Defrag won't complete on WinXP Home

csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
edited October 2007 in Science & Tech
When I run defrag ever since last Tuesdays Windows Update it seems that something won't let it finish completely. I've enclosed the error dialog in case anyone can help out.

Thanks
Chris

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  • KentigernKentigern Milton Keynes UK
    edited October 2007
    could be the pagefile, have you looked at the report
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2007
    download a 30 day trial of Diskeeper to see what files are preventing completion.
  • sacredsacred
    edited October 2007
    have you got or installed windows live messenger as i know this causes problems with the defrag in xp i used to have defrag problems so i dumped windows live messenger untill i moved to vista .
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited October 2007
    primesuspect wrote:
    download a 30 day trial of Diskeeper to see what files are preventing completion.

    I have Diskeeper trial installed now where do I look for what I am looking for exactly?
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2007
    What files are giving you the trouble in the report? Usually it's just a locked file issue and you if you make sure whatever program is accessing those files isn't running during the defrag you'll be fine. First thing to check is to make sure you have not active spy-ware running or any virus scan running at the time or an active protection program like Norton's System Suite.
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited October 2007
    There were no files in the defrag dialog when I looked but I will uninstall diskeeper and copy the log to here ...maybe I missed something. I can always reinstall diskeeper for 30 days.

    edit:\ here we go ...shows no files that arent defragmented.

    Volume (C:)
    Volume size = 69.23 GB
    Cluster size = 4 KB
    Used space = 8.37 GB
    Free space = 60.87 GB
    Percent free space = 87 %

    Volume fragmentation
    Total fragmentation = 0 %
    File fragmentation = 0 %
    Free space fragmentation = 0 %

    File fragmentation
    Total files = 31,078
    Average file size = 355 KB
    Total fragmented files = 1
    Total excess fragments = 48
    Average fragments per file = 1.00

    Pagefile fragmentation
    Pagefile size = 3.00 GB
    Total fragments = 1

    Folder fragmentation
    Total folders = 3,755
    Fragmented folders = 1
    Excess folder fragments = 0

    Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
    Total MFT size = 45 MB
    MFT record count = 34,910
    Percent MFT in use = 76 %
    Total MFT fragments = 2
    Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
    None
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2007
    I'm not seeing a problem. There are files that can't be defragmented that's normal. They are system files that can't be moved. They show up as Green in the fragmentation bar. They also usually sit around the middle of the bar. That report looks normal to me.
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited October 2007
    No idea why ...but it just decided to start working correctly again today. This is too wierd. I can't wait til SP3 rolls out to do a slipstream reinstall.
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