Defragmenter won't work.

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Run disk clean up first,then open cmd prompt,type efrag C:

"David" wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have a RAID format (2x40GB) split into 2 partitions (10GB & 70GB) and I
> want to defrag them. However, the program won't do so as the options are
> greyed out. It will analyse them though.
>
> I thought it might be because I had once installed Diskeeper (trial version)
> and it had turned Windows XP's off. I've installed it again but that too has
> the defragment option greyed out.
>
> Both programs will analyse the drives. I have 4GB of free space on one and
> 27GB on the other. Does anyone know what's going on?
>
> Thanks for your attention and any advice you can give.
>
> David
>
>
>

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Thanks for the advice, I have done what you have advised but unfortunately
it did not work. After typing in defrag c: at the cmd prompt it stated that
"windows cannot connect to the disk defragmenter engine" I'm going to see if
I can reinstall the program using the XP disc. I don't know if this is
possible or whether it will work if can but please let me know if you have
any other ideas.Thank you, David.

"Andrew E wrote:
> Run disk clean up first,then open cmd prompt,type efrag C:
>
> "David" wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I have a RAID format (2x40GB) split into 2 partitions (10GB & 70GB) and I
>> want to defrag them. However, the program won't do so as the options are
>> greyed out. It will analyse them though.
>>
>> I thought it might be because I had once installed Diskeeper (trial
>> version)
>> and it had turned Windows XP's off. I've installed it again but that too
>> has
>> the defragment option greyed out.
>>
>> Both programs will analyse the drives. I have 4GB of free space on one
>> and
>> 27GB on the other. Does anyone know what's going on?
>>
>> Thanks for your attention and any advice you can give.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>

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Just a quick note for anyone interested and that is, I've fixed the problem
by finding this webpage:
http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/archive/2004/01/18/defr... The Dos part
didn't work for me and I couldn't find the Inf folder in Windows (I don't
seem to have one) so I downloaded the dfrg.inf file to my Desktop and then
installed it. The program seems to work now.


"David" <thebluecarrot@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ee6bFz3nFHA.3960@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the advice, I have done what you have advised but unfortunately
> it did not work. After typing in defrag c: at the cmd prompt it stated
> that
> "windows cannot connect to the disk defragmenter engine" I'm going to see
> if
> I can reinstall the program using the XP disc. I don't know if this is
> possible or whether it will work if can but please let me know if you
> have
> any other ideas.Thank you, David.
>
> "Andrew E wrote:
>> Run disk clean up first,then open cmd prompt,type efrag C:
>>
>> "David" wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have a RAID format (2x40GB) split into 2 partitions (10GB & 70GB) and
>>> I
>>> want to defrag them. However, the program won't do so as the options are
>>> greyed out. It will analyse them though.
>>>
>>> I thought it might be because I had once installed Diskeeper (trial
>>> version)
>>> and it had turned Windows XP's off. I've installed it again but that too
>>> has
>>> the defragment option greyed out.
>>>
>>> Both programs will analyse the drives. I have 4GB of free space on one
>>> and
>>> 27GB on the other. Does anyone know what's going on?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your attention and any advice you can give.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>