Drive refuses to defragment?

[Guest]

I have a new hard drive as my old one experienced problems with chkdsk. This
new drive is a hitachi from pc world. The drive refuses to defrag the system
partition/c:? It hangs whilst being analysed on %20 also hangs on a straight
defrag at the same point? I've tried using the trial disk keeper software.
This hangs on %30? Maybe im being to impatient but the system appears to lock
up completely? Is there a know solution to this problem? Any advice most
welcome.

 

[R. McCarty]

There is usually a pause/lag at the point where the MFT and other
NTFS file keeping data is positioned on the volume. The MFT is
offset by a certain % of the drive size into the volume.

It may also be large content such as the Hibernate or Pagefile that
could account for the pause.

You need to ensure that the volume is not marked "Dirty" or in an
inconsistent state. A cursory Chkdsk ( without a /F or /R qualifier )
will let you know if the volume is dirty.

As to Diskeeper ( or Perfect Disk ) you need to do an Offline or
pre Windows Defrag first, followed by a GUI Defrag. This repositions
the MFT, Pagefile and other system content.

 

[Panic]

Sometimes if you use 3rd party disk managers for protection of your
computer, like GoBack or Rollback you won't be able to defrag since there
are many hidden files for protection. If you experience this you can
deactivate those type programs, run defrag and then activate them again.
You will normally lose those program's memories which will start again when
they are re-activated.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I have a new hard drive as my old one experienced problems with chkdsk. This

new drive is a hitachi from pc world. The drive refuses to defrag the system
partition/c:? It hangs whilst being analysed on %20 also hangs on a straight
defrag at the same point? I've tried using the trial disk keeper software.
This hangs on %30? Maybe im being to impatient but the system appears to lock
up completely? Is there a know solution to this problem? Any advice most
welcome.

Have you tried getting the patch from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916731

- Thee Chicago Wolf