DiskMagik seems to take a long time to defragment my hard disk. Is this normal?
The amount of time require to run a defragmentation depends upon various factors. First of all it depends on how many fragmented files are found during the disk analysis. Obviously the more fragmented files, the longer it will take. Secondly, it depends on which strategy you choose. A quick defrag is the fastest option and may be all that is needed if a complete defrag has been run fairly recently. A complete defrag takes longer as it must move files around on the disk for a more thorough optimization. For fastest operation in any mode, it is advisable to disable the clusterview (see DiskMagik’s view menu) – the processing will run mach faster and you can still monitor progress by watching the numbers in the “% Done” and other columns.
