Defrag progress

[abnrange]

Hello,

Is it possible to have defrag use a progress bar for status?

We currently defrag (bat file) workstations once a month and would like to have some kind of status.

Thanks

[holtgrewe]

You could probably use a 'best guess' or 'swag' to establish your progress bar, based on an anticipated time to completion. The MicroSoft XP defrag (% completed) is mezmerizing to watch, and jumps huge amounts periodically; and MS Vista doesn't even show a status currently for defrag'ing (that I know of).
A lot of this depends on the size of the drive and how much of the capacity was used...and of course which defragger (is that a word?) you use.

That said, if you can estimate how log your defrag takes, you can set up your progress bar accordingly.

Google is your friend...

[abnrange]

We have 80gig drives that take about 15 minutes.

How can I sent the progress bar accordingly?

nRange =0;
Label.SetVisible("Progress1", true);
Page.StartTimer(1000);

Progress.SetCurrentPos("Progress1", 1000);
Progress.SetVisible("Progress1", true);

result = File.Run("c:\\windsows\\system32\\defrag.exe", "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL, false);