[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
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> Hello to the defragmentation-tool-developer-team,
>
> please please add some progress information to the tool.
> Thanks very much!

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.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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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" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> "Markus Eßmayr" <essmayr/at/racon-linz.at> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Hello to the defragmentation-tool-developer-team,
>>
>> please please add some progress information to the tool.
>> Thanks very much!
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>

Markus Eßmayr;686201 Wrote:
> 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
> news:476CD09D-18E2-4A3F-801B-0935DC435810@xxxxxx> > >
> > > "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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Paul Smith,
> > > Yeovil, UK.
> > > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> > > 'Paul Smith's Blog' (http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/)
> > > 'The Windows Resource' (http://www.windowsresource.net/)
> > >
> > > *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
> > > > >
Hello, Markus
If watching the defrag in action is what you want, You can try
Auslogics Disk Defrag. Once the defrag started, you'll see a defrag map
colour coded, i.e. RED = fragmented, BLUE = defragmented, GREEN =
allocated space ,YELLow = MFT , and GREY = free space. At the same time
,names of the files will be flashing as well as total # of files, how
many fragmented files, how many defragmented files. At the end you can
click open the defrag summary. Guess your mouth is watering now, right ?
To put icing on the cake, it's free to download. Go to google search,
enter Auslogics. OH, it is FAST.
Personally, other than being fancy, I don't see any difference in
result ( or lack of it ).
Let me know how much you like it.


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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.


"Markus Eßmayr" <essmayr/at/racon-linz.at> wrote in message
news:%...
> Hello to the defragmentation-tool-developer-team,
>
> please please add some progress information to the tool.
> Thanks very much!
>
> Max
>

"t-4-2" <t-4-> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:t-4-...
>
> Markus Eßmayr;686201 Wrote:
>> 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
>> news:476CD09D-18E2-4A3F-801B-0935DC435810@xxxxxx> > >
>> > > "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.
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Paul Smith,
>> > > Yeovil, UK.
>> > > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> > > 'Paul Smith's Blog' (http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/)
>> > > 'The Windows Resource' (http://www.windowsresource.net/)
>> > >
>> > > *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>> > > > >
> Hello, Markus
> If watching the defrag in action is what you want, You can try
> Auslogics Disk Defrag. Once the defrag started, you'll see a defrag map
> colour coded, i.e. RED = fragmented, BLUE = defragmented, GREEN =
> allocated space ,YELLow = MFT , and GREY = free space. At the same time
> ,names of the files will be flashing as well as total # of files, how
> many fragmented files, how many defragmented files. At the end you can
> click open the defrag summary. Guess your mouth is watering now, right ?
> To put icing on the cake, it's free to download. Go to google search,
> enter Auslogics. OH, it is FAST.
> Personally, other than being fancy, I don't see any difference in
> result ( or lack of it ).
> Let me know how much you like it.
>
>
> --
> t-4-2

Hello,

no, it's not watching coloured boxes what I want to do.
But I just want anything to see, how long the whole thing might take.
Thats really all.
BTW, I hate every program doing something in the background!

Just downloaded the Auslogics thing and ran it on my XP box.
After clicking the button to run the defragmentation, I got a wonderful blue
screen.
Thats definitively a thing I DON'T want to see!
I really prefer seeing nothing instead of this!

Does it work on your PC?

Thanks, Max

Markus Eßmayr;686246 Wrote:
> "t-4-2" <t-4-> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:t-4-...> > >
> > >
> > > Markus Eßmayr;686201 Wrote:
> > > Hello, Markus
> > > If watching the defrag in action is what you want, You can try
> > > Auslogics Disk Defrag. Once the defrag started, you'll see a defrag
> > map
> > > colour coded, i.e. RED = fragmented, BLUE = defragmented, GREEN =
> > > allocated space ,YELLow = MFT , and GREY = free space. At the same
> > time
> > > ,names of the files will be flashing as well as total # of files, how
> > > many fragmented files, how many defragmented files. At the end you
> > can
> > > click open the defrag summary. Guess your mouth is watering now,
> > right ?
> > > To put icing on the cake, it's free to download. Go to google search,
> > > enter Auslogics. OH, it is FAST.
> > > Personally, other than being fancy, I don't see any difference in
> > > result ( or lack of it ).
> > > Let me know how much you like it.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > t-4-2 > >
>
> Hello,
>
> no, it's not watching coloured boxes what I want to do.
> But I just want anything to see, how long the whole thing might take.
> Thats really all.
> BTW, I hate every program doing something in the background!
>
> Just downloaded the Auslogics thing and ran it on my XP box.
> After clicking the button to run the defragmentation, I got a
> wonderful blue
> screen.
> Thats definitively a thing I DON'T want to see!
> I really prefer seeing nothing instead of this!
>
> Does it work on your PC?
>
> Thanks, Max
Most definitely yes. I use it once every 2 weeks. My pc is Dell, vista
home premium 32-bit. What " wonderful blue screen "? Any chance you
downloaded the wrong program ? Oh, I'll go find you a link. Come back
with a new post.


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"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 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.

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

> "Markus Eßmayr" <essmayr/at/racon-linz.at> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Hello to the defragmentation-tool-developer-team,
>>
>> please please add some progress information to the tool.
>> Thanks very much!
>>
>> Max
>>
>

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
news:%...
> Hello to the defragmentation-tool-developer-team,
>
> please please add some progress information to the tool.
> Thanks very much!
>
> Max
>

t-4-2;686268 Wrote:
> > Markus Eßmayr;686246 Wrote:
> > "t-4-2" <t-4-> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:t-4-...
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > no, it's not watching coloured boxes what I want to do.
> > But I just want anything to see, how long the whole thing might take.
> > Thats really all.
> > BTW, I hate every program doing something in the background!
> >
> > Just downloaded the Auslogics thing and ran it on my XP box.
> > After clicking the button to run the defragmentation, I got a wonderful
> > blue
> > screen.
> > Thats definitively a thing I DON'T want to see!
> > I really prefer seeing nothing instead of this!
> >
> > Does it work on your PC?
> >
> > Thanks, Max> >
> Most definitely yes. I use it once every 2 weeks. My pc is Dell,
> vista home premium 32-bit. What " wonderful blue screen "? Any chance
> you downloaded the wrong program ? Oh, I'll go find you a link. Come
> back with a new post.
Ok. It's called Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.4.14.3 ( 1.39 MB ) Here is the
link
'Auslogics - Download Auslogics Disk Defrag'
(http://www.auslogics.com/en/software...efrag/download)


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