defragementation

T

tmdiamond

We installed the Win xp home in the new hdd (when attached to the pc by
itself) and after that we attached back and the original hdd is now
considered as slave as we select to boot from the new hdd (both sata).Fyi, we
decided to add a new hdd because the original capacity is small and we leave
everything intact including the original OS)

Now we try to do a defragmentation on the C: drive which is in the new hdd (
been partition into C and D), we get a message "Disk Defragmenter has
detected that Chkdsk is schedule to run on the volume c;. Please run Chkdsk
/f"

When I checked: start>all prog>system tools>schedule task> there is nothing
been schedule to defrag the C: drive

Please advice how can I go about this problem and many thanks for your
assistance.
 
A

Alister

tmdiamond said:
We installed the Win xp home in the new hdd (when attached to the pc by
itself) and after that we attached back and the original hdd is now
considered as slave as we select to boot from the new hdd (both sata).Fyi,
we
decided to add a new hdd because the original capacity is small and we
leave
everything intact including the original OS)

Now we try to do a defragmentation on the C: drive which is in the new hdd
(
been partition into C and D), we get a message "Disk Defragmenter has
detected that Chkdsk is schedule to run on the volume c;. Please run
Chkdsk
/f"

When I checked: start>all prog>system tools>schedule task> there is
nothing
been schedule to defrag the C: drive

Please advice how can I go about this problem and many thanks for your
assistance.
Click to expand...

Chkdsk doesn't appear in scheduled tasks - it is set to run by a flag in the
registry.

Reboot the PC and allow chkdsk to run (as it will when the PC boots) and
then you won't get the message anymore.

Alister
 
J

JS

Click Start/Run. then type: "cmd" (without the quotes)
and press the Enter key. .

In the command prompt window enter:
chkdsk C: /f
Press the Enter key
 
T

tmdiamond

Many thanks for your response. When I typed in the chkdsk C: /f, I get a
message "chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process.
Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system
restart? Y/N "

So, I dont understand why the volume was been used as we do not have to sign
or log in to use the pc so there is no "two' users at the same time. Is it
because the pc see the older hdd as part of C: although its now been identify
by the pc as " F and G "

Now is defragmentation the same as chkdsk? Please advice.
 
R

R. McCarty

Chkdsk is a utility to verify Data and structure of a volume ( disk ).
Defrag
is a tool that takes files that exist in pieces on the drive and place them
in a
contiguous layout. Think of it this way. A file is a single piece of paper.
If
it is in many pieces you have to exert more work to pick it up. If it's
defrag'd
then you only have to pick up that single piece. A defragmented volume is
more efficient for loading files than a fragmented one.
 
G

Gerry

tmdiamond

Did you restart your computer as Alister suggested? What happened?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
J

JS

Try rebooting your PC. Check Disk
may run during the reboot process
and then you should be able to defrag.

Look carefully for any errors check disk
reports during the reboot.
 
T

tmdiamond

Without executing the chkdsk /f command, each we reboot the pc, it does not
ask if we want to do a chkdsk or not, it will straight goes to desktop. So if
I typed in the command chkdsk /f, shall I select 'Y' ? What we want to
achieve is to defrag the volume. Sorry for asking all these silly questions,
and thanks for your response.
 
G

George

tmdiamond said:
Without executing the chkdsk /f command, each we reboot the pc, it does
not
ask if we want to do a chkdsk or not, it will straight goes to desktop. So
if
I typed in the command chkdsk /f, shall I select 'Y' ? What we want to
achieve is to defrag the volume. Sorry for asking all these silly
questions,
and thanks for your response.
Yes!
Click to expand...
 
T

tmdiamond

After running the Malwarebyte scan in which all the nasties were removed then
at command prompt typed chkdsk c: /f > yes>reboot, the pc seems to reboot
straight to desktop as we did not see the checking phase as we normally would
see the count of the hdd and neither there were any delay to get to desktop.
In any case, when its at desktop, when we tried to defrag, but we still get
the same. message. Anything else we can try as we must defrag the pc, thanks
 
T

tmdiamond

Download and install the Autoruns and uncheck 2 items in the TAB tab, reboot
and try to defrag but we still get the same message. So we re-run the
Autoruns again and the 2 items were uncheck and then try to defrag again but
still get the same message. ........... anything that we can try next. Thanks
for your time
 
T

tmdiamond

Now observaing carefully upon boot up, the window logo appears and after a
few seconds, there is this message " \systemroot\windows\system32\autochk.exe
program is not found - will skid the check " and soon it goes to desktop. Is
that the reason why we cannot do defragmentation?

fyi, the Restore Points were disable when we the Malwarebyte..... thanks for
your time
 
T

tmdiamond

Finally Kelly's fix does the trick. Downloaded and installed, then at command
prompt> chkdsk c: /f>exit and reboot itself twice before going to desktop and
able to defragement,
Many thanks for seeing me through.
 

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