Have you ever tried to run defrag from a command prompt?  It actually can give you feedback as to its progress. 

 

 

Description:  Locates and consolidates fragmented files on local volumes to
              improve system performance.

Syntax:  defrag -a [-v]
         defrag [{-r | -w}] [-f] [-v]
         defrag       -c [{-r | -w}] [-f] [-v]

Parameters:

Value         Description

      Specifies the drive letter or mount point path of the volume to
              be defragmented or analyzed.

-c            Defragments all volumes on this computer.

-a            Performs fragmentation analysis only.

-r            Performs partial defragmentation (default). Attempts to
              consolidate only fragments smaller than 64 megabytes (MB).

-w            Performs full defragmentation. Attempts to consolidate all file
              fragments, regardless of their size.

-f            Forces defragmentation of the volume when free space is low.

-v            Specifies verbose mode. The defragmentation and analysis output
              is more detailed.

-?            Displays this help information.

Examples:

defrag d:
defrag d:\vol\mountpoint -w -f
defrag d: -a -v
defrag -c -v

Thanks for the advice.

I have juts defragged from cmd prompt but still get the same message when I run defrag under vista.

 

I think that the drive is fine, it is just a bit annoying having this message which isn't probably correct.

 

I will life with it until the next format/reinstallation.

Thanks

Terry

how about using the defrag on safe mode. its possible that there is a program thats blocking the completion or the defragmentation tool

 

 

or maybe using the msconfig first then using the defrag