2007-02-12 15:00:21 · 5 answers · asked by rowell_sk 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Free up some space. delete things you no longer need or want. You will need about 15% free space in your hard drive to do a successful defrag. I find that deleting temporary files, deleting Internet files and compressing files under disk Cleanup frees up a lot of space.
2007-02-12 15:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First close all programs that may be running(right click on icons in the system tray). Next make sure you disable any power and screensaver options(use control panel). You may have to go through several shutdowns to complete the defrag task. Windows ME was particularly bad for allowing a one-time defrag. I finally went to XP upgrade for about $100 and have not had any problem. I will say that each time you try a defrag and it fails before completion it will go a little further the next time and so on. Good luck!
2007-02-12 15:46:36 · answer #2 · answered by Don R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reboot in safe mode with command prompt by pressing F5 as the computer boots up. When you get the command prompt type 'explorer' and hit enter. Then run defrag. This is the best way to defrag without having to use a boot disk. I always do it this way.
2007-02-12 15:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Komic Kaze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that you can't defrag a file that windows is using. If you really wanted to, you could download a bootdisk that has a defragmenter on it. try here: http://www.bootdisk.com/ but the truth is that you probably wouldn't notice any difference. go to this site and download the Excessive power defragmenter: http://www.excessive-software.eu.tt/ then download the contig from sysinternals. that tool will fill in the gaps that windows defragmenter leaves behind like the paging files.
2007-02-12 15:10:47 · answer #4 · answered by BigJohnny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't fully defrag in windows you have to exit out of windows and use the dos prompt by pressing F8 at startup.
2007-02-12 16:15:32 · answer #5 · answered by S A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋