Defragmenter

[mayor]

I get the impression from you that the satisfaction and desires of the users
are not very important. Is MS incapable of providing both a great defrag
engine and a great interface?

--
Leo
Don't steal. The government hates competition.

 

[Tom Lake]

Other than the UI, which has created an overwhelming (majority good, tech
community often very very bad) response, why buy PerfectDisk?

I'd like to know if the UI is the "only" thing. If the UI is your beef,
what 1 thing in the UI do you want most? I know there may be 100's but
generally there is 1 thing that would affect your satisfaction with defrag
the most. Feel free to rant about the other things, but put the most
important thing at the top. UI or engine, 1 feature or thing that bothers
you/you want and would make you nearly happy.

If you're request for feedback isn't facetious, I'd like to add my bit:
I'd like an engine that totally defrags ALL fragmented files, system or not
at the option of the user. If it has to run before Windows starts to
complete
the user's chosen level of defrag, so be it.
I'd like the GUI to accurately reflect the process and I'd like the ability
to
turn off the GUI if I wanted the defrag to run in the background.

In short, LET US, NOT THE PROGRAMMER, DECIDE WHAT'S
GOOD FOR US!!!

Tom Lake
Tom Lake

 

[Victoria House [MSFT]]

Wasn't facetious. Will take into consideration.

May I recap/verify:

-The non-UI issue (most important to you?) is the ALL defragment file
(excluding of course unmovable files which... we can't move... but including
system files that might be considered risky.)
-The UI issues are all design issues based on your desire for more knowledge
about your system and what your software is doing. This seems to be what
people are mostly uhappy with.
-You are not prioritizing beefs with speed of defrag or effectiveness of
defrag, so these are at least good enough that they don't warrant
mentioning.


Anyone else?

Thanks for responding.
-Victoria

 

[David A. Lessnau]

Believe it or not, my biggest gripe with the defragmenter is the total lack
of a pretty picture showing me what's going on. I find such a display very
useful for eye-balling how badly fragmented the drive is and about how long
it will take to finish defragmenting. I understand Microsoft's rationale
for removing the pretty picture (don't confuse us rubes with unnecessary
distractions (i.a., keep everything clean and simple)), but I'd still like
an option to turn the pretty picture back on for those of us capable of
finding the option (though maybe I've already failed that test ).

 

[Tom Lake]

Wasn't facetious. Will take into consideration.

May I recap/verify:

-The non-UI issue (most important to you?) is the ALL defragment file (excluding of
course unmovable files which... we can't move... but including system files that
might be considered risky.)
-The UI issues are all design issues based on your desire for more knowledge about
your system and what your software is doing. This seems to be what people are
mostly uhappy with.
-You are not prioritizing beefs with speed of defrag or effectiveness of defrag, so
these are at least good enough that they don't warrant mentioning.

Since the defrag can be done in the background, speed isn't so important to me
since I'm not prevented from using my system while defragging.

Tom Lake

 

[Victoria House [MSFT]]

There were a couple of other reasons other than confusing my dear mom with
the complicated interface
https://blogs.technet.com/filecab/articles/440717.aspx

Seriously though, thanks for the feedback.

Another comment stated that speed is not an issue if you can choose to have
graphics or not, since one can use the volume during defrag.
Is this true for you as well?

 

[David A. Lessnau]

Given the choice, I'd rather have the defragmenter tie up the whole system
for 10 minutes while it does the job, instead of seeing it sitting there
slowly chugging away for an hour. But, I fully realize I'm in a minority
there. Regardless of speed, I really miss seeing those little red lines
move around and turn green. It gives me a sense of accomplishment (I gotta
get a job ). I'm not losing sleep over this, it's just that I'd prefer
having an image showing me what's happening while it's working.

 

[BobC]

http://auslogics.com/

I have been using defragger from "Auslogics: since early in the beta
test,fast and 'shows" what is happening<g>
Rgds

I am displeased with the 'choice' MS has made with the defrag in Vista.
The 'brilliant' comment was directed at MS for that inexplicable 'choice.'

Because of the defrag issue and other 'choices' MS has made with Vista I
am leaning toward retaining XP and not purchasing Vista.

--
Leo
If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished.