is it possible for defrag to take 4 days?

[bob]

I have a local drive that is only 16 gigs and it is taking 4 days to defrag,
is that possible, I am using o&o defragmenter because the win2K one didn't
seem to be working. Anyway I am pretty surprised, also I have not defragged
it in a year. But it does seem that 4 days is overkill right? and it isn't
even done? do I need to get a new drive? When I use the windows defragger
it only takes 15 minutes but doesn't do anything.

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I have a local drive that is only 16 gigs and it is taking 4 days to defrag,
is that possible, I am using o&o defragmenter because the win2K one didn't
seem to be working. Anyway I am pretty surprised, also I have not defragged
it in a year. But it does seem that 4 days is overkill right? and it isn't
even done? do I need to get a new drive? When I use the windows defragger
it only takes 15 minutes but doesn't do anything.

Seems excessive.
Hopefully, o&o supports Esc or some other method of aborting a defrag.

When it ends, use CHKDSK C: /F /R and respond Y for next reboot.
This will check for and repair file system problems, or try.

If all else fails, get a new, bigger, drive.


Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com