Analyze Disk Fragmentation

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Hi. I've just moved over from XP to Vista, and I'm wondering why vista
doesn't give me the option of Analyzing whether or not my drive needs
defragmenting. I'd do the analysis once a month in XP and it almost always
told me it was unnecessary.

I'd be grateful if an MVP could respond to my question.
 
Benzmum said:
Hi. I've just moved over from XP to Vista, and I'm wondering why vista
doesn't give me the option of Analyzing whether or not my drive needs
defragmenting. I'd do the analysis once a month in XP and it almost always
told me it was unnecessary.

I'd be grateful if an MVP could respond to my question.
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try Auslogics defrag. it's free. sorry I'm not an MVP.
 
Try this; open the command promt elevated as an administrator. At the
command prompt type defrag c: -s

This will analyze the hard drive and tell you the fragmentation level of the
drive.

Hope that helps.

Eddie Johnson
 
Duuu-uuhhh.... Where's the command prompt in XP? I don't see "Run" where it
was in XP (i.e., on the start menu).
 
The command prompt is located in Accessories. click start, click programs,
click accessories, right click command prompt, click run as administrator
 
To add the Run command to the Start menu: Right click on the Start Orb > select
Properties > Start Menu tab > Customize button > scroll down and check "Run
command".


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To add the Command Prompt to the start menu: Start Orb > All Programs >
Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and select "Pin to Start Menu" (you
can also select "Add to Quick Launch" .


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You're welcome.

Wouldn't it be nice if all problems had such a simple solution?


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Benzmum said:
Duuu-uuhhh.... Where's the command prompt in XP? I don't see "Run"
where it
was in XP (i.e., on the start menu).
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In the search box right above the start button, type 'command'. Right
click it when it shows up, choose 'run as administrator'.
 
Thanks so much, everyone, for your input. Eddie, Cassandra, & Cal: big help
with those tips.

I've run defrag c: -s and got some stats, but I never got the > prompt back,
and my CPU is still chugging away (about 20 minutes later). How long should
it take to do the analysis? XP used to take about 30 seconds.
 
Well I think I just defragmented c drive. I started out with a report saying
percent file fragmentation = 1%. When the process completed, 2 hours later,
it said fragmentation was 0%. So I guess -s doesn't just do an analysis.
 
Further on defragmenting analysis: I just discovered that when you open the
Disk Defragmenter in Vista, it automatically analyzes your hard drive. It
took about 3 minutes, tops, and came up with "Your file system performance is
good. You do not need to defragment at this time." Just tripped over this
while reading help files on performance and maintenance. So there it is - as
simple as that!
 
With Vista, as part of it's improved security scheme, you are not a true
administrator. You are an "Administrative User". The true administrator
account can be enabled however.


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f_vo said:
yes Cal, but when i installed Vista and the name of the
administrator
was asked, i did put in my name, so there is nobody else to refer
too.

In this case i am the only administrator, and not having problems
with
it.

Sometimes Vista says: "you need administrator rights", give me a
break
here Bill (Gates):
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You apparently have UAC enabled. If you don't like it, disable it.
 
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