Re: Disk Defragmenter error message
"StampinSteph" <StampinSteph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I tried your suggestion of rebooting for chkdsk to run and it did NOT help.
That would likely be because you hadn't scheduled it to run. I'll give you
one method for that next.
> What is chkdsk? Any other suggestions?
The only thing you can do, and what you should do to clear this error, is to
follow the direction and run chkdsk. It stands for Check Disk.
Go to start, run, and type cmd, then press enter. A command prompt box
will open. In that, type "chkdsk /f" and press enter. Note the space,
and don't enter the quotes.
Now, you should get a message that chkdsk can't get control of the drive and
ask you if you'd like to schedule a check at next boot (Y/N). Answer with
a Y. Chkdsk will end.
Type the word "exit" to close the command prompt box.
Now, reboot, and chkdsk will run before Windows actually loads. Let it run.
When Windows restarts, you can run the defragmenter.
HTH
-pk
>
> StampinSteph
>
> "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote:
>
>> >When I try to analyze or defragment my computer files I get the
>> >following
>> >message: Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run
>> >on
>> >the volume: (C
. Please run chkdsk /f.
>> >I don't know what has caused this, because the last time I defraged it
>> >worked fine, then this time I get this message. Can someone please
>> >advise me
>> >how to correct this error and tell me what has happened? Thanks
>>
>> You may just need to reboot for checkdsk to run and then you can
>> defragment the drive.
>>
>> - Thee Chicago Wolf
>>