help , i can not get my comp to analyze or defrag ,.?

Question

i go to disk defrag and it wil not do anything please helo it's a dell laptop . (inspirion)

Answer 1

Your computer hard disc needs 15% free space to defrag

Answer 2

Make sure you are doing it right.

Begin by first clicking on the Start Button.

Then move your mouse over the All Programs icon to display all Start Menu folders.

If your Start Menu is set to the Classic View, move your mouse over the Programs folder instead.

Now, move your mouse onto the Accessories menu folder until it expands.

Then move your mouse onto the System Tools menu folder until it expands.

Now Click on the Disk Defragmenter icon to launch the program.

Then use your mouse to highlight the drive that you want to Defragment?

Then click on the Defragment button located on the lower left hand center of the screen.

Windows XP will analyze your drive first and then display a visual estimate of the final results.

And Windows XP will continually show you a progress indicator bar depicting its progress.

When Windows is finished it will ask you if you would like to quit the Defrag Program.

Select YES to quit the Disk Defragmenter Program and then reboot your computer.

Answer 3

are you sure you are clicking on defragment if you are ,then the only thing i can think of is you are not waiting long enough this usually takes several minutes too complete at least on my comp .it does so give it about 10 to 15 minutes and check back , find something else too do while you wait and stay off computer it may take longer if you havent defraged for a long time hope this helps

Answer 4

Your computer hard disks need a ceartain amount of free space to defragment.I would advise that you find and download a third party software program to defrag the hard disks for you as they work better than the windows defrag anyways.Email me for more on this

Answer 5

Try a program that defrags computers... www.download.com and type in the search: System Mechanic 6

Answer 6

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Answer 7

disconnect the network cable from the laptop and try defrag again.

else, disable the antivirus temporarily and start defrag again.

after defrag, re-enable the antivirus.

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Answer 8

i might propose making constructive that your computer wasn't set to goto sleep or show a show saver. i've got seen it the place the computer is going into sleep mode and locks up on a defrag. ensure which you do finished the chkdsk on restart. every time the computer locks up and you restart it abnormally it is going to attempt to do a chkdsk the subsequent time it boots up.