Re: How to show advanced display view for Windows Vista Disk Defragmentation


ionnes <ionnes.3wibvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I'd just like something so I can see how fragmented my disk is. I don't
need to watch a progress bar or anything like that, just a tool to see
what the drive's like. I'm using a laptop so it's rarely on when disk
defrag is scheduled to run. I'd like to be able to check and see how
bad the disk is before I decide why the laptop's running slow.

Welp... one thing for sure: it's not running slow because of disk
fragmentation.
.

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