Why can't I start defrag manually?

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Why can't I start defrag manually? Every time I try to run defrag I get the
message it is not necessay to run defrag. Which is great I guess. But what
if I want to run it anyway? If I click on defrag now, it just does the same
thing with the same message.
 
Steve said:
Why can't I start defrag manually? Every time I try to run defrag I get the
message it is not necessay to run defrag. Which is great I guess. But what
if I want to run it anyway? If I click on defrag now, it just does the same
thing with the same message.
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Perhaps there's no fragmentation, at all? It seems unlikely, but I
can't think of any other reason.


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I also find it hard to beleive there is no fragmentation. I have had this
computer since around Feb with lots of use and many install and uninstalls
etc. There has to be something wrong or something I can do. Please help!
 
Steve said:
I also find it hard to beleive there is no fragmentation. I have had this
computer since around Feb with lots of use and many install and uninstalls
etc. There has to be something wrong or something I can do. Please help!
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How often is Vista scheduled to automatically defrag? How long after
one of these scheduled defrags did you attempt the manual defrag?


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I do not have a schedule for defrag so it never runs. I have never been able
to get it to run. Not once!
 
Start> Windows Help & Support> Search on "Defragmenter" (without the
quotes).
 
Thanks for the reply but that doesn't really help me. I know how to start,
schedule and report problems. I don't want to schedule. I like to run it
when I choose. The issue is it will never defrag. It always says my
performance is good and there is no need to run it. I downloaded the
AusLogics free defrag program and ran it. My disk needed it. I look at this
as a bandaid though. I want Vistas defrag to work because it is supposed to
and because I paid for it to.
 
Steve said:
The issue is it will never defrag. It always says my
performance is good and there is no need to run it. I downloaded the
AusLogics free defrag program and ran it. My disk needed it. I look at this
as a bandaid though.
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what fragmentation level did Auslogics (which I've used too) report?
Auslogics is certainly speedy.

Dave
 
Indeed, your disk needed the defragmentation as mine did - the scheduled
(once a week) defragmentation's result over the system drive showed up in
Windows 2000 Defragmenter about 70% in red lines (fragmented files). Even
ordering some of this mess with that defragmenter, still about 50% of the
drive's contents remained fragmented. A most sinister and annoying fact,
also, because the disk spins about 1 hour during the Vista
"defragmentation", just to remain >50% fragmented...
 
Communikator said:
Indeed, your disk needed the defragmentation as mine did - the scheduled
(once a week) defragmentation's result over the system drive showed up in
Windows 2000 Defragmenter about 70% in red lines (fragmented files). Even
ordering some of this mess with that defragmenter, still about 50% of the
drive's contents remained fragmented. A most sinister and annoying fact,
also, because the disk spins about 1 hour during the Vista
"defragmentation", just to remain >50% fragmented...
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Communikator said:
Indeed, your disk needed the defragmentation as mine did - the scheduled
(once a week) defragmentation's result over the system drive showed up in
Windows 2000 Defragmenter about 70% in red lines (fragmented files). Even
ordering some of this mess with that defragmenter, still about 50% of the
drive's contents remained fragmented. A most sinister and annoying fact,
also, because the disk spins about 1 hour during the Vista
"defragmentation", just to remain >50% fragmented...

Something strange is going on here. My son built me this comp and put Vista Prremium on it. What I don't understand is that I cannot get any graphic display to show HOW MUCH of the disk has been defragged. Last night (right now it is 8:37 Sunday 9/9 at about 1:30 a.m. I started the defrag. It is still running right now. How do I know that? Task Manager says my two processors are both working at about 51% and ASUS ACPI Cneter is running along with the Disk Defragmenter, and because I am doing this job right now, Windows Help and Support and Windows Vista Community: Discussion is also showing. Well, be that as it may, I still would like to see a graphics display showing the defrag process as well as HOW MUCH defragging remains to be done. Microsoft! Are you listening??
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wel at least you get a pop up error, whenever i try to run it, nothing
happens, nothing. I even try to run as administrator nothing happens, i
double click, nothing happens, no pop up, no window, no nothing. does anyone
know why?
 
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