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Old 07-04-2007, 11:20 AM
uvbogden
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Re: Defrag and Error checking not working

I have tried to run this from an elevated "administrator" level and it still
doesn't work.

"brink" wrote:
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> For the Birds;347965 Wrote:[color=green]
> > Recently I re-installed a clean version of Windows Vista Home Premium. I
> > have done all the updates and installed anti-virus software. Then I was
> > trying to run defrag and when it opens it says "Your file system
> > performance
> > can be improved" at which point I click on "Defragment Now". At this
> > point it
> > would say "analyzing disk" for 2 or 3 seconds and it then goes back to
> > "Your
> > file system performance can be improved". I keep clicking on
> > "Defragment Now"
> > over and over again but it keeps doing the same thing.
> >
> > I then scheduled Error-Checking on the next start-up but when the
> > computer
> > restarts, nothing happens. I've tried it a few times and the disk is
> > never
> > scanned. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.[/color]
>
> Hi For the Birds,
>
> Have you tried running the error check through a elevated command
> prompt? It will usually work better than going through windows
> explorer. See the link below for more details.
>
> 'http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-checkdisk.html#post295446'
> ([url]http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-checkdisk.html#post295446[/url])
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
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