Display defrag status vista

Yes it's possible Yeah vista defragmenter sucks It goes at least times as fast and does a better job. DMANbluesfreak , Oct 2, R , Oct 3, Vista's defragmenter has no option to see the progress display or to gauge when the defrag will be complete.

As I've said before, it's a great idea i. Sadly, it looks like SP1 won't fix the broken Vista defragger apart from giving an option of selecting the volumes on which it will run. If it worked properly, then it would have been killer - fully automatic and smart defrag without the user needing to do a thing Andromeda , Oct 3, In Windows XP there was option by which you can view all in details. I cannot find that here. Does Vista defrgamentation tool has Detailed View.

If yes then how to access that. Join Date Sep Posts Vista has a basic Disk Deframentation tool. I checked the my partition with the same and noticed everytime that it shows disk are proper. While compared to that the tool provided in XP was more effective.

There is no option available by which you can simply put XP tool back in Vista. It would be better enough. I have list of some third party software's which does the same job. But yet I am a bit doubtful about using the same. Disk Defragmentation tool does not do any special thing.

It just arranges or organize the data. That's all. Many think that this boost the system performance. But a very little changes are made. There is a short FAQ on Defragmentation tool.

You can read the same to get detailed idea about how it actually works. Disk Defragmenter FAQ. There are many powerful defragmentation software that can be helpful in many ways. I use a software called as Defraggler.

This is one of the basic software that allows you get a bit details view of defrag process and it is easier to use also. I am not sure that this might support Vista or not, but it is much better. There are number of other free tools that works quiet nicely.

But do not perform defrag again and again. Disclaimer: Not everybody will defrag within 8 minutes because the level of fragmentation on each hard drive is different.

The point I am trying to get across is that Power Defrag can defrag in a fraction of the time it takes Windows Defrag to defragment. Click here to download Power Defragmenter and Contig.

They are both bundled together here. What you need to know about contig is that it is a bit different than the other defragment programs out there — it is a single-file defragmenter. If contig determines that the file can be optimized, it is then moved into the free spaces of the disk. No installation is required.

The next step is to run Power Defragmenter. Click next , and you will arrive at the screen below:. Defragment File s : Allows you to defragment up to 4 files Defragment Folder s : Allows you to defragment up to 4 folders Defragment Disk: Allows you to defragment a disk PowerMode TM Disk Defragmentation: Defragments at a power equivalent to two consecutive defragmentations.

Time does not necessarily double. This is pretty much the fastest defragment you can ever get with great effectiveness. Update: This is the only down-side to contig. It does not really tell you how well the fragmentation process went but as you could see from the visuals above, it is quite effective.

If you wait minutes before closing the window after the process is finished, the following statistics will be displayed: — Hard Drive Space — Free Space — Largest free space extent — Percent File Fragmentation.

While that may be true, many are noticing an increase in performance once they defrag their system, including myself. To defragment or not to defragment is entirely up to you.