Defragment harddrive

[rjs1970]

I am running windows 2000 professional on a laptop. Harddrive needs to be defragmented but it won't let me do it. I get a message that there is not enough free space to run defregmentation. 62% of the space is free but it still won't let me do it. Anyone knows how to fix this. i tried running DEFRAG command at comand prompt but it does not recognize the command "DEFRAG

 

[wolluf]

2k doesn't have the defrag command (XP does).

Have you been trying it from drive properties, tools tab?

Is it fat32 or ntfs?

Why do you think it need defragging?

Couple of suggestions - run chkdsk first (I'd run this from command prompt - chkdsk /f - and allow it to schedule on next boot). Concerned that there is some filestore corruption if it can't recognise that 62% is free.

Then if it still won't defrag after this, I'd try running it in safe mode.

btw - anti-virus & windows patches up to date?

 

[rjs1970]

I trid running defrag from drive properties but it gives me the message that there is not enough free space.

It is NTFS

Computer is running very slow so I want to defrag to see if it improves the performance.

I already did chkdsk from command prompt and it came up with NO error.

anti-virus is up to date but windows patches are not. I am doing it right now.

thanks for your response

 

[wolluf]

Have you run chkdsk /f - so it will check on next boot before o/s loads?

Are there any messages in event viewer (run eventvwr.msc) which might help with diagnosing this?

 

[Prydonian]

Defrag under W2K requires 15% CONTIGUOUS space on a drive in order to defrag. Right click on the My Computer icon, select Manage and expand the Storage option on the tree. Click on Disk Defragmenter.

When the drive(s) appear, highlight the drive in question and click on Analyze. The display will show you what the drive looks like in terms of fragmentation. If you don't see a lot of white space then defrag may not run.

It you run defrag from this screen tehn it will warn you about not enough room, but it will allow you to override that. Beware.... If this is the case, it will run for a LONG time.....

 

[nlm9802]

delete or move some stuff to a different drive, then try again.

 

[pweegar]

First, I would download 1 of the 2 (or both) of the following programs. Then install and run 1 or the other, or both:
1) System mechanic (

http://www.iolo.com).

It'd completely FREE for 30 days. Works wonders. Removes .tmp, .bak, .log 0 length files, etc.

or

2) easycleaner (do a google search). It's freeware and does almost a good job as system mechanic.

Both will clean out files, as well as clean your system registry. After running the above programs, you SHOULD now be able to run Win2K's defrag program. There IS no defrag.exe in Win2k (it's called something else and is a part of the MS Management console or at least has a mmc extension). As mentioned you may want to run the CHKDSK c: /f program from a command prompt. You may have to reboot in order to get it to run, but it's well worth the effort.

 

[twoeyes]

I recently discovered "dirms" a freeware defrager. It seems to work a lot better than the built in defrag in 2k/Xp.

Check out dirms.com. - no affiliation, just a user.

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