Vista's defragger doesn't show status

[tigersty1e]

I liked how in XP, the defragger showed you the completion percentage, but in Vista this doesn't even come up.

Is there a way to enable this function?

Also, I read somewhere that Vista only defrags files larger than 64 MB. I want maximum performance especially when I game, so is my drive not getting defragged to the maximum?

 

[Nothinman]

I guess you missed the half-dozen or so other Vista defrag related threads in the forum?

 

[nerp]

This is how many seconds of time you should spend thinking about defrag in Vista.

0.

This is the time saved by worrying or doing anything beyond the automatic defragmentation system in Vista.

0.

 

[tigersty1e]

Originally posted by: nerp
This is how many seconds of time you should spend thinking about defrag in Vista.

0.

This is the time saved by worrying or doing anything beyond the automatic defragmentation system in Vista.

0.

I would agree, but my hard drive sounds so loud. I want to be in control when my drive thrashes.

 

[Cutthroat]

If it's a new install, let Vista defrag a couple of time on it's own and it'll calm down. If it's an old install, look into rubber grommets for mounting your HDD in your case.

 

[nerp]

HD noise is not an indication of fragementation in Vista. Vista will churn the HD a lot more than any OS you've ever used because it's doing a lot of things in the background -- indexing, superfetch, to name just two. Try to wean yourself from the association that HD access = sluggishness / problems / fragmentation. If you had a silent HD and didn't see the LED, you'd have no idea anything was going on in the background. I know it's hard getting used to it but it will not impact performance or get in the way of foreground tasks to have the HD chugging away.

One solution for you would be to get some bungee cords or a drive suspension kit to isolate the HD so it's not touching the chassis at all. This will reduce a great deal of HD noise from the computer. I did this with my raptor and it made a huge difference. The noise didn't bother me to begin with, but I'm in a bit of a silencing kick these days and figured I'd see what I can do.

I can understand that drive access is alarming. But as long as your computer is responsive and does what you want it to, worrying about the HD being accessed should fade away.

 

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: nerp
One solution for you would be to get some bungee cords or a drive suspension kit to isolate the HD so it's not touching the chassis at all. This will reduce a great deal of HD noise from the computer. I did this with my raptor and it made a huge difference. The noise didn't bother me to begin with, but I'm in a bit of a silencing kick these days and figured I'd see what I can do.

Um, that reduces vibration noise (if any) but does not reduce the noise of the hard drive internally. It has no real effect that I've ever noticed for silencing a hard drive that is noisy during reads/writes.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
I liked how in XP, the defragger showed you the completion percentage, but in Vista this doesn't even come up.

Is there a way to enable this function?

Also, I read somewhere that Vista only defrags files larger than 64 MB. I want maximum performance especially when I game, so is my drive not getting defragged to the maximum?

Have you tried the free ones like Defraggler (by makers of CCleaner) worth a try,you can always uninstall it if you don't like the program so really nothing to lose as they say.

Screenshots of Defraggler.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: nerp
One solution for you would be to get some bungee cords or a drive suspension kit to isolate the HD so it's not touching the chassis at all. This will reduce a great deal of HD noise from the computer. I did this with my raptor and it made a huge difference. The noise didn't bother me to begin with, but I'm in a bit of a silencing kick these days and figured I'd see what I can do.

Um, that reduces vibration noise (if any) but does not reduce the noise of the hard drive internally. It has no real effect that I've ever noticed for silencing a hard drive that is noisy during reads/writes.

Not true from my experience; the majority of HD noise being heard is due to the case itself transmitting the vibrations. Suspending the drive will reduce percieved noise for both its whine and head seeking. Sure, a raptor is loud and will still be heard but the difference between a suspended and non-suspended drive is night and day. Any lingering noise would have to be eliminated through ducting and insulating.

I hope you're trying to correct me as if I was implying that suspending a drive would magically make the drive itself quieter, which should be obvious -- Putting on sunglasses doesn't make the sun burn less bright.