i went to defrag my pc today as i would normally do but when i went to defrag
disk i got this message up (disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is
scheduled to run on the volume: (c. please run chkdsk /f.) so i do the
chkdsk an i restart like it says an when i have done that i still can not
defrag ?????? can any one help me please........................

How much free disk space is available on c: ..? I think defrag needs at least
20% free HDD space to function properly..
Cheers
j;-j

"digitreaper" wrote:

> i went to defrag my pc today as i would normally do but when i went to defrag
> disk i got this message up (disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is
> scheduled to run on the volume: (c. please run chkdsk /f.) so i do the
> chkdsk an i restart like it says an when i have done that i still can not
> defrag ?????? can any one help me please........................

"digitreaper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BDAFEB88-F008-4683-AED7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>i went to defrag my pc today as i would normally do but when i went to
>defrag
> disk i got this message up (disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is
> scheduled to run on the volume: (c. please run chkdsk /f.) so i do the
> chkdsk an i restart like it says an when i have done that i still can not
> defrag ?????? can any one help me please........................

Go into Safe Mode ( restart; tap F8 while it is booting) and defrag
from there. HTH, s

I had a nearly full hard disk recently. The message was that it needs 4%
free but then gave the option to continue anyway and it worked.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"Jaymon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1540CDE2-A7A7-4B49-BBF1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> How much free disk space is available on c: ..? I think defrag needs at
> least
> 20% free HDD space to function properly..
> Cheers
> j;-j
>
> "digitreaper" wrote:
>
>> i went to defrag my pc today as i would normally do but when i went to
>> defrag
>> disk i got this message up (disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is
>> scheduled to run on the volume: (c. please run chkdsk /f.) so i do the
>> chkdsk an i restart like it says an when i have done that i still can not
>> defrag ?????? can any one help me please........................

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922379
May apply, your call..
Cheers
j;-j

"digitreaper" wrote:

> i went to defrag my pc today as i would normally do but when i went to defrag
> disk i got this message up (disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is
> scheduled to run on the volume: (c. please run chkdsk /f.) so i do the
> chkdsk an i restart like it says an when i have done that i still can not
> defrag ?????? can any one help me please........................

Hi Bill,

I happen to use Diskeeper 9 from Diskeeper Corp aka.. Executive
International Inc.,
a bigger brother, to the ver in XP, I guess you could say.. Anyway, my
partition I: is used to store my ATI backups and has become quite full of
late..
The message below indicates where I remembered seeing the information as to
the need for at least 20% free space, though it still will defrag,
performance is apparently suffering on partition/drive I: ..
I have not attempted to add any more data to I: to test or to see how far I
can push my luck with this version of Diskeeper..

Findings on I:

Diskeeper has completed a defragmentation run on this volume and there
remain 1 fragmented files and/or directories and 4 excess fragments. (There
were 4 excess fragments before the defragmentation run, and now there are 0%
more.)

The average number of fragments per file is 1.03.

This volume is moderately fragmented, with 6% of the total volume space
available for defragmentation. This level of free space is so low that
performance is suffering from that fact alone. Indeed, fragmentation is the
least of your worries under these conditions. Clear some files off this
volume to achieve a minimum of 20% free space for acceptable performance.

Since the number of excess fragments changed by only 0% on the last
defragmentation run, there is a good possibility that Diskeeper has done the
best it can do with this volume at this time. You should schedule Diskeeper
to run considerably more often than it has been running to reduce the current
fragmentation and maintain a lower level of fragmentation.


Cheers
j;-j

"Bill Ridgeway" wrote:

> I had a nearly full hard disk recently. The message was that it needs 4%
> free but then gave the option to continue anyway and it worked.
>
> Regards.
>
> Bill Ridgeway
> Computer Solutions
>
> "Jaymon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1540CDE2-A7A7-4B49-BBF1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How much free disk space is available on c: ..? I think defrag needs at
> > least
> > 20% free HDD space to function properly..
> > Cheers
> > j;-j
> >
> > "digitreaper" wrote:
> >
> >> i went to defrag my pc today as i would normally do but when i went to
> >> defrag
> >> disk i got this message up (disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is
> >> scheduled to run on the volume: (c. please run chkdsk /f.) so i do the
> >> chkdsk an i restart like it says an when i have done that i still can not
> >> defrag ?????? can any one help me please........................
>
>
>