Disk Defragging

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Is there a way to determine when a defrag was last run on a system? I know a
lot of folks probably would not care about the issue, but I have a friend
that has asked and I can't answer the question truthfully.

Thanx
 
I don't know, but you can run Defrag's "Analyze" and it will show you the
bloody red lines that represent fragmented files. It will also tell you
"This drive does (or does not) need defragmentation." (Quote approximate.)

Walter's Rule, however, overrides that: (WR Part 1)if you have to ask when
you last defragged the drive, it needs defragging; (WR Part 2) all drives
always need defragging.
 
David said:
Is there a way to determine when a defrag was last run on a system? I know a
lot of folks probably would not care about the issue, but I have a friend
that has asked and I can't answer the question truthfully.

Thanx
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Search the help for your defragging app for the word "log" and
see if it turns up anything useful. For example, PerfectDisk on
the system I am using now has a simple text file called
"PerfectDisk.log". If your defragging app doesn't create its
own log file, then use Event Viewer to look at the Application Log.

In my App Log, for example, there is an entry every time I boot
up because the defragging engine for PerfectDisk is loaded every
time I boot. Any addition entries for PerfectDisk during that
session represent actual usage of the program.
 
PerfectDisk will also log at the end of a defrag pass (manual or scheduled)
information about the just completed defrag run - including elapsed/cpu
time, % fragmented, number of fragmented files, etc...

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

Want to email me? Delete ntloader.
 
David said:
Is there a way to determine when a defrag was last
run on a system? I know a lot of folks probably
would not care about the issue, but I have a friend
that has asked and I can't answer the question truthfully.
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My guess would be in the Event log somewhere, if any.

Cheers,

Cliff
 
Walterius said:
Walter's Rule, however, overrides that: (WR Part 1)if you have
to ask when you last defragged the drive, it needs defragging;
(WR Part 2) all drives always need defragging.
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Walter's Rule is false. 1) I don't know when I last
defragged my drive and 2) when I run the defragger over it
it reports that none of my partitions need defragging.

Cheers,

Cliff
 
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