How To Defrag Windows Vista

I am sure many of you have had complaints about Windows Vista lately. I have had my fair share of gripes about vista too, but overall I think it’s still a pretty good Operating System, including its bundled Disk Defragmentor which is located in System Tools, under Accessories.
Lets have a look how to use the defrag windows vista tool, the first thing you should notice is that it looks like it’s scheduled to run once a week, by default.

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You can also initiate the defrag application to start manually by clicking on the “Defragment now” button. Unfortunately compared to Windows XP, there is no progress bar which is a bit annoying.
This is attributed to the fact that the defragmentation process in Vista is non-linear unlike Windows XP’s, so there is no way to gauge accurately how much time a defrag would take. Rather than trying to show estimates of how much time the defragmentation will take, the development team over at windows came up with a better solution: cutting back on the impact of defragmentation on your computer by making it use low-priority I/O and low priority CPU, so you can still use it and continue normal operations while the defrag is on. That’s why the whole process is scheduled to run in the background!

Allot of windows users don't know that they can also start the defrag tool from the command prompt.
Have a look at the screen shot below.

The process can be elevated to priority by running it as an administrator (Right click and choose run as administrator option).
Then type in “defrag -c -v”. The system will defragment all the volumes on your computer in verbose mode. After the defragmentation is completed, it will show a detailed analysis report.
Like it or not this defrag windows vista process, is what you will get with Windows Vista, Basic, Home, Business or Ultimate editions. No progress bar, no indication of elapsed time, or remaining time. A bit of a surprise is that there is no information on what files are fragmented, and how fragmented the hard disk is.

If you are like me and you prefer the Windows XP style Disk Defragmenter, or a defrag tool which gives you more options, such as a progress bar, and a more detailed interface with better results, then you should use ADVANCED DEFRAG.

This program is super fast, even on older XP systems. A detailed report is prepared after each defrag session. … Fantastic utility far superior to Windows Disk Defragmenter.

If you are having issues with your systems speed then you probably need to defrag windows vista.
The Windows defrag tool is OK, but to get the best performance out of your PC i recommend you use a dedicated defrag application. You will see much better results with detailed reports and it's super easy to use.

As you can see from the screen shot Advanced Defrag is light years ahead of the boring old defrag windows vista tool. You have a front row seat as Advanced Defrag goes to work optimizing your computers performance.