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

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> "Markus Eßmayr" <essmayr/at/racon-linz.at> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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*
>

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
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> 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-(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> 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

"Richard Urban" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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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.

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:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello to the defragmentation-tool-developer-team,
>
> please please add some progress information to the tool.
> Thanks very much!
>
> Max
>

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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello to the defragmentation-tool-developer-team,
>>
>> please please add some progress information to the tool.
>> Thanks very much!
>>
>> Max
>>
>

"Richard Urban" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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.

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

--

Libertarian Forever!

"Markus Eßmayr" <essmayr/at/racon-linz.at> wrote in message
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> "t-4-2" <t-4-(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>>
>> 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
>I'm wondering if you downloaded Auslogics Registry Defrag. I've never heard
>of the Disk Defrag causing any problems on XP or Vista.

Mark