Disk Defrag crashes my system

[amdalex]

I have this old PC, AMD Socket A 1.4ghz and 768mb of RAM, its a Micron PC with windows 2000. Every time I open disk defrag to try to defrag the computer it crashes the system and requires a hard reboot. Also when it analyzes the disk almost all of it is red but I have 92% free disk space.:eek: Where should I start?

[amdalex]

I tried to defrag in safe mode and it pegged the CPU at 100% and then crashed.:eek:

[usnavyretired]

Down load this program, its free, http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download. Give it a try, I've never used this program but several here have and say it works ok. Hopefully this program won't crash your computer.

[DSCHIEF]

I've had good luck with "Diskeeper"

http://majorgeeks.com/Diskeeper_Lite_d1207.html

[amdalex]

Thanks for the help, I got it defragged with auslogics. Now windows defrag sees the drive like it should.

[glc]

You might want to run chkdsk /r - you may have a lot of corruption and/or bad sectors. A good cleanup with something like CCleaner sure wouldn't hurt either.

[IonicBond]

Run chkdsk /r once, and try again.

Or try with Diskeeper which usually works without any problems. Current free trial version is 2009 on their website and will run as a full featured version for a month.

Unlikely, but could also be a malware/trojan, if the CPU is at 100%. Wouldn't hurt to run a scan once.

Lastly, may want to check if the drive is alright. Has it downgraded to PIO mode?

[amdalex]

It quickly defragged with the windows defragger after and there is no viruses/malware because it was a work station at a company that had good anti virus. I am running avast and spybot and it sits idle at 0% CPU usage. Also I ran CCleaner and I'll run chkdsk when I get home from school.