Disk defragmenter problem

[Guest bill]

When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home edition

i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.Please

check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's no list

of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i resolve

this issue?

[Guest Navyguy]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

On Jul 2, 12:49 am, bill <b...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home edition

> i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.Please

> check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's no list

> of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i resolve

> this issue?

 

I'm not a computer expert by any means but I believe this is normal.

 

 

Robert

[Guest p]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

bill wrote:

> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home edition

> i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.Please

> check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's no list

> of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i resolve

> this issue?

 

Did you recently install Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Mail?

 

P

[Guest p]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

Navyguy wrote:

> On Jul 2, 12:49 am, bill <b...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home edition

>> i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.Please

>> check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's no list

>> of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i resolve

>> this issue?

>

> I'm not a computer expert by any means but I believe this is normal.

>

>

> Robert

 

No, it isn't normal.

 

P

[Guest bill]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

 

 

"p" wrote:

> bill wrote:

> > When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home edition

> > i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.Please

> > check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's no list

> > of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i resolve

> > this issue?

>

> Did you recently install Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Mail?

>

> P

> Yes i installed both of them.

[Guest P]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

bill wrote:

>

> "p" wrote:

>

>> bill wrote:

>>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home edition

>>> i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.Please

>>> check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's no list

>>> of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i resolve

>>> this issue?

>> Did you recently install Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Mail?

>>

>> P

>> Yes i installed both of them.

 

That's the reason it's happening and even if you uninstall them both, it

will continue to happen. If you look at the results of the analysis of

your drive, you will see it's only one file so don't worry about it.

You'd think that Microsoft could figure out how to make their own

programs play nice with Windows, especially Live Messenger which

everyone and their brother just *has* to have.

 

P

[Guest Unknown]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

Perhaps not normal, but my computer has been doing exactly that since XP

came out.

"p" <p@nospam.cn> wrote in message news:g4fkf3$jud$2@aioe.org...

> Navyguy wrote:

>> On Jul 2, 12:49 am, bill <b...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home

>>> edition

>>> i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be

>>> defragmented.Please

>>> check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's no

>>> list

>>> of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i

>>> resolve

>>> this issue?

>>

>> I'm not a computer expert by any means but I believe this is normal.

>>

>> Robert

>

> No, it isn't normal.

>

> P

[Guest P]

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Unknown wrote:

> Perhaps not normal, but my computer has been doing exactly that since XP

> came out.

 

The only one of mine that does that is one that I stupidly installed

Windows Live Messenger on and that will be removed with a reformat and

reinstall as I need a bigger hard drive with a bigger C partition for

that computer.

 

P

> "p" <p@nospam.cn> wrote in message news:g4fkf3$jud$2@aioe.org...

>> Navyguy wrote:

>>> On Jul 2, 12:49 am, bill <b...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home

>>>> edition

>>>> i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be

>>>> defragmented.Please

>>>> check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's no

>>>> list

>>>> of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i

>>>> resolve

>>>> this issue?

>>> I'm not a computer expert by any means but I believe this is normal.

>>>

>>> Robert

>> No, it isn't normal.

>>

>> P

>

>

[Guest Unknown]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

I never installed Windows Live Messenger. My hard drive is 120 Gigs with

about 13 used.

 

"P" <p@nospam.cn> wrote in message news:g4ipa7$566$2@aioe.org...

> Unknown wrote:

>> Perhaps not normal, but my computer has been doing exactly that since XP

>> came out.

>

> The only one of mine that does that is one that I stupidly installed

> Windows Live Messenger on and that will be removed with a reformat and

> reinstall as I need a bigger hard drive with a bigger C partition for that

> computer.

>

> P

>> "p" <p@nospam.cn> wrote in message news:g4fkf3$jud$2@aioe.org...

>>> Navyguy wrote:

>>>> On Jul 2, 12:49 am, bill <b...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home

>>>>> edition

>>>>> i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be

>>>>> defragmented.Please

>>>>> check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's

>>>>> no list

>>>>> of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i

>>>>> resolve

>>>>> this issue?

>>>> I'm not a computer expert by any means but I believe this is normal.

>>>>

>>>> Robert

>>> No, it isn't normal.

>>>

>>> P

>>

[Guest P]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

Unknown wrote:

> I never installed Windows Live Messenger. My hard drive is 120 Gigs with

> about 13 used.

 

Does the report from analyzing the hard disk tell you which file it

can't defrag? You may need to do it in Safe Mode for it to tell you.

Have you installed Windows Live Mail?

 

P

>

> "P" <p@nospam.cn> wrote in message news:g4ipa7$566$2@aioe.org...

>> Unknown wrote:

>>> Perhaps not normal, but my computer has been doing exactly that since XP

>>> came out.

>> The only one of mine that does that is one that I stupidly installed

>> Windows Live Messenger on and that will be removed with a reformat and

>> reinstall as I need a bigger hard drive with a bigger C partition for that

>> computer.

>>

>> P

>>> "p" <p@nospam.cn> wrote in message news:g4fkf3$jud$2@aioe.org...

>>>> Navyguy wrote:

>>>>> On Jul 2, 12:49 am, bill <b...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>>>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home

>>>>>> edition

>>>>>> i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be

>>>>>> defragmented.Please

>>>>>> check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.There's

>>>>>> no list

>>>>>> of files in the report window. It has never came up before how do i

>>>>>> resolve

>>>>>> this issue?

>>>>> I'm not a computer expert by any means but I believe this is normal.

>>>>>

>>>>> Robert

>>>> No, it isn't normal.

>>>>

>>>> P

>

[Guest MAP]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

bill wrote:

> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home

> edition i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be

> defragmented.Please check the defragmentation report for the list of

> these files.There's no list of files in the report window. It has

> never came up before how do i resolve this issue?

 

Files that are "in use" cannot be defragged ( no matter what type or what

program they are from ),as long as your computer is on their will always be

files in use, just ignore the msg.

 

--

Mike Pawlak

[Guest p]

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MAP wrote:

> bill wrote:

>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home

>> edition i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be

>> defragmented.Please check the defragmentation report for the list of

>> these files.There's no list of files in the report window. It has

>> never came up before how do i resolve this issue?

>

> Files that are "in use" cannot be defragged ( no matter what type or what

> program they are from ),as long as your computer is on their will always be

> files in use, just ignore the msg.

>

 

If you have installed Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Mail, it

will do the same trip in safe mode where nothing is running. Those are

the culprits. Period.

 

P

[Guest milt]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

p wrote:

> MAP wrote:

>> bill wrote:

>>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home

>>> edition i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be

>>> defragmented.Please check the defragmentation report for the list of

>>> these files.There's no list of files in the report window. It has

>>> never came up before how do i resolve this issue?

>>

>> Files that are "in use" cannot be defragged ( no matter what type or

>> what program they are from ),as long as your computer is on their will

>> always be files in use, just ignore the msg.

>>

>

> If you have installed Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Mail, it

> will do the same trip in safe mode where nothing is running. Those are

> the culprits. Period.

>

> P

 

Wrong, I don't have either of those installed and it does it. There is

nothing "wrong" here. Like someone else said, if the files are in use,

they can't be defragged. One of the biggest culprits tends to be the

swap file. I tend to shut my swap file off before defragging and then

turn it back on after I'm done. That helps some. However, there are

times when files won't defrag, its nothing to worry about. Its also not

caused by something you have installed.

[Guest p]

Re: Disk defragmenter problem

 

milt wrote:

> p wrote:

>> MAP wrote:

>>> bill wrote:

>>>> When i run disk defragmenter on my computer with windows xp sp2 home

>>>> edition i get this message:Some files on this volume could not be

>>>> defragmented.Please check the defragmentation report for the list of

>>>> these files.There's no list of files in the report window. It has

>>>> never came up before how do i resolve this issue?

>>>

>>> Files that are "in use" cannot be defragged ( no matter what type or

>>> what program they are from ),as long as your computer is on their

>>> will always be files in use, just ignore the msg.

>>>

>>

>> If you have installed Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Mail, it

>> will do the same trip in safe mode where nothing is running. Those are

>> the culprits. Period.

>>

>> P

>

> Wrong, I don't have either of those installed and it does it. There is

> nothing "wrong" here. Like someone else said, if the files are in use,

> they can't be defragged. One of the biggest culprits tends to be the

> swap file. I tend to shut my swap file off before defragging and then

> turn it back on after I'm done. That helps some. However, there are

> times when files won't defrag, its nothing to worry about. Its also not

> caused by something you have installed.

 

Sure. I have a computer that has *never* had a problem defragging in

over four years. I put Windows Live Messenger on it and it immediately

had the problem. I removed WLM and the problem didn't go away. I

reformatted and reinstalled XP and it defrags perfectly every time. You

must have some program doing the same thing as WLM does. But, hey, it's

your computer so don't listen to reason and do what you like!

 

That said, you do disable your AV scanner before defragging, right?

 

P