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Disk Defragmenter Problem

  • 12-12-2008 7:06pm
    #1
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭


    Running XP Home and I go to run a disk defrag and I get this message when I attempt to analyze or defrag. How do turn off the scheduled chkdsk?

    Image is attached, any help is appreciated


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  • #2
    Rosedale6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭Rosedale6


    Dempsey wrote: »
    Running XP Home and I go to run a disk defrag and I get this message when I attempt to analyze or defrag. How do turn off the scheduled chkdsk?

    Image is attached, any help is appreciated


    Run the chkdsk on your hard drive as that will clean up errors. Then just do the normal defrag.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
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    if all else fails turn of anti virus for duration of defrag or do it in safe mode


  • #4
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Rosedale6 wrote: »
    Run the chkdsk on your hard drive as that will clean up errors. Then just do the normal defrag.

    Usually these "simple" problems are the tip of the iceberg for several other problems. I want to know what I was getting myself into. :pac:

    Yea, did the check and now I can defrag. Still strange to me why the volume was locked in the first place


  • #5
    ttm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭ttm


    May not be a scheduled task. I've had the same problem where Windows stuck an entry in the registry saying the disk needed scaning on reboot but never deleted the entry after it rebooted. All I did was searched the registry for the line that ran chkdsk on startup and modify it, but don't go there if you are not sure of how the registry works.

    Just did a google for the error and came up with http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q160963 which is a bit complex but covers the issue. The relevant bit (also applies to XP) is.....

    BootExecute value is located in the following registry key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\Session Manager
    The default value is:
    BootExecute:REG_MULTI_SZ:autocheck autochk *

    .... if yours is different back up the registry or just that key and change it to the default value.


  • #6
    Rosedale6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭Rosedale6


    Chkddsk/f means it will fix errors on your hard drive so you must of had a few errors there that's why it came up as a scheduled task and it couldn't defrag the volume until them errors where sorted out.

    Glad you got it all sorted in the end tho.:)


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  • #7
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Rosedale6 wrote: »
    Chkddsk/f means it will fix errors on your hard drive so you must of had a few errors there that's why it came up as a scheduled task and it couldn't defrag the volume until them errors where sorted out.

    Glad you got it all sorted in the end tho.:)

    It wasnt my PC, fixing one for a friend. I KNEW he doesnt know anything about defragging and his badly needed one :pac:

    Thanks for the help lads, much appreciated!


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