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Disk Defragmenter won't work
The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files
trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? Does that even make sense? It's the only "out of the ordinary" thing I did prior to it stopping to function. Everything else on the PC seems to be ok. Thanks! |
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"DS" wrote in message
... The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? DEFRAG needs plenty of empty space in order to move large files on the hard drive. Your Recycled Bin probably still pre-empts so much space that DEFRAG cannot run. So remove it and it will be recreated on the next reboot. 1. Measure free HD space and write it down. 2. Go to DOS and DELTREE C:\RECYC* and similarly for drives D:, E: and any others. 3. Reboot Windows. Measure free HD space and write it down. 4. Run SCANDISK Run DEFRAG -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Disk Defragmenter won't work
"DS" wrote in message
... The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? DEFRAG needs plenty of empty space in order to move large files on the hard drive. Your Recycled Bin probably still pre-empts so much space that DEFRAG cannot run. So remove it and it will be recreated on the next reboot. 1. Measure free HD space and write it down. 2. Go to DOS and DELTREE C:\RECYC* and similarly for drives D:, E: and any others. 3. Reboot Windows. Measure free HD space and write it down. 4. Run SCANDISK Run DEFRAG -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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See my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it."
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Make sure to run a full Scandisk on the drive before running Defrag. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "DS" wrote in message ... The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? Does that even make sense? It's the only "out of the ordinary" thing I did prior to it stopping to function. Everything else on the PC seems to be ok. Thanks! |
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Disk Defragmenter won't work
See my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it."
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Make sure to run a full Scandisk on the drive before running Defrag. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "DS" wrote in message ... The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? Does that even make sense? It's the only "out of the ordinary" thing I did prior to it stopping to function. Everything else on the PC seems to be ok. Thanks! |
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Thanks for the suggestions.
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... See my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it." http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Make sure to run a full Scandisk on the drive before running Defrag. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "DS" wrote in message ... The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? Does that even make sense? It's the only "out of the ordinary" thing I did prior to it stopping to function. Everything else on the PC seems to be ok. Thanks! |
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Disk Defragmenter won't work
Thanks for the suggestions.
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... See my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it." http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Make sure to run a full Scandisk on the drive before running Defrag. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "DS" wrote in message ... The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? Does that even make sense? It's the only "out of the ordinary" thing I did prior to it stopping to function. Everything else on the PC seems to be ok. Thanks! |
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I hope they get your Defrag working. If all you deleted before were TMP
files, I can't see how that would cause Defrag problems--unless it messed up the file system. One other possibility that I'm not sure if I addressed in the Clean Boot article. It can sometimes help to delete the contents of the APPLOG folder C:\Windows\Applog is a Hidden folder, so make sure Show All Files is enabled in Folder Options, View tab. Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "DS" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestions. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... See my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it." http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Make sure to run a full Scandisk on the drive before running Defrag. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "DS" wrote in message ... The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? Does that even make sense? It's the only "out of the ordinary" thing I did prior to it stopping to function. Everything else on the PC seems to be ok. Thanks! |
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Disk Defragmenter won't work
I hope they get your Defrag working. If all you deleted before were TMP
files, I can't see how that would cause Defrag problems--unless it messed up the file system. One other possibility that I'm not sure if I addressed in the Clean Boot article. It can sometimes help to delete the contents of the APPLOG folder C:\Windows\Applog is a Hidden folder, so make sure Show All Files is enabled in Folder Options, View tab. Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "DS" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestions. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... See my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it." http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Make sure to run a full Scandisk on the drive before running Defrag. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "DS" wrote in message ... The other day I did a disk cleanup then a manual search for .tmp files trying to make some room on my HD. I deleted all the .tmp files and emptied the recycle bin. Now Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. Or I should say it starts but never gets past 0%. The HD is quite busy and it makes the distinctive sound of a disk defrag but that's all it does. It ran all night, was still running this morning and still showed 0%. Could one of those temporary files somehow been critical to Disk Defragmenter? Does that even make sense? It's the only "out of the ordinary" thing I did prior to it stopping to function. Everything else on the PC seems to be ok. Thanks! |
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