My Computer Wont Defrag... Help

[madbomber31]

it needs it, bad.... but stays at 0 %... no matter what....

 

[2Thick]

It does not go past 0%? How long have you had it running? Did you get rid of all programs running in the background?

 

[WODIN]

Bad fat setor probably...time to get a new hard drive.

 

[TheProject]

Did you run a scandisk first?

Disable all programs and screensavers?

 

[WODIN]

SSSSSSSSSS....Project....

You have to turn off all programs or it will restart over and over and over........

 

[KAYNE]

GO OUTSIDE AND COUNT TO 743,937 AND THEN COME BACK IN AND POUR A CUP OF HOT WATER OVER A FAKE PLANT AS IF YOU ARE WATERING THE PLANT. AFTER YOU COMPLETE THOSE TWO THINGS, GO OUTSIDE AGAIN AND WRAP YOURSELF IN A LARGE BANANA TREE LEAF (REMOVING ALL OTHER ARTICLES OF CLOTHING), RUN DOWN THE STREET SCREAMING "YOU MUST DEFRAG NOW, YOU MUST DEFRAG NOW". UPON YOUR RETURN, IT WILL DEFRAG. I PROMISE.



KAYNE

 

[theoak01]

my comp was like that to last week,its getting up there about 7 yrs old now

what I did was keep formatting until it works,now it works like new,Im fucking thrilled

 

[gymtime]

It's not enough to simply close out all the programs on your desktop. Go into Task Manager and do an "End Task" on all programs except Explorer. Then run your defrag.

 

[TheProject]

SSSSSSSSSS....Project....

You have to turn off all programs or it will restart over and over and over........

Well, duh. That's what I was asking him. If he did that.

Most people don't think of screensavers as programs.

 

[gsxr1000]

Backup all of your important files onto another computer, then format the whole hard drive and do a fresh install of Windows.

After running for a long time I think any Windows based OS tends to degrade somewhat. I usually backup and do a fresh install on all of my computers and laptops about once a year, this is usually a pretty good practice.


Oh, if this does not work, do what KAYNE suggested.