A feature of "find and show a file" would be nice for MyDefrag...

[joeyeti]

You know, you type in a filename and MyDefrag, while working, will locate the file you typed in and show it blinking on the drive display.

I remember seeing such a feature in one of the older defragmenters (can't remember which) and it was nice for the user to see where a particular file is currently located...

[ff_mfg]

That would be a very useful feature for debugging your scripts. I had to create more than one script just to highlight specific file(s) on a disk map for that.
Other tools probably exist that can do that ... in fact, I just found one installed (and forgotten about). But it's slow and unwieldy.
The whole point here would be an option to quickly check various filebooleans without reloading all disk data structures (which can be quite slow if disk has a huge number of files). Otherwise a simple highlight script would do. Or maybe not. A small file could be hard to find without the blinking option.

[Darlis]

HDView is the tool you need.

[ff_mfg]

HDView is the tool you need.

That is exactly the one I was talking about with words like "slow" and "unwieldy"
Even running highlight script is faster (with the added positive of filebooleans).
Plus file search in hdview works weird. Search only lists files, from there I can click to see LCNs. But to highlight a file I need to use another command, and file flashes for only a second? And if the file is not in the current view highlight does nothing. Either I do not understand how to use it, or it's usability is very, very poor indeed.

[Darlis]

Even running highlight script is faster (with the added positive of filebooleans).

HDView needs about the same analysis time as MyDefrag. And you have to restart MyDefrag every time you want to highlight other files.

and file flashes for only a second? And if the file is not in the current view highlight does nothing.

Nope, the file(s) stay highlighted, even those currently not visible in the zoomable view.
Maybe you used an older version of HDView?

[ff_mfg]

Even running highlight script is faster (with the added positive of filebooleans).

HDView needs about the same analysis time as MyDefrag. And you have to restart MyDefrag every time you want to highlight other files.

Ok, that time it might have been a fluke. I remember hdview taking like 3-5 minutes to analyze my system volume. Now I timed it and it is within 10-20% the same as MyDefrag (more dependent on disk caching though).

and file flashes for only a second? And if the file is not in the current view highlight does nothing.

Nope, the file(s) stay highlighted, even those currently not visible in the zoomable view.
Maybe you used an older version of HDView?

Hmm, indeed I was. But aside from fragmentation list, I can see no difference. I'm not sure what was happening when I tried to use it before, now I see highlighting. Except there's still a problem: current view doesn't move to where found file is. If file is small, it's not seen on the whole map on the right. So I have to find it with another command, double-click to see LCN, remember LCN, close that window and manually scroll till I find that LCNs region. Am I missing something again?

And still, wouldn't it be great to test FileBooleans without reanalyzing the disk each time?...