Hi. I was wondering how I could see the details of my disk fragmentation in
Vista Home Premium. I recently had my computer go through a full diagnostic
at Best Buy and it said that my disk was 26% fragmented with a suggestion
that it stay below 10%. I was wondering if there was anything in Vista that
would allow me to see the percentage so I can defrag to keep under the 10% or
if I need a third party program.

Jon wrote:
> Hi. I was wondering how I could see the details of my disk fragmentation in
> Vista Home Premium. I recently had my computer go through a full diagnostic
> at Best Buy and it said that my disk was 26% fragmented with a suggestion
> that it stay below 10%. I was wondering if there was anything in Vista that
> would allow me to see the percentage so I can defrag to keep under the 10% or
> if I need a third party program.

if you do need another prog, may i suggest,
Auslogics Disk Defrag,
http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/

its free

ghost

"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi. I was wondering how I could see the details of my disk fragmentation
> in
> Vista Home Premium. I recently had my computer go through a full
> diagnostic
> at Best Buy and it said that my disk was 26% fragmented with a suggestion
> that it stay below 10%. I was wondering if there was anything in Vista
> that
> would allow me to see the percentage so I can defrag to keep under the 10%
> or
> if I need a third party program.


From an elevated command prompt:
Defrag <vol>: /a /v
Or
Defrag <vol>: /a
(for less verbose output. The statistic you're concerned about, % file
fragmentation, will be in either report).

Defrag should be scheduled to run automatically once per week on Wednesday
night when your computer is idle and not asleep.
See All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Defragmenter to check your
schedule.

If your computer is never idle+not asleep, you can run defrag manually from
the command prompt (defrag /? for details)

-Victoria

Victoria

Users are not interested in statistics.. they want bars and little squares
to watch.. it doesn't matter that one would require 4 billion more squares
in the Win 9x family or a 5 mile long bar in XP to portray accurately what
is happening.. just a few thousand will do as long as the user can see
something moving about..


"Victoria House [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:17503BD8-7B5C-41FF-A2DD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi. I was wondering how I could see the details of my disk fragmentation
>> in
>> Vista Home Premium. I recently had my computer go through a full
>> diagnostic
>> at Best Buy and it said that my disk was 26% fragmented with a suggestion
>> that it stay below 10%. I was wondering if there was anything in Vista
>> that
>> would allow me to see the percentage so I can defrag to keep under the
>> 10% or
>> if I need a third party program.
>
>
> From an elevated command prompt:
> Defrag <vol>: /a /v
> Or
> Defrag <vol>: /a
> (for less verbose output. The statistic you're concerned about, % file
> fragmentation, will be in either report).
>
> Defrag should be scheduled to run automatically once per week on Wednesday
> night when your computer is idle and not asleep.
> See All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Defragmenter to check
> your schedule.
>
> If your computer is never idle+not asleep, you can run defrag manually
> from the command prompt (defrag /? for details)
>
> -Victoria
>
>

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

"Mike Hall - MS MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Victoria
>
> Users are not interested in statistics.. they want bars and little squares
> to watch.. it doesn't matter that one would require 4 billion more squares
> in the Win 9x family or a 5 mile long bar in XP to portray accurately what
> is happening.. just a few thousand will do as long as the user can see
> something moving about..
>
>
> "Victoria House [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:17503BD8-7B5C-41FF-A2DD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi. I was wondering how I could see the details of my disk
>>> fragmentation in
>>> Vista Home Premium. I recently had my computer go through a full
>>> diagnostic
>>> at Best Buy and it said that my disk was 26% fragmented with a
>>> suggestion
>>> that it stay below 10%. I was wondering if there was anything in Vista
>>> that
>>> would allow me to see the percentage so I can defrag to keep under the
>>> 10% or
>>> if I need a third party program.
>>
>>
>> From an elevated command prompt:
>> Defrag <vol>: /a /v
>> Or
>> Defrag <vol>: /a
>> (for less verbose output. The statistic you're concerned about, % file
>> fragmentation, will be in either report).
>>
>> Defrag should be scheduled to run automatically once per week on
>> Wednesday night when your computer is idle and not asleep.
>> See All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Defragmenter to check
>> your schedule.
>>
>> If your computer is never idle+not asleep, you can run defrag manually
>> from the command prompt (defrag /? for details)
>>
>> -Victoria
>>
>>
>
> --
>
>
> Mike Hall
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>
>
>



Ahhh, I see.

Or a progress bar, or a percentage, anything but a meaningless spinning thingy.


"Victoria House [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:ObD%(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Mike Hall - MS MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Victoria
>>
>> Users are not interested in statistics.. they want bars and little squares
>> to watch.. it doesn't matter that one would require 4 billion more squares
>> in the Win 9x family or a 5 mile long bar in XP to portray accurately what
>> is happening.. just a few thousand will do as long as the user can see
>> something moving about..
>>
>>
>> "Victoria House [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:17503BD8-7B5C-41FF-A2DD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Hi. I was wondering how I could see the details of my disk
>>>> fragmentation in
>>>> Vista Home Premium. I recently had my computer go through a full
>>>> diagnostic
>>>> at Best Buy and it said that my disk was 26% fragmented with a
>>>> suggestion
>>>> that it stay below 10%. I was wondering if there was anything in Vista
>>>> that
>>>> would allow me to see the percentage so I can defrag to keep under the
>>>> 10% or
>>>> if I need a third party program.
>>>
>>>
>>> From an elevated command prompt:
>>> Defrag <vol>: /a /v
>>> Or
>>> Defrag <vol>: /a
>>> (for less verbose output. The statistic you're concerned about, % file
>>> fragmentation, will be in either report).
>>>
>>> Defrag should be scheduled to run automatically once per week on
>>> Wednesday night when your computer is idle and not asleep.
>>> See All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Defragmenter to check
>>> your schedule.
>>>
>>> If your computer is never idle+not asleep, you can run defrag manually
>>> from the command prompt (defrag /? for details)
>>>
>>> -Victoria
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Mike Hall
>> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> Ahhh, I see.
>

"Cal Bear '66" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Or a progress bar, or a percentage, anything but a meaningless spinning
> thingy.

But the way defraggers work just about *anything* except the beginning and
end reports might as well be a "meaningless spinning thingy" for all the
good it does you.

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again; if you want to watch
something while your computer is defragmenting then put on a movie or visit
youtube.com or something

I prefer to defrag at the end of the day, and would like to know when, or
approximately when, I can turn the computer off and go to bed.

I was hypnotized by the moving multicolored boxes, but, yes indeed, it
would be nice to know just how badly fragmented the drive is before I
proceeded with defragmenting, and a report of how successful the process
was after completion.

One Care (free with purchase of Vista) gives you a percentage, but it doesn't
tell you which drive, and only after it completes it's whole optimizing routine, can
you see which drives completed. C: ALWAYS fails (too defragmented, will
try again the next time One Care optimization runs).


"Robert Moir" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Cal Bear '66" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news7ECF0D4-B26B-4EC4-B55B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Or a progress bar, or a percentage, anything but a meaningless spinning
>> thingy.
>
> But the way defraggers work just about *anything* except the beginning and
> end reports might as well be a "meaningless spinning thingy" for all the
> good it does you.
>
> I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again; if you want to watch
> something while your computer is defragmenting then put on a movie or visit
> youtube.com or something
>
>

"Cal Bear '66" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> Or a progress bar, or a percentage, anything but a meaningless spinning
> thingy.

"Victoria House [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

> "Mike Hall - MS MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> Victoria
>>
>> Users are not interested in statistics.. they want bars and little
>> squares
>> to watch.. it doesn't matter that one would require 4 billion more
>> squares
>> in the Win 9x family or a 5 mile long bar in XP to portray accurately
>> what
>> is happening.. just a few thousand will do as long as the user can see
>> something moving about..

>> "Victoria House [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>>> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>>>> Hi. I was wondering how I could see the details of my disk
>>>> fragmentation in
>>>> Vista Home Premium. I recently had my computer go through a full
>>>> diagnostic
>>>> at Best Buy and it said that my disk was 26% fragmented with a
>>>> suggestion
>>>> that it stay below 10%. I was wondering if there was anything in Vista
>>>> that
>>>> would allow me to see the percentage so I can defrag to keep under the
>>>> 10% or
>>>> if I need a third party program.

>>> From an elevated command prompt:
>>> Defrag <vol>: /a /v
>>> Or
>>> Defrag <vol>: /a
>>> (for less verbose output. The statistic you're concerned about, % file
>>> fragmentation, will be in either report).
>>>
>>> Defrag should be scheduled to run automatically once per week on
>>> Wednesday night when your computer is idle and not asleep.
>>> See All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Defragmenter to check
>>> your schedule.
>>>
>>> If your computer is never idle+not asleep, you can run defrag manually
>>> from the command prompt (defrag /? for details)

> Ahhh, I see.

Just set it to run automatically at a time you're not using the system. What
is the big deal?

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

I have a laptop at home running Vista. When I get home I turn it on and I
use it intermittently until bed, when I turn it off. Last night I think I
heard it defragging while I was watching The Office (a very good episode).
This took me zero effort. And you know what? Even if I turned the computer
off before defrag completed, defrag would've picked up again the next day
while I was in the bathroom, or cooking dinner, or doing laundry. I've never
seen my fragmentation level go above 5% when I've bothered to check it,
which is rare.

Give Vista a chance to do this task while you're doing better things with
your time. Give it a month, see how you like it.

--
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"Cal Bear '66" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CC695484-FA0B-46FC-89A2-(E-Mail Removed)...
I prefer to defrag at the end of the day, and would like to know when, or
approximately when, I can turn the computer off and go to bed.

I was hypnotized by the moving multicolored boxes, but, yes indeed, it
would be nice to know just how badly fragmented the drive is before I
proceeded with defragmenting, and a report of how successful the process
was after completion.

One Care (free with purchase of Vista) gives you a percentage, but it
doesn't
tell you which drive, and only after it completes it's whole optimizing
routine, can
you see which drives completed. C: ALWAYS fails (too defragmented, will
try again the next time One Care optimization runs).


"Robert Moir" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Cal Bear '66" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news7ECF0D4-B26B-4EC4-B55B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Or a progress bar, or a percentage, anything but a meaningless spinning
>> thingy.
>
> But the way defraggers work just about *anything* except the beginning and
> end reports might as well be a "meaningless spinning thingy" for all the
> good it does you.
>
> I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again; if you want to watch
> something while your computer is defragmenting then put on a movie or
> visit
> youtube.com or something
>
>