Defrag on Vista compared to XP

G

Guest

Hi all,

Just wondering if the defrag interface found in Vista is to be the one they
will release in the final version. (No visual input concerning anything
really except the report that the drive does or doesn't need defragmentation.)

I'm asking this because after seeing from Vista that my main Vista drive
didn't need defragmentation, when I came back to my WinXP pro partition, I
decided to check with it's defrag tool to see how it looked.. turns out XP
recommended a defrag (while Vista didn't) and after defragmenting it (wasn't
sure if it would break Vista or not :), it turns out that now Vista is MUCH
faster (disk wise of course) and there was a lot of defragmentation done as
well.

That's it.. just wanted to share my experience with others as well as hoping
MS will add a better interface (and perhaps a more efficient defrag would be
nice as well).
 
M

mikeyhsd

right now the vista defrag is broken, spins its wheels and accomplishes nothing.

you can check the fragment % from a command prompt by using
defrag "drive" /a

it reports like ANALYZE in xp.

running defrag multiple times and checking using the /a shows it does nothing.




(e-mail address removed)



Hi all,

Just wondering if the defrag interface found in Vista is to be the one they
will release in the final version. (No visual input concerning anything
really except the report that the drive does or doesn't need defragmentation.)

I'm asking this because after seeing from Vista that my main Vista drive
didn't need defragmentation, when I came back to my WinXP pro partition, I
decided to check with it's defrag tool to see how it looked.. turns out XP
recommended a defrag (while Vista didn't) and after defragmenting it (wasn't
sure if it would break Vista or not :), it turns out that now Vista is MUCH
faster (disk wise of course) and there was a lot of defragmentation done as
well.

That's it.. just wanted to share my experience with others as well as hoping
MS will add a better interface (and perhaps a more efficient defrag would be
nice as well).
 
M

Michael

Would Diskeeper 7.0 or higher work in vista?
Michael

right now the vista defrag is broken, spins its wheels and accomplishes
nothing.

you can check the fragment % from a command prompt by using
defrag "drive" /a

it reports like ANALYZE in xp.

running defrag multiple times and checking using the /a shows it does
nothing.




(e-mail address removed)



Hi all,

Just wondering if the defrag interface found in Vista is to be the one they
will release in the final version. (No visual input concerning anything
really except the report that the drive does or doesn't need
defragmentation.)

I'm asking this because after seeing from Vista that my main Vista drive
didn't need defragmentation, when I came back to my WinXP pro partition, I
decided to check with it's defrag tool to see how it looked.. turns out XP
recommended a defrag (while Vista didn't) and after defragmenting it (wasn't
sure if it would break Vista or not :), it turns out that now Vista is MUCH
faster (disk wise of course) and there was a lot of defragmentation done as
well.

That's it.. just wanted to share my experience with others as well as hoping
MS will add a better interface (and perhaps a more efficient defrag would be
nice as well).
 
W

William R. Mosher

No. Go to Diskeeper's home page and search their site for Vista. They have a beta of Diskeeper 10 Professional that you can download and install for free. It is much better than the Defrag that comes with Vista.

William
Would Diskeeper 7.0 or higher work in vista?
Michael

right now the vista defrag is broken, spins its wheels and accomplishes
nothing.

you can check the fragment % from a command prompt by using
defrag "drive" /a

it reports like ANALYZE in xp.

running defrag multiple times and checking using the /a shows it does
nothing.




(e-mail address removed)



Hi all,

Just wondering if the defrag interface found in Vista is to be the one they
will release in the final version. (No visual input concerning anything
really except the report that the drive does or doesn't need
defragmentation.)

I'm asking this because after seeing from Vista that my main Vista drive
didn't need defragmentation, when I came back to my WinXP pro partition, I
decided to check with it's defrag tool to see how it looked.. turns out XP
recommended a defrag (while Vista didn't) and after defragmenting it (wasn't
sure if it would break Vista or not :), it turns out that now Vista is MUCH
faster (disk wise of course) and there was a lot of defragmentation done as
well.

That's it.. just wanted to share my experience with others as well as hoping
MS will add a better interface (and perhaps a more efficient defrag would be
nice as well).
 
R

rOy cOOrne

William said:
No. Go to Diskeeper's home page and search their site for Vista. They have a beta of Diskeeper 10 Professional that you can download and install for free. It is much better than the Defrag that comes with Vista.
Click to expand...
....

I looked through www.diskeeper.com and *only* found the Diskeeper 10
Professional 30 days trial - which denied being installed on Vista
Beta 2 telling me it was for another OS.

Is there a special Diskeeper 10 Pro Beta?

Roy
 
G

Guest

ahh, good stuff to know.. appreciate the info..(both the /a switch and the
fact that the current Defrag isn't working). Will give Diskeeper 10 a try if
the one I downloaded is indeed the one for Vista (site wasn't quite specific
about the download proper).

Thx Mikey.
 
G

Guest

Good to know.. I'll give it a try if I'm able to download the Vista Beta
program (link brings you to trialware.. but perhaps it's still working in
Vista.. about to install and see.. if it does work, I'll post it here).

Thx for input.
 
G

Guest

Ok, first try didn't work.. I'll do as you specified and actually SEARCH for
the keyword Vista.. perhaps it'll bring me to the correct link...

ahh, it worked... type in Vista in the search box (located in the upper
right) to find the proper link.. (second link in the search result window).

Can't wait to try it out..

Thx much
 
G

Guest

Works, and works very well! I love the fact they have both See it and forget
it, as well as manual defrag (flash back to dos Norton Defrag :)

Very happy to have found this tool.. Thx all for the help
 
Z

Zapper

Can you guys that have Diskeeper up and working on x64 give detailed
instructions of what you did?
I went to the site, and signed up for the Professional x64 version..which is
listed as being Vista compatible.
I link that I was sent was for:
Diskeeper10_Professional64_TW_30day
I tried to install as Admin, and it failed an OS check. I then clicked the
Properties and set it for XP SP2 and Server 2003 and Run as Admin, it again
failed the OS check...

EDIT: YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP AS BUSINESS, if you choose HOME, it will kick you
to the standard versions!!!!
 
E

Ed_

Heres a link.
http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp
Click to expand...

Thanks for the link and info. I downloaded and installed, and then defragged
the C drive. No problems, so far. (32bit).

Where did you get a serial number to register it? I had to quit the
registration with indications to try again but I haven't been able to find a
serial number.

Ed_
 

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