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Introduction The Vista and Windows Server 2008 Defragmentation UI was limited to essential information and controls. Based on user feedback it was found that the UI was too minimal. In Win7 the UI intends to make the defrag operations more transparent
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When it comes to the defragmentation experience, simpler is not always better according to some very vocal Windows gurus. But is Defrag really all that simple? Turns out, there’s quite a bit going on under the covers, especially compared to Defrag in
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A customer in the public Windows Vista newsgroups recently asked us about the –i and –w parameters in the command-line tool Defrag.exe. Georgi Matev provided some helpful answers below: The -i option means that unless the machine is idle, defrag.exe will
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We've added a couple new questions in our Disk Defrag FAQ to cover questions about defrag running at unexpected times (based on Task Scheduler history) and how to check whether Defrag is running. --Jill
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Chat Topic: Disk Defragmentation Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 Wendy [MSFT] (Moderator): Welcome to today’s chat with the Windows Defrag Team. We will try to answer as many questions as we can today. Participants should type their questions, select the
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[Last updated 4/26/07] Why did you simplify the Disk Defragmenter interface? The Windows Vista Disk Defragmenter was simplified primarily for the purpose of removing it out of the face of the user. It runs periodically and keeps your file system fragmentation
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If you've tested the beta versions of Windows Vista, you may have noticed that the Disk Defragmenter tool has been overhauled. We get lots of questions about why we made these changes, how the new tool works, etc. so we've started a Defrag FAQ and will
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