Re: defragmenting

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you need 15% of free space on your disk before running a defrag, you could
also try a chkdsk to locate any bad sectors on the disc.





"Gerry" wrote:

That suggestion ignores the question of what is the underlying problem!


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Hope this helps.

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solidsnake204 wrote:
I recommend downloading AusLogics Disk Defrag because it does a much
better job than the defragmenter that came with Windows.

"Gerry" wrote:


Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
it is more informative.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp
to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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KrosnoFive wrote:
I've tried to defragment my c:/ drive but it stops at 50% and says
that some files could not be defragmented but the box that is
supposed to describe the files is blank! I can't even begin to
figure this out. Help.



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