when I try to defrag my computer it, just seems to get nowhere. The icons at the bottom are closed. Ideas?

Answer 1

Have you done a scan disc or disc clean up?

If no...try those first. Then try and defrag again.

Also b4 defragging...close all unnecessary activity ((including closing your internet connection). Ctrl/Alt/Delete and close all but IE.

Good luck :)

Answer 2

Do not close "all but IE" when using task manager. For one thing, IE has nothing to do with it, for another, if you close all but IE your computer will stop running, as you need Windows Explorer, which is not Internet Explorer.

By "icons at the bottom are closed" you might mean that the task buttons at the bottom of the defrag program are grayed out. Which means that the program itself is not working correctly if at all.

To avoid doing a Windows repair, you should try running scan disc. You can do that by clicking start, run, and typing:
chkdsk /f
You'll get a box saying can't, but next time computer restarts, y or n, so type y and hit enter and restart.

If that doesn't do it, then do a Windows repair, which involves putting the Windows disk in the drive and going through the install process until the install process detects a Windows installation and asks you if you want to do a repair or install to another partition. Do not choose "press R for recovery console" as that is somethng else.

Answer 3

Do:

from start, run, type in msconfig, OK

from the dialog box go to STARTUP, uncheck all then reboot

after rebooting in the systray at the bottom of the screen stop all items from running

The try the defrag

Answer 4

You could try to disconnet the computer from the Internet in case some activities is going on there and you do not know...

Answer 5

greeter4jc has got it right. You should do what he said plus de-frag, spyware check, virus scan every 2 weeks or once a week if you are on the net a lot

Answer 6

Turn off your screen saver.

Answer 7

reinstall windows