Posted on 03/28/2010 11:18:36 AM PDT by bgill
Your suppose to reformat first.
DON’T!!! I WAS KIDDING!!! Don’t do it!!
I would be backing up stuff NOW,
and set aside some time for a reload.
You will probably have to delete the partition and re-create it before you can format. (assuming you don’t have disk errors)
So did you restart your system so chkdsk could run? Try that first.
Chkdsk always has to run before Windows loads which is during inital boot-up of the system either from first power on or from a restart. It’ll never run while Windows is running. If it is scheduled to run at next start up then tell it to restart and it should run automatically before you get the WinXP start up screen.
You may have some errors on your disk.
Check your disk(s) for errors first. Then defrag.
Just out of curiousity, why do you still have a partition that’s formatted as a FAT32 partition? Even NTFS is an old file system that’s beginning to show its age, and FAT32 is the file system equivalent of a model T.
Computer newbies: Can’t use Disk Defragmenter because of Checkdisc (Chkdsk/f)
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6121_102-0.html?messageID=2028475&tag=forums06;posts#2028475
Post #7 is right. Windows won’t defrag that drive because it is the drive that Windows is running off of. Schedule it to run after the next restart.
go into your startup tab and disable everything. That way, nothing will run then restart your computer - the chkdsk will auto run.
I didn’t just now but it has been doing it.
Is it doing it’s thing during start up and I’m just too stupid to know it? Before it crashed big time last year, I could click on defrag and it’d show me the pretty blue bar picture but now it just gives me snarly pop up windows.
Because I'm a dummie haven't a clue what those are.
You DEFINITELY need to run check disk BEFORE you defrag a drive.
Run the Check Disk with automatic repair and scan disk surface. This will correct errors and also log areas of the disk that may not be able to hold data. If you run defrag and the disk writes data to a bad or damaged sector, you may not get that information back when you need it.
I always run check disk before a defrag and I usually only defrag two to four times a year.
Yes, that’s what I tried months ago with no luck.
Not sure you got a clear reply to your question:
1. Go back to the Command prompt C:> and enter “chkdsk /f”.
2. When it prompts “ ... Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts?” enter “Y”.
3. Close/exit the Command window (type: “exit”).
4. Re-boot. (chkdsk will run before Windows loads. It’ll take awhile - don’t interrupt it.)
5. When you’re (finally) back in Windows, try to defrag again and let us know if it works now.
Also, and as above, find, download & install Smart Defrag (CNET is a good place to get it, as noted). It works great, and keeps your disk tidy and organized well over time.
No kidding took me almost 10 hours to get my machine up after a complete dump 2 weeks ago after the cable guy came and upgraded me to cable modem I told him to just leave all the stuff and I would hook it up and get it going he said no he had to do it f uped my stuff but good
How do I disable everything? And how would I get things back on afterward?
Here is a link to a GREAT tool to make sure the disk is running right. The tool is called Spinrite. It is not cheap but will save you HUGE in your time and tears.
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