Why doesn't schedualed Defrag run

The Disk Defragmenter dial box says
Run on a schedule (selected)
Run at 1: AM every Wednesday at 1: AM starting 11/21/2008
Next scheduled run : Never
Why would that be? How can I fix it?
Thank,
Chas

Thanks, Yes I leave the machine and am usually in bed by then. But it
doesn't even say anything is scheduled for the future.
Strange,
Chas
"" wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:13:01 -0800, chasgl <>
> wrote:
>
> >The Disk Defragmenter dial box says
> >Run on a schedule (selected)
> >Run at 1: AM every Wednesday at 1: AM starting 11/21/2008
> >Next scheduled run : Never
> >Why would that be? How can I fix it?
> >Thank,
> >Chas
> Is the machine on at 1 am, and no one fiddling with the keyboard ?
> The machine needs undisturbed activity to run.
>
> move the mouse and it could make it stop.
>
> There's 3rd party defragger's that don't need such options to operate.
>
> Myself, I seriously doubt the advantage to a defrag anyway's..
> The writing to the disk has a set pattern for fast writing and retrieval. Then
> someone defrag's, and screws up all that patterning.
>
>

Good idea. I tried it, It showed that it would defrag just when I expected
it. I forgot to close the screen. 10 minutes later it said next scheduled
defrag : never. So I went into a endless loop. Set if for a different day of
the week : things look OK. Close window, look again it says next scheduled :
never. So I am giving up. Thanks again for your help,
Chas

"" wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:11:01 -0800, chasgl <>
> wrote:
>
> >Thanks, Yes I leave the machine and am usually in bed by then. But it
> >doesn't even say anything is scheduled for the future.
> >Strange,
> >Chas
> so do the reconfiguration, and make sure it's set to run weekly or whenever.
>