Jim
December 11th 03, 11:16 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>hiya,
>
>i am running windows xp home and recently i have been
>unable to complete a defrag.
>
>even after running defrag from the command line, it still
>causes my computer to lock up which then requires a
>manual reboot (ie. i have to reset the machine by hand).
>
>i have 75% free space on a 60GB HD but i do have many
>file fragments and like to keep my machine clean.
>
>any suggestions?
>
>
>.
>Run the disk cleanup first, then run the error checking
tool, which is chkdsk.exe, (open the my computer, right
click the hard drive, select properties, then tools tab,
error checking) then reboot into safe mode, and run the
defragmenter from there, or just close out all other
running programs first.
>hiya,
>
>i am running windows xp home and recently i have been
>unable to complete a defrag.
>
>even after running defrag from the command line, it still
>causes my computer to lock up which then requires a
>manual reboot (ie. i have to reset the machine by hand).
>
>i have 75% free space on a 60GB HD but i do have many
>file fragments and like to keep my machine clean.
>
>any suggestions?
>
>
>.
>Run the disk cleanup first, then run the error checking
tool, which is chkdsk.exe, (open the my computer, right
click the hard drive, select properties, then tools tab,
error checking) then reboot into safe mode, and run the
defragmenter from there, or just close out all other
running programs first.