Disk Cleanup Hangs

[Andrew Chalk]

When I run "Disk Cleanup" in one copy of XP-Pro the progress bar climbs to
three ticks and then just stops there! I have left it running over 24 hours
and appears to be stuck in a loop (CPU usage is high). Any idea what the
problem may be and how to fix it?

Many thanks.

 

[Nicholas]

Try the following web sites for troubleshooting suggestions:

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll
down to Line #48. In the right-hand window, click on
"Disk Cleanup - Compress Old Files Freezes"

Simply click on Kelly's fix, download the registry fix, then run it.
(Note: Disable your antivirus program before running the repair script)

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]


Applicable Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812248

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Nicholas

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| When I run "Disk Cleanup" in one copy of XP-Pro the progress bar climbs to
| three ticks and then just stops there! I have left it running over 24 hours
| and appears to be stuck in a loop (CPU usage is high). Any idea what the
| problem may be and how to fix it?
|
| Many thanks.
|
|

 

[Terry Hunt]

-----Original Message-----
When I run "Disk Cleanup" in one copy of XP-Pro the progress bar climbs to
three ticks and then just stops there! I have left it running over 24 hours
and appears to be stuck in a loop (CPU usage is high). Any idea what the
problem may be and how to fix it?

Many thanks.

Sounds like it may be a coruption on the Hard Drive, have
you run Scandisk or defrag on the3 drive???

Terry

 

[Andrew Chalk]

Nicholas' suggestion fixed the problem.

Regards

Sounds like it may be a coruption on the Hard Drive, have
you run Scandisk or defrag on the3 drive???

Terry