Can't Defrag

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paultooch

Whenever I attempt to defrag C drive I get a message Defragmenter has
detected that chkdsk /f is scheduled to run on the volume c. Please run
chkdsk /f. I have attempted to run it in safe mode and that didn't work. I
also attempted to do a system restore to a previous date. This also did not
work. Any suggestions?
 
Paul

If you restart your computer does chkdsk run and if yes have you allowed
it to complete?

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paultooch said:
Whenever I attempt to defrag C drive I get a message Defragmenter has
detected that chkdsk /f is scheduled to run on the volume c. Please run
chkdsk /f. I have attempted to run it in safe mode and that didn't work.
I
also attempted to do a system restore to a previous date. This also did
not
work. Any suggestions?
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System restore won't have any effect on this. You need to actually *run*
chckdsk to clear it, and often you can't do this while Windows is running
and taking control of the disk. This will happen in regular or safe mode.

Go to Start, Run, type cmd and press enter. Then, type chkdsk. You'll
hopefully be told that you need to schedule it to run at the next reboot, do
you want to do this? Answer with the letter "y" and the enter key, then
close the command prompt (type the word "exit"), and restart the system.
Chkdsk will run and you should then be able to defrag once chkdsk is done
and Windows restarts. Give it the time it wants.

More information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

HTH
-pk
 
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