Stop error during defrag

[Chuck Hamilton]

Whenever I try to defrag, I get the blue screen after about 15% completed.
STOP 0x000000D1. I searched kbase but that info was useless to me. Is there
a fix out there that is relatively simple for a relative idiot like myself
to perform?

[Quinoa S]

You need to check your disk for errors. Right click the icon for your hard
disk, select Properties, then go to the Tools tab. The top half of the
properties sheet is about checking your disk for errors (the cognoscenti
call this 'chkdsk'). Do both types of error checking, one at a time.

By the way, the best way to defrag is from Safe Mode.

Don't call yourself an idiot - you're an intelligent person stuck in the
arcane world of computing.

Quinoa S

"Chuck Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> Whenever I try to defrag, I get the blue screen after about 15% completed.
> STOP 0x000000D1. I searched kbase but that info was useless to me. Is
there
> a fix out there that is relatively simple for a relative idiot like myself
> to perform?
>
>

[Chuck Hamilton]

Thanks for your suggestion. I tried the error check, but the top check says
'windows needs exclusive rights to some of the files to do the disk
check...you will need to restart.' So I restarted and got the same message.
So I tried the bottom check and the machine froze during phase 4. It
interesting that the machine screws up when I try to perform some kind of
maintenance, but works ok doing day to day stuff. Maybe I should forget the
maintenance...

[Quinoa S]

Actually, what you are seeing is XP's extraordinary resilience. You've
probably got a problem with your hard disk, and XP is working around it.

I was in your identical situation just two weeks ago, with identical
results. In my case, my hard disk was damaged beyond recovery; you may have
a different problem. There are two ways you can diagnose your exact problem:

1. Your OEM (in my case, Dell) might have provided you with special
diagnostic tools. Run the tools - run the hard disk diagnostic first - and
you may learn more about what's going on.

2. Try third party diagnostic software to check your hardware. I used
TuffTest (it's free), which told me "you've got a problem with your hard
disk." Now I can be tough to convince sometimes, so I went to my hard disk
vendor's web site (Seagate) and used their own diagnostic software. Same
result.

So I bit the bullet and had my hard disk replaced under warranty. Easy, I
thought, I'll just image my system partition, and when the new hard disk
arrives I'll be back in business in minutes. LOL. DriveImage 2002 wouldn't
create an image because it said my disk had errors. You don't want an image
with errors in it.

In the end, I had to reload all my software, reconstruct my system and copy
all my data files from backup. And then I made sure to take an image so I
won't have to go through it all again.

Quinoa S

"Chuck Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for your suggestion. I tried the error check, but the top check
says
> 'windows needs exclusive rights to some of the files to do the disk
> check...you will need to restart.' So I restarted and got the same
message.
> So I tried the bottom check and the machine froze during phase 4. It
> interesting that the machine screws up when I try to perform some kind of
> maintenance, but works ok doing day to day stuff. Maybe I should forget
the
> maintenance...
>
>