disc defragmenter not running

[Guest]

In performance & maintenence on XP. Trying to run the disc defragmenter. A
window comes up and says "Disc Defragmenter could not start". Any help please.
Thanks

 

[kenchi]

In performance & maintenence on XP. Trying to run the disc defragmenter
A
window comes up and says "Disc Defragmenter could not start". Any hel
please.
Thanks

See if this fix works
http://tinyurl.com/4vbw

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Run Disk CleanUp in all user profiles to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files (in all User Profiles ). Then run chkdsk
before trying Disk Defragmenter again in Safe Mode.

How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Guest]

Thanks to the two posts above. Brilliant!!!! Your help was well appreciated.