Disc Defragment in windows vista?

windows vista is a very stupid operating system you should get an windows 7 ultimate it is the same as windows vista but with many things improved.

with vista i had to reinstall my windows each month

To defrag in vista, you need to have an account with admin rights if I am not wrong. The other possibility is that some of the services required for the defrag to run are not enabled, and this is causing problems. A third possibility is that there is file system corruption and you need to run chkdsk/r to fix it before you can defrag.

You can always download the free trial version of Diskeeper 2009, install it and try defragging with it. It's an excellent defragger, and works far better than the windows default defragger.

http://www.diskeeper.com/

Firstly eliminate all malware, run AV scans and download a good spyware scanner.

Some common reasons why you cant run a defrag are-

Programs interrupting its function can cause the defragmenter to restart or hang. That’s one of the drawbacks of the built in defragger, you cant defrag and use the PC simultaneously.

Disk errors, (run chkdsk before defrag)

Lack of free space , the built in defragmenter needs atleast 15% free space, for which you can try running a diskcleanup.

Fragmented system files which the Windows defragger cannot defrag neither can any of the free defraggers.

I'd suggest installing a third party tool like Diskeeper, which has many advantages like real time background defrag, system file defrag, low free space defrag and a nice GUI. Try the free 30 day trial version.

http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.aspx

Unlike XP on vista defrag runs in the background. It is working and defragging it is just not giving you the window to see what it is doing like on XP

You can also go under the settings and tell vista when or how often you would like it to defrag your pc.

Some do it monthly I do mine weekly because of the amount of downloads I get.

Download this. It's a free download and it's recommended by all the PC magazines and is 100% better and faster at defragging than the windows version. You can also look at other files as it defrags unlike the windows version. I use it all the time.

http://majorgeeks.com/Auslogics_Disk_Defrag_d5266....

On windows Vista its 'automatic' its on a timer - comes on once a week (wednesdays) in the AM does its job and then turns its self turns off - when I click on the page it tells me when it was last on and the date and time the next one will be - I never have to touch it. How do you know 'nothing' is happening ?. what are you expecting to see ?............. As long as its 'enabled' it will work.

Go to the control panel - systems - and make sure its 'enabled' - it will show a small flickering green light.

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Quite often with defrag, even though you instruct a defrag of your computer, it will only carry out that instruction automatically on turning your computer on the next time.

If you are concerned, I suggest going to windowsliveonecare and running their scanner which includes defrag.

turn windows derfrag off and get iobit smart defragger

its free and once you have done a full defrag , mine took 20 mins you can schedule it for when ever you want

mine is set for everyday and takes about 6mins running in background and does not slow your system down , so everyday my hard disk is at full working order without me having to do anything

dont get windows7 as makota says its not no where near the finished version and over 2.4 million ppl have had viruses from downloading it

i got windows vista and difrafement doesnt help windows vista

it takes ages to do it and runs on longer and there is no end