Check disk freezes

[Peter]

I run checkdisk about once a month on my laptop with XP
Home. About two weeks ago, it suddenly started to freeze
in the middle of the process, when the box
reads :Checking compressed files. At this point the
taskbar has three segments green. I've waited (one time
overnight) to see if it will finally work. No dice. I
always wind up having to re-boot. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Kevin Weilbacher]

Brian Livingston (InfoWorld) posted a regedit quick fix and completely does
away with the "checking of compressed files" when running Disk Cleanup. I
have gone to all my customers, and have made this simple change to all
Win2K/WinXP workstations and servers.

The fix:

Run regedit and drill down as follows:
HKLM > Software > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version > Expllorer > Volume
Caches > Compressed Old Files

On the right hand panel, find a field called 'Default'. Double click it.
then blank out the value data field (should start with B5...') associated
with the key. Note: do NOT delete the actual Default key, just the data
field in it.

Close Regedit and rerun Disk Cleanup. No rebooting necessary.
-kw

"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> I run checkdisk about once a month on my laptop with XP
> Home. About two weeks ago, it suddenly started to freeze
> in the middle of the process, when the box
> reads :Checking compressed files. At this point the
> taskbar has three segments green. I've waited (one time
> overnight) to see if it will finally work. No dice. I
> always wind up having to re-boot. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Peter]

Kevin-worked like a charm. Thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>Brian Livingston (InfoWorld) posted a regedit quick fix
and completely does
>away with the "checking of compressed files" when
running Disk Cleanup. I
>have gone to all my customers, and have made this simple
change to all
>Win2K/WinXP workstations and servers.
>
>The fix:
>
>Run regedit and drill down as follows:
>HKLM > Software > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version
> Expllorer > Volume
>Caches > Compressed Old Files
>
>On the right hand panel, find a field called 'Default'.
Double click it.
>then blank out the value data field (should start with
B5...') associated
>with the key. Note: do NOT delete the actual Default
key, just the data
>field in it.
>
>Close Regedit and rerun Disk Cleanup. No rebooting
necessary.
>-kw
>
>"Peter" > wrote in message
...
>> I run checkdisk about once a month on my laptop with XP
>> Home. About two weeks ago, it suddenly started to
freeze
>> in the middle of the process, when the box
>> reads :Checking compressed files. At this point the
>> taskbar has three segments green. I've waited (one time
>> overnight) to see if it will finally work. No dice. I
>> always wind up having to re-boot. Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>
>.
>