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12-16-2008, 09:45 PM
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Disk Defrag crashes my system
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.
 Where should I start?
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12-16-2008, 10:06 PM
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I tried to defrag in safe mode and it pegged the CPU at 100% and then crashed.
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12-16-2008, 10:12 PM
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Down load this program, its free, http://www.auslogics.com/en/software...efrag/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.
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12-16-2008, 10:45 PM
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12-16-2008, 11:50 PM
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Thanks for the help, I got it defragged with auslogics. Now windows defrag sees the drive like it should.
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12-17-2008, 02:57 AM
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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.
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12-17-2008, 05:46 AM
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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? |
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12-17-2008, 10:19 AM
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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.
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