"Kathy" wrote in message
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Why is it that I can't see that it's working? I'd rather be able to see it
running than hope it gets finished - and it never seems to. JMHO
Kathy
"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote in message
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"leon88" wrote in message
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Hey all,

For some strange reason my disk defragmenter has stopped working! I run
it as usual from the start menu, it requests permission to continue,
which I give, and then nothing happens! I've done a search and several
others seem to have this problem as well, but no one's provided a
sollution! Please help!


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leon88


Vista defrag works in the background when nothing else is happening. It
will not show what it has done/is doing. It just does it..

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Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx







Defrag never really finishes because files are being manipulated constantly
by the user. This can be seen by the fact that, having defragged one time,
going back to defrag a week later shows that fragmenting has occurred yet
again.

So, rather than have the user decide on a defrag routine, Vista does it all
in the background, requiring no intervention from the user. In this way, the
hard drive is kept in good condition constantly instead of every now and
again when the user decides that performance is being affected by
fragmentation.

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Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx