I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista tells
me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart from the
fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why would
Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and is there
any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

Brandon Taylor

It's designed to work in the background.
Forgetaboutit.


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"Brandon Taylor" wrote in message
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I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista
tells me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart
from the fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why
would Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and
is there any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

Brandon Taylor

Brandon Taylor;872354 Wrote:
I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to
Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista
tells
me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart from
the
fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why would
Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and is
there
any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

Brandon Taylor

other than 3rd party options not really, there is a completion gauge in
the command line version in vista but the changes in the GUI version is
based on the fact that it is supposed to run in background and use as
few resources as possible so the "bells and Whistles" are not needed


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Hi Brandon,

Every time you use the pc, you incur some measure of fragmentation. Rather
than do it wholesale and then wait for a deterioration in performance before
doing it again, the defrag routine in Vista is ongoing. By doing it this
way, it constantly works to optimize performance, employing times when the
machine isn't in use. You don't need to see it, as the level of
fragmentation is immaterial. If you really want to see a machine defrag,
then there are plenty of third party products that will turn you pc into a
display to watch while you wait for it to finish. Personally, I'd rather
just use my machine and not watch blocks move (unless I'm playing tetris).

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"Brandon Taylor" wrote in message
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I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista tells
me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart from the
fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why would
Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and is
there any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

Brandon Taylor

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:25:49 -0500, "Brandon Taylor"
wrote:

I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista tells
me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart from the
fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why would
Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and is there
any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

This question has been asked a bazillion times already.

GOT GOOGLE?


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"Dave" wrote in message
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It's designed to work in the background.
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"Brandon Taylor" wrote in message
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I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista
tells me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart
from the fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why
would Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and
is there any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

Brandon Taylor

Vista's defrag runs as a low priority process in the background. So, it
has no 'proper' GUI, drive map or ETA.

If you want a GUI, drive map, faster defrags, more features etc, then
you'll need to buy a commercial program such as Diskeeper 2008.

BTW, there is no need to close running processes to defrag in XP or
Vista, unlike for Win 9X. Almost all files can be defragged within
Windows itself (Diskeeper even defrags the MFT from within XP when it's
running). For defragging the paging file and some metadata, a boot-time
defrag will do the trick, and closing processes is irrelevant because
you are doing it from 'outside' Windows anyway.


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Brandon Taylor;1054137 Wrote:
I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to
Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista
tells
me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart from
the
fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why would
Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and is
there
any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

Brandon Taylor

If you want an automatic defragger which also shows the defrag process,
the best option in my opinion is Diskeeper 08


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On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:27:00 +0000, namdeo
wrote:


Brandon Taylor;1054137 Wrote:
I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to
Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista
tells
me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart from
the
fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why would
Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and is
there
any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

Brandon Taylor

If you want an automatic defragger which also shows the defrag process,
the best option in my opinion is Diskeeper 08

For a freebie that has all the pretty boxes and progress indicator
PLUS which can be run either auto or in the background while
everything else is running (just like Diskeeper), try Smart Defrag:

http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html

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Thanks for all the suggestions, but I think I'll stick it out with the
Windows program for now.

"The Max" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:27:00 +0000, namdeo
wrote:


Brandon Taylor;1054137 Wrote:
I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to
Windows
XP, the Disk Defragmenter would tell me exactly how much of the
defragmentation process was complete. Now, I find that Windows Vista
tells
me absolutely nothing about what Disk Defragmenter is doing, apart from
the
fact that the utility is in fact running. My question is, why would
Microsoft throw out such a useful feature in Disk Defragmenter, and is
there
any course of action I can take regarding this dilemma?

Brandon Taylor

If you want an automatic defragger which also shows the defrag process,
the best option in my opinion is Diskeeper 08

For a freebie that has all the pretty boxes and progress indicator
PLUS which can be run either auto or in the background while
everything else is running (just like Diskeeper), try Smart Defrag:

http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html

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