Defrag stops, but hard drive keeps thinking

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When i run defrag, it gets to about 3%, then stops, but the HDD light on my
tower keeps flashing. After a while of waiting i clicked stop, and the defrag
program said it stopped, i closed defrag, the process was gone, and the
system process wasnt doing aything either, yet the HDD light was still
flashing and every time i opened my computer or did sometihg that accessed my
HDD, it was slow. It only stopped flashing when i rebooted, and i tried to
defrag again, seeing if the reboot fixed it, and it did the same thing again.
Any ideas?

 

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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:47:02 -0700, "Chops II" <Chops
II@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>When i run defrag, it gets to about 3%, then stops, but the HDD light on my
>tower keeps flashing. After a while of waiting i clicked stop, and the defrag
>program said it stopped, i closed defrag, the process was gone, and the
>system process wasnt doing aything either, yet the HDD light was still
>flashing and every time i opened my computer or did sometihg that accessed my
>HDD, it was slow. It only stopped flashing when i rebooted, and i tried to
>defrag again, seeing if the reboot fixed it, and it did the same thing again.
>Any ideas?
The next time it happens open the task manager and look for a process
called dfrgfat or dfrgntfs (or similar to that)
If you find it, you may be correct. I've suspected it on my own
machine and I think it's a quirk in this defrag engine.

Once it starts defragging a file, it won't stop until it's finished.
Even if you close the interface !
Dave

 

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thanks very much, i must have missed that process when i looked for it, it is
there, and i took note of the file it was moving at the time of closure, it
is a very large DVD image... alls well now, just gotta wait for it to finish
now... thanks

"da_test" wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:47:02 -0700, "Chops II" <Chops
> II@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >When i run defrag, it gets to about 3%, then stops, but the HDD light on my
> >tower keeps flashing. After a while of waiting i clicked stop, and the defrag
> >program said it stopped, i closed defrag, the process was gone, and the
> >system process wasnt doing aything either, yet the HDD light was still
> >flashing and every time i opened my computer or did sometihg that accessed my
> >HDD, it was slow. It only stopped flashing when i rebooted, and i tried to
> >defrag again, seeing if the reboot fixed it, and it did the same thing again.
> >Any ideas?
> The next time it happens open the task manager and look for a process
> called dfrgfat or dfrgntfs (or similar to that)
> If you find it, you may be correct. I've suspected it on my own
> machine and I think it's a quirk in this defrag engine.
>
> Once it starts defragging a file, it won't stop until it's finished.
> Even if you close the interface !
> Dave
>

 

[galen]

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In news:B82BA350-C25B-4C0E-9DB6-19785B00A115@microsoft.com,
Chops II <Chops II@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> When i run defrag, it gets to about 3%, then stops, but the HDD light
> on my tower keeps flashing. After a while of waiting i clicked stop,
> and the defrag program said it stopped, i closed defrag, the process
> was gone, and the system process wasnt doing aything either, yet the
> HDD light was still flashing and every time i opened my computer or
> did sometihg that accessed my HDD, it was slow. It only stopped
> flashing when i rebooted, and i tried to defrag again, seeing if the
> reboot fixed it, and it did the same thing again. Any ideas?

Start > Run > Type "cmd" without the quotes > Enter button > Type "chkdsk /f
/r" again without the quotes > Hit enter > It will give you an error message
about the drive being locked and ask if you want to schedule it for next
boot > Type "y" without the quotes > Hit enter > Reboot > Get a cup of
coffee

Galen
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Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.

 

[galen]

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In news:AF9FBC34-45E5-4AD1-92BF-EFD15B1CD4FC@microsoft.com,
benedict1 <benedict1@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> You wer right. It took about an hour and a half--had to move about 6
> G of files. I also did it to my other external HDD and it was a
> little less time. Thanks for the tip.

Not a problem... Feel free to ask for more help should you find more
troubles later on.

Galen
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