?" "Mick"
Apr 5th, 2007 at 02:59 pm
I was wondering also, what if you have 2 or 3 hard drives and only want to defrag the OS and programs C: drive? I have about 300GB of backups and music on two other large hard drives that I don't think needs to be "automatically" defraged everytime I just want to defrag the most used OS drive. I guess I will also look in to a third party defrager if I can't defrag which ever drive I want to.Thanks also,Neil "David A. Lessnau" wrote:
Apr 9th, 2007 at 03:49 am
The simplest options to defrag just C: would be just plain "defrag c:" . If you do that "defrag /?" I mentioned earlier, you'll see all the possible parameters for the command. To force defrag to defragment even the big fragments it normally wouldn't touch on that drive and use verbose mode, you could use "defrag c: w v" . "neil.t."
Apr 12th, 2007 at 08:29 pm
Instead of paying for a disk defrag, why not use a Free one? I tried the trial version of perfectdisk and was not impressed with it especially after seeing the difference that the free version made on my system. The pay program, perfecdisk, didn't really speed up my system. However, this free version sped up my system noticeable and you can see what it is doing as well. auslogics.com/diskdefrag/index.phpThe free version's link is above. "David A. Lessnau" wrote:
Apr 15th, 2007 at 04:46 pm
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:43:12 0700, Rick Kirchoff Just stay away from the omnipresent "Download our GeneralPurpose SpeederUpper" buttons that permeate their UI... optimist left on the planet. <casmill2> >
Apr 19th, 2007 at 05:34 am
Perfect Disk trashed my desktop hard drive. Be careful. I've got to reformat & begin again."Rick Kirchoff" wrote: