Hi im using a HP with Windows XP for some reason the Disk cleanup option says "scanning: compress old files" for hours i have left it on for over 24 hours and nothing appears. It looks as if it is working but there is no end to its scanning . i have a lot of memory used up but it i dont think that it should take that long for my drive to find files to compress. any suggestions?
2007-02-12 17:10:50 · 2 answers · asked by smashapumpkin2002 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
First I would run Scandisk and then defrag the drive. Then try to do disk cleanup. If that doesn't work. goto Control Panel---Internet Options and delete browse history. There is alot of stuff there that will also slow your disk cleanup down. By the way I also have a HP Media Center Editon XP...Hope this works for you.
2007-02-12 17:24:28 · answer #1 · answered by hayesbh69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happens more often as you do not clean up occasionally. Also it is commonly know for that to happen especially if you are very low on harddrive space.
2007-02-13 01:15:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋