XP Pro won't defragment

[Guest]

Windows Xp Pro won't defragment any of my drives. When i go into the
properties and select tools and choose to defrag, i click on it and nothing
happens. No pop-ups, no errors, nothing happens. Any ideas? Thank
you............

 

[Thota Umesh]

hii, check if windows management instrumentation (wmi) services are running
you can do that by going to services (type services.msc in startmenu run) if
the services are not enabled or started set these services to automatic and
start! you shoud be having a working defrager check!.

pls remember not to disable any services you dont know about. these services
are required and used by windows by disabling them you will disable not only
that service but also the dependent applications and services, in your case
defragmentation.

hope this helps,
Umesh Thota
www.windowsworkshop.com

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Nothing happens when clicking on Defragment or Analyze.

Defrag with XP SP2 needs the DCOM Server Process Launcher service running.

Click Start, Run and type SERVICES.MSC
Double-click the DCOM Server Process Launcher service
Set it's startup type to "Automatic"
Restart Windows.

From...
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

DCOM Server Process Launcher
http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/service/def.html

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[Guest]

Thanks i tried that and it was set to automatic already. I don't know.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I thought that it would be easy. Gonna have to try to fix defrag.

How To Fix Windows Built in Defragmenter
http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/archive/2004/01/18/defrag.aspx

This fix worked for me. dfrgntfs.exe was crashing. Both from defrag.exe in
a command prompt and dfrg.msc.

Start | Run | Type: regsvr32 dfrgui.dll | Click OK

Start | Run | Type: regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll | Click OK

Navigate to...
%windir%\inf | Right click dfrg.inf | Select Install

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[Guest]

I don't have the file dfrg.inf in windows, its missing

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Paul,

dfrg.inf should be in %windir%\inf or C:\WINDOWS\inf

If it is not, dfrg.inf is on your XP CD listed as DFRG.IN_ in the I386
folder. The underscore (_) means that the file is compressed. The
compressed file needs to be expanded to be of any use. To expand it to the
proper location...

Insert your XP CD into your CD drive and enter (Copy and Paste) the
following command into the Start | Run box:

EXPAND -R D:\I386\DFRG.IN_ C:\WINDOWS\inf

Hit your ENTER key or click OK.

NOTE :
You have to change these if yours are different...
Change D to = your CD drive letter
Change C to = your hard drive letter

How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888017

Microsoft Windows XP - Expand command
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/expand.mspx

%windir% is an environment variable that is the location of the system
folder.

Typing or pasting %windir% into the Start | Run box opens to the Windows
folder on whatever drive it is located. I.e. C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT.

Windows XP can be installed in either WINDOWS or WINNT.

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[Guest]

Thank You ,will let you know how i made out....

Paul,

dfrg.inf should be in %windir%\inf or C:\WINDOWS\inf

If it is not, dfrg.inf is on your XP CD listed as DFRG.IN_ in the I386
folder. The underscore (_) means that the file is compressed. The
compressed file needs to be expanded to be of any use. To expand it to the
proper location...

Insert your XP CD into your CD drive and enter (Copy and Paste) the
following command into the Start | Run box:

EXPAND -R D:\I386\DFRG.IN_ C:\WINDOWS\inf

Hit your ENTER key or click OK.

NOTE :
You have to change these if yours are different...
Change D to = your CD drive letter
Change C to = your hard drive letter

How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888017

Microsoft Windows XP - Expand command
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/expand.mspx

%windir% is an environment variable that is the location of the system
folder.

Typing or pasting %windir% into the Start | Run box opens to the Windows
folder on whatever drive it is located. I.e. C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT.

Windows XP can be installed in either WINDOWS or WINNT.

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[Wesley Vogel]

Oops. C:\WINDOWS\inf The inf folder is Hidden.

HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302347

How to display Hidden files and folders...

Start | Settings | Control Panel | Folder Options | View tab
Check:
Display the contents of system folders
and
Show hidden files and folders
UNCheck:
Hide extensions for known file types
and
Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)
Click Apply | Click OK

When you uncheck: Hide protected operating system files,
you will get this message...

Warning
----------
You have chosen to display protected operating system files (files labeled
System and Hidden) in Windows Explorer.These files are required to start and
run Windows. Deleting or editing them can make your computer inoperable.Are
you sure you want to display these files?
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Click YES.

[[Hidden files and folders will appear dimmed to indicate they are not
typical items.]]

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