Disk Management in XP-Home: Cannot Analyze or Defrag

[Guest]

The Disk Mgmt app does appear, but the Analyze and Defrag buttons do NOTHING.
The services for Logical disk mgr are on/started and I did not see any
dependencies. As a temporary workaround, I installed Diskeeper Lite which
does work, but the user wants the disk mgmt back working. I have not run
into this issue before. Thanks.

Kevin

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP is written in specific language versions, therefore one
cannot change the original language version to another. You'll need
to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP in the language version
you desire, reformat your drive and install it "clean".

Or if you have an available empty drive or partition, you can install
another "Full Version" of Windows XP in a different language version
and create a dual-boot configuration.

Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2820­89

Windows XP in Your Language
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_03april28.mspx

Welcome to WorldLanguage.com!
http://www.worldlanguage.com/

A good third-party partitioning program is Partition Magic 8.
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| The Disk Mgmt app does appear, but the Analyze and Defrag buttons do NOTHING.
| The services for Logical disk mgr are on/started and I did not see any
| dependencies. As a temporary workaround, I installed Diskeeper Lite which
| does work, but the user wants the disk mgmt back working. I have not run
| into this issue before. Thanks.
|
| Kevin

 

[Guest]

Carey,
I'm not sure what you are talking about; I did not mention anything about
any language problems with XP. Maybe you meant to post to a different thread.

Kevin

 

[Nepatsfan]

The Disk Mgmt app does appear, but the Analyze and Defrag
buttons do NOTHING. The services for Logical disk mgr are
on/started and I did not see any dependencies. As a
temporary workaround, I installed Diskeeper Lite which does
work, but the user wants the disk mgmt back working. I have
not run into this issue before. Thanks.

Kevin

You might want to take a look at this article:

How to: Fix Windows Built in Defragmenter
http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/archive/2004/01/18/defrag.aspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

Thanks! Although this situation doesn't quite match my own, I will at least
try it. The user only had/used the XP disk defragger and no other disk
products, but we'll see if this fix will keep from having to do a repair
install.............

Kevin

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Kevin,

To enable Defragmenter's functionality, try this:

Click Start, Run and type Services.msc. Double-click "DCOM Server Process
Launcher" service and set it to Automatic. Restart Windows.

Refer: http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/winnt/service/def.html#DCOMLAUNCH

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Guest]

Ramesh,

Thank you; this is actually what I tested on my own system based on some
advice from another source. It seems if the DCOM Server Process is not
started, the degragmenter buttons do nothing. I'm wondering why/how this
service may have gotten turned off............. Thank you so much for your
help and assistance.

Kevin

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome Kevin.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com