Re: my defragmenter is broken


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Madx" <l_heis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Analyze says I should defrag so I do and it gets to 13% compacting and
then says defrag complete. I check analyze and it still says i should
defrag. I've done this numerous times with no better results.

How can i fix disk defragmenter?

TIA


What percent free space do you have on your hard drive?

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
I won't answer email.

6 gb used
8gb free

and I have used disk cleanup first


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