My partner has been trying her best to clear rubbish of of this bloody thing, although now we cannot seem to defrag (see jpg below)?

Any help would be much appreciated...

http://i10.tinypic.com/2z3s590.jpg

Regards

Craig

hiya gazzathecoigne
chkdisk is the XP version of scandisk. Try checking if a error check is sceduled by going on my computer and right click on your C drive/tools/error checking. XP will start a scandisk on start up if you have told it to fix errors. Just running one might then let you run Defrag. also try checking sceduled tasks: start/programs/accessories/system tools and sceduled tasks.
Hope this helps and if it doesnt just hold in there for one of the team to help ya.
Good luck!

Hi there

Open a command window and type this:

fsutil dirty query C:

Please let us know the output

No joy with either I'm afraid? When I did the start/programs/accessories/system tools and sceduled tasks, this is what came up.....http://i10.tinypic.com/2dqszmv.jpg

Nothing happened whatsover when I tried to run using the info given "fsutil dirty query C: "

Hi there

In the cmd window, you should have got a response from the query
fsutil dirty query C:
Either

Volume - C: is Dirty

or

Volume - C: is NOT Dirty


Lets assume that the response is Volume - C: is Dirty...................



There is a process called autochk.exe that runs at startup. This process checks for the "dirty bit".
If the volume is dirty, a chkdsk is ordered and you machine will automatically run chkdsk as part of the startup. For some reason"dirty bit "may not be cleared. An XP Bug !!
There are a couple of ways to stop this.

Part One :

Try this one first.
Close all applications and open a command window.
Type chkdsk C: /f
allow a chkdsk on the C drive and hopefully this will clear the dirty bit
Under normal circumstances the above method should work.
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Part two:

Before using the following method!!

Set a system restore point and or backup the registry key before editing

This option involves editing the registry and should only be used if the above method fails to clear the dirty bit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager
BootExecute . . . REG_MULTI_SZ . . . autocheck autochk *

Edit the BootExecute value in the right-hand pane, and change autocheck autochk *
Example, to stop the check on drive C, type autocheck autochk /k:c *

If i was you i would try the chkdsk C: /f , but i'm not too sure on the registery part.As we don't know if it is defently the problem, but i suppose you could try it =), but do backup your registery like pops said .

I learned something today, thanks Pops