Re: Defrag will not complete

Gerry

Thank you for the info. I don't have Norton on my computer. So I followed
the rest of your suggestions. It was simple enough. Everything worked out and
defrag completed when I turned off my Restore Points as well.

I am now at 51% free. Now, I just need to figure out what files I can backup
to CD to free up more space.

Thanks again.

Gary

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Gary

Are you using Norton Protected Storage? Even if not read on.

Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings and
verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked
and "Hide protected operating system files " is unchecked. You may need
to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make certain that
the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked.
Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected and then
select View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total Size, and
Free Space.

You have a Recycle Bin for each drive / partition. I think these two
files may be in a Recycle Bin -perhaps C:\recycler etc.

Is your computer networked or standalone? The files suggest networked if
not now but at least sometime in the past.

Try running Disk CleanUp making a point of emptying your Recycle Bin.

How large is your C drive and how much free disk space? It could be the
size of these files and available free space that is causing
difficulties for Disk Defragmenter.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England

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"Gary" <Gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am trying to run defrag on my C: drive with limited success. There
two
files that will not defrag and continues to stop the process:

\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-4289953671-195355290-2990283116-1007\DC1.OLD and
DC2.OLD

Dc1.old is 1.69Gb and dc2.old is 2Gb. I have turned system restore
points
off and on and back off again. I have tried to defrag as the
Administrator
and as the User (with Administrator privileges). I have searched my
computer
high and low for these files and can't file them anywhere.

I have no clue what these files do or what they're used for. Can they
be
deleted (if found)?

Any suggestions?




.

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