Author Topic: Help defragmenting... (Read 1378 times)

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Fizzles · March 18, 2009, 11:18:18 PM

I have no clue, but you posted this just a few minutes after I posted my topic :o

Rughugger · March 18, 2009, 11:18:36 PM

lol your drive is going bad. Need to replace it before it dies on ya.

Wedge · March 18, 2009, 11:48:56 PM

Open command prompt. Type chkdsk /f. Press Enter. You'll get a message asking you if you'd like to schedule it before the next restart because you can't fix errors while the disk is in use. Type Y.

Restart your computer. Chkdsk will take a while so do it overnight or something.

And you are done. Defrag normally.

Digmaster · March 19, 2009, 12:39:09 AM

Uhh, I have this same problem. I tried your solution, Wedge, and its telling me it can't find chkdsk.exe. What should I do?

Wedge · March 19, 2009, 02:00:28 AM

If you go to C:\WINDOWS\system32, there is no chkdsk.exe?

Reinstall Windows or try and find a copy on the Internet.

Digmaster · March 19, 2009, 02:06:25 AM

Yep, there it is. However, it tells me "Chkdsk.exe not found. Skipping Chkdsk."

I have the file, its just not finding it. I'm planning on just installing Ubuntu on this old laptop anyways, so I haven't really bothered about it.

TapeDeck · March 19, 2009, 02:23:13 AM

What folder are you in in command prompt)

Digmaster · March 19, 2009, 02:41:36 AM

What?

I did this along time ago, but I believe I just did chkdsk/f in Run or something. In command prompt I alway just do C.

I get this error when I boot my computer a blue screen with "chkdsk.exe nout found, Skipping AUTOCHK" Or something like that. and then it just continues the boot sequence.

Molasses · March 19, 2009, 06:03:37 PM

Quote from: Wedge on March 18, 2009, 11:48:56 PM

Open command prompt. Type chkdsk /f. Press Enter. You'll get a message asking you if you'd like to schedule it before the next restart because you can't fix errors while the disk is in use. Type Y.

Restart your computer. Chkdsk will take a while so do it overnight or something.

And you are done. Defrag normally.

Command Prompt?

Marcem · March 19, 2009, 06:07:14 PM

Molasses · March 19, 2009, 06:24:59 PM

Doesn't work...

Molasses · March 19, 2009, 06:29:13 PM

Quote from: Wedge on March 18, 2009, 11:48:56 PM

Open command prompt. Type chkdsk /f. Press Enter. You'll get a message asking you if you'd like to schedule it before the next restart because you can't fix errors while the disk is in use. Type Y.

Restart your computer. Chkdsk will take a while so do it overnight or something.

And you are done. Defrag normally.

I do that, but when I restart, nothing happens.