How to show advanced display view for Windows Vista Disk D..

Matt Callaghan · External Since: Mar 20, 2007 Posts: 3

With Vista's new disk defragmenter, we apparently cannot see the 'detailed
view' of the disks status as far as disk fragmentation goes.

Is there a way for us to show this view that once existed in Windows XP?

Robert Moir · External Since: Nov 24, 2006 Posts: 445

"Matt Callaghan" <MattCallaghan.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> With Vista's new disk defragmenter, we apparently cannot see the 'detailed
> view' of the disks status as far as disk fragmentation goes.
>
> Is there a way for us to show this view that once existed in Windows XP?

No. Not without purchasing a 3rd party product.

The issue has come up in these groups *countless* times, and Microsoft have
their own very good reasons for doing this, which you may or may not end up
agreeing with. In either case, rather than repeating the same old stuff
again and dragging the thread out for ages while everyone chips in with
their favourate bit of defrag folklore or suggestions for 3rd party
software, or complaints that Bill Gates himself should have consulted them
personally before Microsoft did this, I'm going to go ahead and suggest you
use google to search the archives of the Microsoft.Public.Windows.Vista
newsgroups for defrag.

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Ronnie Vernon MVP · External Since: Jan 09, 2007 Posts: 1325

Matt

You might want to take a look at the following FAQ from the Microsoft
product team that designed the defragmenter in Vista. It explains in depth
why certain decisions on how the defragmenter works in Vista were made.

The Filing Cabinet : Disk Defragmenter FAQ:
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/pages/disk-defragmenter-faq.aspx

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"Matt Callaghan" <MattCallaghan.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> With Vista's new disk defragmenter, we apparently cannot see the 'detailed
> view' of the disks status as far as disk fragmentation goes.
>
> Is there a way for us to show this view that once existed in Windows XP?

GarFish · External Since: Mar 19, 2007 Posts: 5

Thanks for posting that article. Now the trick is to get everyone to read it.

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Matt
>
> You might want to take a look at the following FAQ from the Microsoft
> product team that designed the defragmenter in Vista. It explains in depth
> why certain decisions on how the defragmenter works in Vista were made.
>
> The Filing Cabinet : Disk Defragmenter FAQ:
> http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/pages/disk-defragmenter-faq.aspx
>
> --
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> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Matt Callaghan" <MattCallaghan.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FD7E8BE2-442D-4376-9D6B-46ADF02DF193@microsoft.com...
> > With Vista's new disk defragmenter, we apparently cannot see the 'detailed
> > view' of the disks status as far as disk fragmentation goes.
> >
> > Is there a way for us to show this view that once existed in Windows XP?
>
>

Ronnie Vernon MVP · External Since: Jan 09, 2007 Posts: 1325

Your welcome.

I agree, getting everyone to read the article if the difficult part.

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"GarFish" <GarFish RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for posting that article. Now the trick is to get everyone to read
> it.
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
>> Matt
>>
>> You might want to take a look at the following FAQ from the Microsoft
>> product team that designed the defragmenter in Vista. It explains in
>> depth
>> why certain decisions on how the defragmenter works in Vista were made.
>>
>> The Filing Cabinet : Disk Defragmenter FAQ:
>> http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/pages/disk-defragmenter-faq.aspx
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Matt Callaghan" <MattCallaghan RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:FD7E8BE2-442D-4376-9D6B-46ADF02DF193@microsoft.com...
>> > With Vista's new disk defragmenter, we apparently cannot see the
>> > 'detailed
>> > view' of the disks status as far as disk fragmentation goes.
>> >
>> > Is there a way for us to show this view that once existed in Windows
>> > XP?
>>
>>

rhugga · External Since: Jun 16, 2009 Posts: 1

Robert Moir;2684254 Wrote:
> "Matt Callaghan" <MattCallaghan DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:FD7E8BE2-442D-4376-9D6B-46ADF02DF193@microsoft.com...
> > With Vista's new disk defragmenter, we apparently cannot see the
> 'detailed
> > view' of the disks status as far as disk fragmentation goes.
> >
> > Is there a way for us to show this view that once existed in Windows
> XP?
>
>
> <USELESS WHINE SNIPPED>
>
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Don't you just love all the socially challenged, glass half-empty
dipsh$ts on the net now days..

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ionnes · External Since: Aug 06, 2009 Posts: 1

I'd just like something so I can see how fragmented my disk is. I don't
need to watch a progress bar or anything like that, just a tool to see
what the drive's like. I'm using a laptop so it's rarely on when disk
defrag is scheduled to run. I'd like to be able to check and see how
bad the disk is before I decide why the laptop's running slow.

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Bill Daggett · External Since: Jul 11, 2009 Posts: 48

ionnes <ionnes.3wibvb.DeleteThis@DoNotSpam.com> wrote:

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>I'd just like something so I can see how fragmented my disk is. I don't
>need to watch a progress bar or anything like that, just a tool to see
>what the drive's like. I'm using a laptop so it's rarely on when disk
>defrag is scheduled to run. I'd like to be able to check and see how
>bad the disk is before I decide why the laptop's running slow.

Welp... one thing for sure: it's not running slow because of disk
fragmentation.

Gordon · External Since: Mar 24, 2009 Posts: 95

"ionnes" <ionnes.3wibvb RemoveThis @DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'd just like something so I can see how fragmented my disk is. I don't
> need to watch a progress bar or anything like that, just a tool to see
> what the drive's like. I'm using a laptop so it's rarely on when disk
> defrag is scheduled to run. I'd like to be able to check and see how
> bad the disk is before I decide why the laptop's running slow.
>

A defragmented disk is almost NEVER the main reason for a slow-running
machine..

13th_Panther · External Since: Aug 08, 2009 Posts: 1

well i never paid it any attention as to the ststus bar i just do it and
let it do its thing .

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