By default, the disk defrag feature in Vista is set up to defrag your system about every four times you restart your computer. So, of course, it just gets in the way of anything you are trying to do at the time. So if you are annoyed with it, here’s how to turn it off:
First, double click on the Computer icon on your desktop.
Once there, right click on your C: drive and choose Properties. Next, hit the Tools tab and then select the option that says “Defragment Now.”
Lastly, uncheck the box that says “Run on a schedule.”
Bam! Done deal.
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But what if you don’t want to remember to defrag your drive? Well… How about having it defrag when your screen saver kicks in?
JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk to Windows. Included are a Windows version, a commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from administrator scripts), a screensaver version, a DLL library (for use from programming languages), versions for Windows X64, and the complete sources.
Download here: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
I’ve been using this program for months, no problems at all. Just starts up when my screen saver kicks in, and stops when I move the mouse. It can’t get any better then that.
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Thanks for the tip Pogo. It can come in really handy at times.
– Goku
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