Disk defrag error message in XP

[ikedawn2001]

"Disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume: © Please run chkdsk/f"

 

This is the message I got when trying to defrag.....I have no clue what to do or what it means. I have XP - could someone help out with very clear instructions as I am not real computer savy?

 

Thanks!

[AWS]

Most likely at one time the computer didn't shutdown properly. Do just as the error says. Open a command box and type chkdsk/f. This will fix any disk errors.

[ikedawn2001]

Not sure what you mean by open a command box - I did go to START - RUN and typed it in there .... still not working

[AWS]

Go to start run and type cmd

Then when the box pops up type in the command above.

Sorry I didn't explain a little better.

[ikedawn2001]

No prob! I did do that and shut off the puter and restarted it so it ran the chkdsk - still getting the message in defrag

[AWS]

What version of XP are you using? I know there was a bug in XP which affected defrag, but, I think it was fixed.

I just tried defrag on my drive and it works.

How old is your hard drive? It is possible the drive has some bad sectors which will cause defrag to fail.

[handan2002]

You could also run the command chkntfs <drive letter>: or fsutil dirty query <drive letter>: This checks to see if there is a "dirty bit". If this command returns with a message saying "dirty bit is set", you'd probably want to run the recovery console off your XP CD or make a boot disk and use chkdsk <drive letter>: /r.