Options for disk defragmenter

[Chuck Braman]

Disk defragmenter seems to only show options for *when* to defragment. How
can I access options of *which* disks I can choose to defragment, and see
information as to how fragmented they are initially, so as to determine
whether I want to defragment them in the first place?

 

[Dustin Harper]

Check out this link for more information:
http://www.support4vista.com/tutorial/manually-defrag-vista.htm

It gives you the command line options and explains the usage a little bit.
Works like a charm.

 

[Chuck Braman]

Thanks for your help; that article answers the question. I find it
frustrating, though, that you have to type command lines to do anything with
disk defragmenter. What is this, 1982?! Thanks, Microsoft--I think I'll just
buy a third party utility.

As a bare minimum, it would be nice, since it's so automated, to be able to
at least set what disks it defragments automatically.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Chuck

The Vista Service Pack 1 will add the ability to select which drives you
wish to defrag. They do listen.

 

[Dustin Harper]

I'm running SP1 (OEM Final 64 Bit), and I'm not seeing where to select the
option for the drive. Am I missing something?

 

[Don]

Sweet, glad to hear that.

--
Don

Chuck

The Vista Service Pack 1 will add the ability to select which drives you
wish to defrag. They do listen.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

--
Don

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[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Dustin

When you start disk defragmenter, you should now see a 'Select Volumes'
button on the first screen