defragmenter on vista

[Maz]

There is no progress bar when running defrag on Vista. Is there an option to enable one? Doesnt even tell you which file its currently working on. Only an unhelpful vague message saying 'this may take a few minutes or a few hours'.

 

[accountantpete]

You could try Defraggler - on my XP it's a lot quicker than the Windiows defrag and does keep a running total of the fragmented items. On the new one you go into the menu and select quick defrag.

 

[ianrauk]

Smart Defrag is my defragger of choice.
Much faster then Microsofts.

 

[2Loose]

Another vote for Defraggler (by the CCleaner team)

 

[growingvegetables]

Another vote for Defraggler (by the CCleaner team)

+1 - and touch wood, it doesn't "break down".

 

[lordloveaduck]

Vista does not show the progress of the defrag program. +1 for prirform defrag program (it's free)

http://www.piriform.com/defraggler

 

[John_c]

Id simply ditch Vista, its a bloated OS, you'd be better of going back to XP or upgrading to Win7. As far as defragging goes, I've always found the one built into Tune-Up Utilities to be very effective.

 

[Stonepark]

My favourite is Diskeeper, as it can also help storage on your disc reducing defrag needs.

 

[ian turner]

Think you'll find that in vista (and 7 for that matter) that it's scheduled to run on a regular basis so there's no real benefit of running it yourself unless you disabled the schedule or have just freed up a significant chunk of disk space on a fairly full drive in which case you'll want a defragmenter that will move files to defragment the free space as well.

 

[buddha]

Has nobody sued Microsoft for that waste-of-hard-disk-space that is Vista?