I just purchashed this computer, its a hp pavilion a1530n, it has a 250 gb of hard drive. when i went to defrag it told me that i needed to but that i only had 5% left on d and that i needed 15, i did disk clean up and i checked it for errors, there were none. what could be wrong with this dang thing? please help
2007-02-18 04:09:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
D: is not the recovery partition, the other guy has no clue. Defrag requires 15% free space to run, and you only have 5%. Look at your free space on the D: drive, then remove any large files that you don't need, or back them up to a USB drive, cd or DVD. This free space is used to temporarily hold files that defrag is moving.
2007-02-18 04:38:02 · answer #1 · answered by whodeyflya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Recovery disk it is not. Windows defragger requires 15% free space to run. some commercial defragger's will work with less, but you will have to buy them. check to see if they will work under 15% space before laying down your money
2007-02-18 17:43:51 · answer #2 · answered by pocbr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
2007-02-18 20:15:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
d is the recovery partition you shouldnt be playing in there
2007-02-18 12:13:14 · answer #4 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋