im trying to de-frag my computer and its telling me to.....?

Question

check and fix the drive run chkdsk /f. HELP

Answer 1

Click
Start, programmes, accesories, disc cleanup. Put a tick in all the boxes that have numbers (files) beside and then click OK. Click yes you are sure.
Then click
My computer, right click drive c, (your main drive), Properties, Tools, Check now, Check the 2 boxes that are shown, Start, and then yes you want to schedule. Then, RESTART your computer. You will now see tat your pc is showing a blue screen with white writing, ITS A GOOD THING and nothing to worry about. This will fix any errors you have on your pc. It normally takes about an hour and a half depending on when it was last done etc. When its finished (let it run) it will take you back to where you put in your password to enter windows (if you have one) or your desktop. Then defrag. I do this about once a week and so far I have never had a problem with my pc and I've had it nearly 3 years. I hope this helps
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Answer 2

Has it also shown you a message telling you that the disk check has been scheduled for the next time your computer starts?

If so, just restart the computer and the check will take place automatically.
You will see it being done before Windows starts properly.

If not, use Start > Run and type chkdsk /f into the command line box that appears.
Press Enter key or click OK to begin the check.
You may get a message similar to the one I mentioned above, if so just restart the computer.

If CHKDSK reports lots of problems that can't be fixed, or takes ages to complete you should back up your documents, pictures, music, favourites etc. and anything else you don't want to lose as soon as possible to CD, an external hard disk, a USB memory stick or whatever becuase there's a good chance that your hard disk is about to die.

Answer 3

Defrag has detected possible corruption on your drive. CHKDSK can repair that most of the time.

Open a command prompt box.

Type CHKDSK C: /f and press Enter

You'll get a prompt asking if you want to run CHKDSK the next time that Windows starts. Answer 'Yes" to that prompt.

Reboot your machine. CHKDSK will run and then take you to the desktop. Depending upon the size of your drive this may take a while.

Answer 4

Is your computer a laptop or a desktop computer?

If it is a laptop: Have you dropped it? Dropping your computer can damage your hard drive and corrupt files that are stored on it, including the operating system files. If you run scan disk and errors are found, you have two options. You can reload windows onto your computer and hope that the damage was strictly corrupt files, or you can replace your hard drive and have your operating system replaced.

If it is a desktop: You probably got a virus that damaged the operating system files. If you run scan disk and you still ahve the problem, try re-installing windows to fix the problem.

This is a tricky thing to do, so if you have a friend or relative with some computer know-how, consult them for more help. You can find most of your information required on the microsoft knowledge-base at www.microsoft.com.

Good luck!

Answer 5

/f means chkdsk will not defrag the drive, just perform an analysis. Then you will have to run CHKDSK again to perform the defrag. /f means you are running in read-only mode.

HTH

Answer 6

hit the start menu

click on "run" button (near the bottom of the box)

then type
chkdsk /f
in that box

Answer 7

it'll probably do a check disk if you restart it. It wont scan until it knows that files aren't corrupt.
Open "my computer", right click on your drive and select properties.
Select the tools tab. Click check now...
That should check it.

Answer 8

I think you're supposed to run checkdisk before you defrag, so it doesn't mess up.