XP defrag problem

[bill of oz]

when i try to run a hard drive defrag i get the following error........

disk defrag has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume C:

please run chkdsk /f



i go to the command prompt and run chkdsk /f but it does solve the problem?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Your hard drive may have errors on it. Test it with the HDD manufacturers diagnostic utility. If it passes, use a different action with chkdsk. Use the /r option instead of /f.

 

[Geoff]

Open up command prompt, enter chkdsk /f, restart, then run disk defrag.

 

[bill of oz]

Your hard drive may have errors on it. Test it with the HDD manufacturers diagnostic utility. If it passes, use a different action with chkdsk. Use the /r option instead of /f.

thanks i will try that

 

[bill of oz]

Open up command prompt, enter chkdsk /f, restart, then run disk defrag.

already tried that, same problem

 

[johnb35]

Open a command prompt and type the following.

fsutil dirty query x: Where X is the drive letter you have. Hit enter and post the results.

If the results say the drive is dirty then do the following. In command prompt type chkntfs /x z: and hit enter. Where Z is the drive letter you have.

 

[bill of oz]

Open a command prompt and type the following.

fsutil dirty query x: Where X is the drive letter you have. Hit enter and post the results.

If the results say the drive is dirty then do the following. In command prompt type chkntfs /x z: and hit enter. Where Z is the drive letter you have.

thanks, i will try that