Troubleshooting Disk Defragmenting

Hi,

From the COMMAND prompt of your Boot Disk or Recovery (if your System maker provided one) run these
(you can run them in windows however they are more efficient from the boot disk prompt so I will list both
ways). If needed you can borrow a friend's disk (same 32 or 64 bit needed) as they are not copy protected.
The System maker will usually sell the physical disks cheap since you already own Windows. Or you can
make a Repair Disk as indicated below.

This tells you how to access the System Recovery Options and/or with a Vista Disk
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/326b756b-1601-435e-99d0-1585439470351033.mspx


Command Prompt of a Boot Disk or Recovery Options/Environment

chkdsk /f /r

REBOOT

sfc /scannow

REBOOT

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The above method is better if possible.

Inside Windows - Regular or Safe Mode

Run checkdisk - schedule it to run at next start and then Apply OK your way out then restart.

How to Run Check Disk at Startup in Vista
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-chkdsk.html

Start - type in Search box -  COMMAND   find at top of list -  RIGHT CLICK  -  RUN AS ADMIN

sfc /scannow

How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228

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Here are excellent free 3rd party defraggers which I use.

Auslogics Disk Defrag - FREE - works easily and does a great job
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

MyDefrag - FREE -very powerful
http://www.mydefrag.com/

Also check this and the other "Related Links" here :

How to Run Disk Defragmenter from the Command Prompt in Vista
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81786-disk-defragmenter-command-prompt.html

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If you need to make repair disks - these help repair Windows not re-install.

How to Make a Bootable Disk in Vista
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/7050.aspx

Download: Windows Vista 32 bit (x86) Recovery Disc and Windows 7
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/

Download: Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc and Windows 7
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/

How to Make a Windows Vista Repair Disk If You Don’t Have One
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-make-a-windows-vista-repair-disk-if-you-dont-have-one/

Hope this helps.