converted FAT32 to NTFS now won't "clean up"

[LRW]

Running WinXP Pro. For the past year or so had the drives formatted to
FAT32.
Last week I decided I would get better performance/security/options with
NTFS so I converted the drive to NTFS (not format/reinstall.)

Well, everything works great, and defragging takes a lot less time now.
However, I can't "clean drive space" on the drive now.
(You know, right-click/properties on the drive, click "Disk Cleanup"
button.)
When I do, a box comes up saying:
"Disk Cleanup is calculating how much space will be free on D:.
Calculating...
(progress bar shows 5 blocks)
Scanning: Compress old files"

And that's where it stays. I've left it alone doing that for 10 hours once,
and the progress bar never moves.
I've already defragged it, compressed a lot of directores, deleted temorary
files...I just can't get past that stuck point.

I can close the box easily and without trouble, yet the process:
cleanmgr.exe continues to run in the Task Manager at around 99% CPU unless I
manually stop it.

Of course I've rebooted and run disk check at bootup and it found no
problems.

Thanks for any suggestions or ideas!
Liam

 

[Jym]

Try Kelly's excellent site for a fix. download and run "compress old file
freezes in Disk Cleanup" file. Jym
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm#fix

 

[LRW]

Try Kelly's excellent site for a fix. download and run "compress old file
freezes in Disk Cleanup" file. Jym
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm#fix

Fascinating site!
And, that workaround worked...it skips the compress section. But, anyone
know of a way to FIX the problem?
Thanks!
Liam