[Defragmentation] Feature request!

Hello to the defragmentation-tool-developer-team,

please please add some progress information to the tool.
Thanks very much!

Max

"Markus Eßmayr" <essmayr/at/racon-linz.at> wrote in message
news:%23mgfesHoIHA.4928@xxxxxx The built-in defragmenter is very much more of a background process, most
users won't ever open the UI. Even if it did have a progress bar, they're
very rarely accurate.

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Well, I see.
As I have disabled the background defragmenting, I run the whole thing
manually from time to time and so it would be quite nice to see a bit more
of what's going on.

Would you recommend to use another defragmentation tool?
Maybe there are some out there (maybe Freeware) that offer some
visualization.

Max

"Paul Smith" <Paul@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Most people have better things to do with their time than sit and watch
little boxes or bars being shifted around.

The Vista defragmenter is a background service that does what must be done -
when your computer is idle. It needs no interaction from you and is
sufficient for the task.


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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OkeAjOJoIHA.2636@xxxxxx What I dislike is looking at the task schedular event log and see that the
defrag aborted because it ran more than 3 days. And I can see it start and
stop during each of the last 3 days. But I have no clue as to what it did.
Is it caught in a loop?

m

If you want to see what's going on for free Auslogics is good. I use
Diskeeper which is not free but has a very nice interface with lots of
options like offline defrag, and automatic defrag. It's a top-notch program
and works great. It does have a full function free trial.

Mark

"Markus Eßmayr" <essmayr/at/racon-linz.at> wrote in message
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Why is it so hard to understand what this person wants. A lot of people want
to see what is going on.

Mark

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OkeAjOJoIHA.2636@xxxxxx How about Microsoft letting *US* decide what we want to see or not see?
They could add an option to run in either GUI mode or in background mode.

I don't like companies (or governments or other people for that matter)
deciding what I should be allowed to see.

Tom Lake

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I use Piriform (same people that publish CCleaner) Defraggler. OK with Vista
and can defrag DriveSpace as well as files.

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"Markus Eßmayr" <essmayr/at/racon-linz.at> wrote in message
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I'm with you, Mark. Have been using Diskeeper for several years, now, on
several units - it's efficient and reliable, and I love being able to
customize when it does its thing and how often. I have it defragging my
tower's drives and my USB drive as well, in the wee small hours when I'm
asleep.

LesleyO

"Mark" <83097markcynt@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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