Vista Defrag Issue

[metril]

Hey guys. I am unable to start Vista's defrag by going to the properties>tools for my harddrives. I cannot use the version with the gui, but I can run the command line version through command prompt.

Anyone know how I can get defrag running again through the tools menu?

Thanks! :)

[vage]

I don't know that much about Vista yet, so perhaps someone can elaborate on what my suggestion would be. I am pretty sure that to get to that option you need to right click and run as administrator. Could be way off though.

[digital_exhaust]

I cannot use the version with the gui

Do you mean the one you get to through the start menu? If not, have you tried that way?

[DeaconFrost]

It also would appear in your list of options for the MMC, if you happen to have the Start Menu shortcut deleted like me.

[metril]

I figured it out.

There was an issue with my file system. Chdsk did not report any errors when I ran it. When I tried to boot from my Vista Ultimate DVD (legit DVD from MSDN), it would load and then show the green loading bar. After that the screen would go dark. Basically, I could not boot from any CD or DVD.

Upon searching Google, I came across information about Task Scheduler. I thought, what if I disable the built-in defrag through Task Scheduler. Unfortunately, this did not work and kept giving some sort of "Transaction error" when I tried to apply the settings. Fortunately, this error led me to the solution.

Upon searching Google for this new error, I came across this:
http://blogs.vertigo.com/personal/alexark/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=5

Though the solution was for a different problem, Vista's defrag utility does depend on BITS, Task Scheduler and one other service. The provided solution was for fixing Windows Update and Windows Backup, both which depend on BTIS.

Running "fsutil resource setautoreset true C:\" in an elevated command prompt repopulated some table in my NTFS file system which BTIS refers to. According Microsoft Knowledge Base, fsutil is a very powerful command that allows you to do tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems.

Problem solved. Defrag works like it should and I can boot from CDs and DVDs again. :)

Thanks for your time and help! I love [H]ard and Google! :)