Defrag not working on vista

While your advice about Defrag is valid and Diskeeper and other 3rd party products are often much better than the Windows Defrag program, it isn't a valid answer for users of OneCare as OneCare will still use the built-in Defrag and this can't be changed.

Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Live OneCare Tune-up. Sign in to vote. Tuesday, September 2, PM.

You may want to take manual steps to remove temporary internet files and reset the Internet Explorer settings first before re-running OneCare tuneup again. Wednesday, September 10, PM. The build in defragmenter is often time comsuming and incomplete. It may be best to employ a 3rd party defragger, such as Diskeeper. You can try day free trialware at www.

Wednesday, November 26, PM. Hillsbrad wrote: The build in defragmenter is often time comsuming and incomplete. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums.

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Thursday, August 11, PM. Hi, It seems we have two issues: 1. Defrag won't complete. Update won't install. First of all, if defrag was stopped and restarted, it will start all over again. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. It offers scheduled defrags, automatic defrags when your system is idle and advanced options to customize which files will be defragmented. UltraDefrag is an Open Source disk defragmentation tool that offers fast defragmenting, using a kernel based driver.

It offers a simple GUI with a cluster map display, as well as a command-line interface and scheduling option. Puran Defrag is an easy to use disk defragmenter that offers boot-time defragmentation, automatic defragmentation, intelligent directory optimization, background low priority operation and optimization of free space. Other features include built-in scheduling, automatic restart or shutdown after defragmentation and integration with Windows Explorer to defrag individual files from the right-click menu.

The free version is identical in features to the standard shareware version, however it is restricted to private, non-commercial use. Smart Defrag is an automatic disk defragmenter that keeps your hard drive space from becoming overly defragemented, which can cause slower disk performance. It works continuously in the background while your computer is idle and does not require further user intervention for basic maintenance.