Cannot defrag harddrive(s) in XP

Discussion in 'Software' started by tripseven, Mar 26, 2006.

  1. tripseven

    tripseven Private First Class

    Hi All,
    This may be the wrong area to post this problem but here goes;OS is XP home edition with SP2, pentium 4 2.6 ghz processor, 768 mb ram. I have lost the ability to analyze or defrag either of my harddrives. What has happened?

    Thanks in advance for the help!
     
    tripseven, Mar 26, 2006
    #1
  2. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    How big is your hard drive, and how much free space do you have?
     
    Adrynalyne, Mar 26, 2006
    #2
  3. tripseven

    tripseven Private First Class

    C drive is 50 gig with about 40% free space, D drive is 80 gig with 95% free space.
     
    tripseven, Mar 26, 2006
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  4. ShockTroop

    ShockTroop Specialist

    There's no Defrag option under Tools in the drive's Properties menu? Or does it just do nothing when you click it?
     
    ShockTroop, Mar 26, 2006
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  5. Franklin

    Franklin Corporal

    In SP2 you have to have "DCOM Server Process Launcher" enabled in administrative tools> services for the defragger to work.

    Otherwise the buttons on the defrag tool don't do anything. Set this service to "Automatic" and restart.

    Fix defrag tips at the link below.
    http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/archive/2004/01/18/defrag.aspx
     
    Franklin, Mar 26, 2006
    #5

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