Take ages to defragment?

Hello

I am new to Windows Vista and I tried to do a defrag and it was 3 pm and continuing his... Unlike xp, there is no progress bar or a percentage on how far I'm through defragmentation... Please help im having a blonde lol moment

Hello

Defrag in Vista is configured as a substantive tool and no longer has a progress indicator.

Here are excellent free 3rd defragmenters party which I use.

Auslogics Disk Defrag - FREE - works easily and does a great job
http://www.Auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Very powerful - FREE - MyDefrag
http://www.MyDefrag.com/

Also check this and other "related links" here:

How to run Disk Defragmenter from the Vista command prompt
http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/81786-Disk-Defragmenter-command-prompt.html

How to change the schedule for defragmentation Vista disk - and more on related links.
http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/72832-Disk-Defragmenter.html

I hope this helps.

Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

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