Disk Defrag Customizing Vista Discuss Disk Defrag in the Windows Vista forums; Does anyone know of a way to give Disk Defrag the classic view as under XP and previous versions? I like seeing the sectors and segments defrag so that I ...

[MyRobot]

Does anyone know of a way to give Disk Defrag the classic view as under XP and previous versions? I like seeing the sectors and segments defrag so that I know my progress.

[Wiggles]

to Vista Babble and Hi!

From what I know there is nothing you can do to get the classic view (or basically the view that tells you what the hell is going on). lol
You would need to download a third party program, I would recommend Auslogics Diskdefrag.

Hope this helps!
Wiggles.

[Snuffy]

Originally Posted by MyRobot

Does anyone know of a way to give Disk Defrag the classic view as under XP and previous versions? I like seeing the sectors and segments defrag so that I know my progress.

As stated by Wiggles- get a 3rd party Defrag... because Vista Defrag is what you see is what you get...(suks). I also recommend Auslogic Defrag. I use and it really is Fasssssssssst.

[MyRobot]

I have the AusLogics Disk Defrag installed I was just hopping that someone might have a clue on "fixing" Disk Defrag. Thanks for the replies.

[Wiggles]

Well I did try using the Run command and typing 'Defrag.exe' but the window appears and disappears within a second.

I remember seeing the defrag detail statistics when I was using a tweaking tool for Vista and used Defrag.exe and worked then.
So confusing...

[Snuffy]

Features of the Windows Vista hard disk defragmentation utility
Microsoft has released a Knowledge Base article that describes the new features in Vista’s disk defragmentation utility.
(tags: Disk Defragment )
http://support.microsoft.com/default...rss&spid=11922

[felix8406]

Defrag.exe is a command line. It can be ran by opening command prompt with administrative privilige. When you type defrag.exe, it'll show you the different options, e.g. defrag.exe -c, will defrag all volumes.

[felix8406]

Originally Posted by felix8406

Defrag.exe is a command line. It can be ran by opening command prompt with administrative privilige. When you type defrag.exe, it'll show you the different options, e.g. defrag.exe -c, will defrag all volumes.

Sorry Snuffy, didn't see your post before I posted. Excellent article.

[Wiggles]

Ah thanks felix! I tried opening Defrag.exe from Run but that didn't work but then ran cmd and typed defrag.exe and worked.

[Wiggles]

To MyRobot - you could try running command prompt then typing in 'defrag.exe -c -v' (without the quotes) to get detailed inforamtion after the defrag is finished or you could just stick with Auslogic which I would.