Defragmenting a Hard Drive with Windows Vista

2048Megabytes · 08-20-2008, 10:22 PM

Why is when I try to defragment my hard drives with Windows Vista it says this operation is not needed? I used to defragment my hard drives at least once a week when I had Windows XP.

Is the Windows Vista operating system more efficient at organizing clusters on your hard drive than XP is?

Elimin8or · 08-20-2008, 10:39 PM

i dont do much with vista(dont even have it) but maybe IT thinks you dont need it. i would simply do it.

2048Megabytes · 08-20-2008, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elimin8or

i dont do much with vista(dont even have it) but maybe IT thinks you dont need it. i would simply do it.

Vista doesn't give you an option. It states that it is not needed and it won't let you defragment your hard drive.

albo1000 · 08-21-2008, 06:44 AM

I got vista and i can defrag, try a third party program like diskeeper 2008.

chibicitiberiu · 08-21-2008, 07:36 AM

Tune-up utilities is the one I'm using to defrag my hdd. It's a very good program, because you have plenty of more tools to make your computer faster.

**brian** · 08-21-2008, 07:50 AM

try runing in a cmd with admin rights
"defrag C:\ -w -f"

if that works, open notepad and put that in it and save it as defrag.bat and the file type as any. then right click it and go to properties. go to compadability>show settings for all users, run as administrator. then you can run it when ever

marx91 · 08-21-2008, 06:41 PM

auslogics has a free defragmenter...
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software...efrag/download

2048Megabytes · 08-21-2008, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marx91

auslogics has a free defragmenter...
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software...efrag/download

Thanks for the link. I will download it and likely try it out tonight.

It's pretty pathetic that you have to use third party software to do what the operating system should already be doing. Windows XP definitely has advantages over Windows Vista.

2048Megabytes · 08-23-2008, 01:03 AM

I tried the program Auslogics Defragmenter that you suggested. It works great. Thanks Marx91.

reelkill · 08-23-2008, 10:20 AM

Windows vista does its degragmentation automatically in the background without you having to do anything. If I were you and really wanted to do some defrag or just analyze the disk do like brian said go run cmd DEFRAG C: -A (do the a just analyze) for defrag just do DEFRAG C: -F -V

If you miss the pretty gui like everyone else said get some third party software. Most claim you won't need to degrag the hard disks when using windows vista. I think that is what people who run servers do, they run defrag in the background so they have to shut down the servers less often than they would otherwise.

08-20-2008, 10:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
2048Megabytes Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mainland United States Posts: 2,295	Defragmenting a Hard Drive with Windows Vista Why is when I try to defragment my hard drives with Windows Vista it says this operation is not needed? I used to defragment my hard drives at least once a week when I had Windows XP. Is the Windows Vista operating system more efficient at organizing clusters on your hard drive than XP is? __________________ "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Benjamin Franklin Operating Systems: Linux Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows Vista Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS Video Card: MSI R3650-T2D512 OC Radeon HD 3650 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H Memory: Super Talent PC2-6400 2 gigabytes Processor: Phenom 9550 Quad-Core (2.2 gigahertz)

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chibicitiberiu Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Suceava, Ro Posts: 1,222	Tune-up utilities is the one I'm using to defrag my hdd. It's a very good program, because you have plenty of more tools to make your computer faster. __________________ There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don't. If only DEAD people understand hexadecimal, how many people understand hexadecimal? Real programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas — because dec(25) = oct(31).

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brian Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 17 Posts: 4,958	try runing in a cmd with admin rights "defrag C:\ -w -f" if that works, open notepad and put that in it and save it as defrag.bat and the file type as any. then right click it and go to properties. go to compadability>show settings for all users, run as administrator. then you can run it when ever __________________ Nauru our homeland, the land we dearly love

08-21-2008, 06:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
marx91 Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 67	auslogics has a free defragmenter... http://www.auslogics.com/en/software...efrag/download

08-23-2008, 01:03 AM	#9 (permalink)
2048Megabytes Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mainland United States Posts: 2,295	I tried the program Auslogics Defragmenter that you suggested. It works great. Thanks Marx91. __________________ "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Benjamin Franklin Operating Systems: Linux Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows Vista Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS Video Card: MSI R3650-T2D512 OC Radeon HD 3650 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H Memory: Super Talent PC2-6400 2 gigabytes Processor: Phenom 9550 Quad-Core (2.2 gigahertz)

08-23-2008, 10:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
reelkill New Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fayette County,PA Posts: 6	Windows vista does its degragmentation automatically in the background without you having to do anything. If I were you and really wanted to do some defrag or just analyze the disk do like brian said go run cmd DEFRAG C: -A (do the a just analyze) for defrag just do DEFRAG C: -F -V If you miss the pretty gui like everyone else said get some third party software. Most claim you won't need to degrag the hard disks when using windows vista. I think that is what people who run servers do, they run defrag in the background so they have to shut down the servers less often than they would otherwise.

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