Cannot Defrag Drive C:

[Guest]

When I try to analyze or defrag my hard drive I get the message "Disk
Defragmenter has detected theat Chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume c:
Please run chkdsk /f"

When I try to run chkdsk I get an error message saying it can't lock the
drive and would I like to run it next time I boot up. I have tried answering
both yes and no but it makes no difference, I still cannont defrag the drive.

Dow anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Harry Boyne]

Have you rebooted it?
Go to scheduled tasks in Control Panel and see if it is there. I think it's
OK to delete.

If you have no luck, then try booting into safe mode.

 

[Harry Boyne]

If you do not know how to go onto safe mode, follow the instructions on this
site:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial61.html#winxo

I recommend trying the F8 method first.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion. However, there was no scheduled task and it didn't
make any difference booting in safe mode.