Cannot Defrag C or D (D is HP_Recovery) Have tried many things...X

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My computer has slowed down. I have not been able to defragment either of my
drives. I run AVG Virus Scan Daily and use that firewall. Also, ran the Trend
Micro HouseCall and neither picks up anything. I am running XP Service Pack 2

When I attempt to defrag the C drive, the error message that I get is:

<i>Disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is schedule to run on this
volume (c) Please run chkdsk /f </1>

I do not have anything scheduled to run and even if I reboot after going
run/chkdsk /f I get:

<i>The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you
like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts?
</i>

I pick Y at the prompt but that has been unsuccessful even in Safe Mode
(which I have had problems getting into also)

For the D (HP_Recovery) I get this error:

<i>Volume HP_RECOVERY (D:) has only 6% free space available for use by Disk
Defragmenter. To run effectively Disk Defragment requires at least 15% usable
free space. There is not enough disk space to properly complete the
operation. Delete some unneeded files on your hard disk, and then try
again.,<i>

I have cleared out all the temp files, recycle bin, etc. I cannot access any
files in D: as the recovery area is locked.

I have admin capabilities in my user name but can only access the additional
administrator option when I boot up in safe mode.

When I analyze the fragments in D I get a list of most fragmented files:

I386\BOOT.IMG (182 MB) \PRELOAD\BASE.01.INP through \PRELOAD\BASE.18.INP
(620 MB each except for 18 which is 162) and \PRELOADBASE1.INP (397 MB)
average of 2 fragments per listing.

D drive analysis shows 48% total fragmentation and 97% file fragmentation.

I've also tried chkdsk /f and chkdsk /x

I am not very sophisticated on this matter and don't know where to go from
here to address this issue. If anyone can help direct me I'd appreciate it.
I’ve spent hours on this and my pal with more computer savvy has spent 2
without luck.

--
Emily (my computer)
 
You can stop chkdsk from trying to run at each startup by following the
instructions here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158675/en-us

As for trying to defrgament the d drive, you're going to have to free up
some space on it first. However, I'm not sure there's any value in
defragmenting the d drive, as it won't be causing the computer to be slow.

Even defragmenting the c drive probably won't do you much good. Problems
booting into safe mode are never good, so you might want to look at your
hardware.
 
RE: Cannot Defrag C or D (D is HP_Recovery) Have tried many things

Thanks but we had done that previously to my posting. Any other suggestions?
Hardware isn't that old.
--
Emily (my computer)


"Graham Anderson" wrote:

> You can stop chkdsk from trying to run at each startup by following the
> instructions here
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158675/en-us
>
> As for trying to defrgament the d drive, you're going to have to free up
> some space on it first. However, I'm not sure there's any value in
> defragmenting the d drive, as it won't be causing the computer to be slow.
>
> Even defragmenting the c drive probably won't do you much good. Problems
> booting into safe mode are never good, so you might want to look at your
> hardware.
>
 
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