How many passes before defrag finishes?

Anonymous
2010-06-28T19:50:57+00:00

Original Title: "Defragmenting hard drive"

I am try to defrag my hard drive. It's on its 4th pass in 24 hours. How many passes does it make before it's done?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
Anonymous
2010-06-28T22:55:23+00:00

have seen as high as 7.

they seem to get faster the further along it goes.

look into using AUSLOGICS degragger instead.

faster and also has an option to move system files to the front.

<MARQUEE bgColor=#ffff00 height=22 behavior=alternate width="35%" scrollAmount=2 scrollDelay=9>mikeyshd</MARQUEE>

"hijiisan" wrote in message news:*** Email address is removed for privacy *** .com...

*I am try to defrag my hard drive. It's on its *

*4th pass in 24 hours. How many passes does it make before it's done?*

* Programs you are having problems with

* Error messages

* Recent changes you made to your computer

* What you have already tried to fix the problem

Was this answer helpful?

400+ people found this answer helpful.
0 comments

185 additional answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2013-08-06T05:13:44+00:00

    I'm at 32 passes in two hours mate.  Nothing new there.  It's a 1tb hdd.  It depends largely on how much space you have used.  Mine has about 250gb left so it's taking a lot of time and passes to organize all that data.  It's like the tower of Hanoi.  Well...speak of the devil.  It finished at 32 passes! :D

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2013-08-05T19:11:03+00:00

    mine's gone over pass 15!!!!

    what's going on

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2013-07-09T20:06:16+00:00

    Pass 27 and still going...maybe it ends on some sort of criteria.  Like, how much it has annoyed the user.  If we shout and scream more, maybe it'll keep going.

    500GB HDD...

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2013-07-07T17:29:07+00:00

    Thank you. Mine 250 GB Drive is on its 10th stage and took an half an hour. Its going faster by the second

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments