Problems trying to defrag

[Andrew E]

Try opening cmd prompt,type:CHKDSK C: /F
Enter yes for restart,then when the text returns to
normal type:EXIT Restart computer,after restart,re-open
cmd prompt,type:Defrag C:
C: being youre hd,use the disk clean-up utility before
Defrag
>-----Original Message-----
>My computer has been running slow and I'd like to defrag,
>but when I try to analyze the disk before actually
>defragging it stops at about 10% and says it can't
continue
>because there a file with an error. The file is in some
>application data for AIM. I've tried deleting it, but
>Windows won't let me for some reason. Defrag won't run
>unless I delete that file (I'm guessing) because there's
no
>way to bypass or skip it.
>
>How can I get rid of that corrupted file so I can run the
>defrag program?
>.
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