Perfect Disk trashed my desktop hard drive. Be careful. I've got to
reformat & begin again.



"Rick Kirchoff" wrote:

> Instead of paying for a disk defrag, why not use a Free one? I tried the
> trial version of perfectdisk and was not impressed with it especially after
> seeing the difference that the free version made on my system. The pay
> program, perfecdisk, didn't really speed up my system. However, this free
> version sped up my system noticeable and you can see what it is doing as
> well.
>
> http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php
>
> The free version's link is above.
>
> "David A. Lessnau" wrote:
>
> > The simplest options to defrag just C: would be just plain "defrag c:" . If
> > you do that "defrag /?" I mentioned earlier, you'll see all the possible
> > parameters for the command. To force defrag to defragment even the big
> > fragments it normally wouldn't touch on that drive and use verbose mode, you
> > could use "defrag c: -w -v" .
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "neil.t." <neilt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news3A39F62-29B3-4CD5-999C-DE394B0CFC07@microsoft.com...
> > >I was wondering also, what if you have 2 or 3 hard drives and only want to
> > > defrag the OS and programs C: drive? I have about 300GB of backups and
> > > music
> > > on two other large hard drives that I don't think needs to be
> > > "automatically"
> > > defraged everytime I just want to defrag the most used OS drive.
> > > I guess I will also look in to a third party defrager if I can't defrag
> > > which ever drive I want to.
> > >
> > > Thanks also,
> > >
> > > Neil
> > >
> > >
> > > "David A. Lessnau" wrote:
> > >
> > >> If you just want an analysis of the drive fragmentation, you can do the
> > >> following:
> > >> - Find your Command Prompt program (normally Start | All Programs |
> > >> Accessories)
> > >> - Right-click on it and select Run As Administrator
> > >> - Type "defrag -c -a -v" (that should give you a verbose (-v) analysis
> > >> (-a)
> > >> of all volumes (-c).
> > >> - For other options, type "defrag /?"
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:3074BF31-6C93-4662-9EC9-EC5D5EFE794E@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Yeah, but I liked the analyse button in XP. I used it on customers
> > >> > computers
> > >> > to see whether they needed to be defragged or not. And also, the old
> > >> > way
> > >> > with
> > >> > the % complete was very handy.
> > >> > Mick
> > >> >
> > >> > "John Barnett MVP" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> The graphical interface for defrag was removed because it wasn't
> > >> >> deemed
> > >> >> necessary. I don't think many people are willing to spend hours in
> > >> >> front
> > >> >> of
> > >> >> the screen watching little boxes being shuffled around the screen as
> > >> >> they
> > >> >> get put into a contigious order.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If you want to see what goes on with defragmentation then you need to
> > >> >> buy
> > >> >> a
> > >> >> third party defragmentation application. For preference I would
> > >> >> recommed
> > >> >> PerfectDisk (see the following link on my website for a review of
> > >> >> PerfectDisk)http://vistasupport.mvps.org/perfectdisk_8.htm
> > >> >>
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> John Barnett MVP
> > >> >> Associate Expert
> > >> >> Windows - Shell/User
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> > >> >> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
> > >> >>
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> > >> >>
> > >> >> "Dino+" <Dino@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >> news:EEDA27B9-00D0-494F-A543-32B9954112F7@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> > The disk defrag in vista does not show much. Is there a way to see
> > >> >> > the
> > >> >> > details and at what point it is, or when it will be finished?
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >