Defrag

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Dennis

I am having considerable problems in attempting to defrag
my computer. Both with the XP Home package defrag and
disk keeper defrag tool. They both lock up the system
shortly after activation. Any cure out there?
Thanks
 
You could have programs running in background or you could
have less than 15% free space on the drive.
Defrag needs space to shuffle files around while it works.
Diskeeper will report the freespace, just do analyzed and
then report. If the space is less than 15% delete unneeded
files.
If there are programs running (Trojans?/spyware) stop them.
You can try safe mode.


| I am having considerable problems in attempting to defrag
| my computer. Both with the XP Home package defrag and
| disk keeper defrag tool. They both lock up the system
| shortly after activation. Any cure out there?
| Thanks
 
First, run CHKDSK C: /F in a command prompt window.
Say "Y for yes when asked. Reboot. This should fix most
file system errors. But, watch the windows boot-time
screen for any messages about errors that could not be
fixed. If you see those, try CHKDSK C: /R, say Y,
reboot. The /R option is much slower, but more powerful,
than the /F option. If the partition you want to defrag
is not C:\, then substitute its letter for C: in the
CHKDSK commands.

Next be sure that you have at least 15% free space. It is
probably a good idea to clear out the IE cache, the
recycle bin, any Norton protected recycle bin files, etc.
You might even want to toss older system restore points.
Do that by right-clicking on C: in windows explorer,
select properties, disk cleanup, more options, system
restore. Say yes a few times and then wait (seconds to
aminute or so).

Now try defrag again. Note that diskeeper can be
configured to only defrag, but not maximize contigous free
space. That runs faster, and might be a good start on
defragging.
 
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