I have a new laptop running Windows XP Home SP2. I have the same problem
with defrag. It analyzes fine then says "Defragging: 1% compacting files"
and it hangs there with the HD light continually on. I ran chkdsk. Nothing
different. Still won't defrag. I have 64% free space on my hard drive. Can
anyone help?

"jpthedog" wrote:

> I ran disk clean up and deleted tempory files. Since then my computer will
> not run DEFRAG. Ive tried running in safe mode ive also tried scandsk first.
> This didn't work. It get to 1% compacting files and just stays their. Anyone
> help it starting to Annoy the hell out of me !!

Jono0055 wrote:

> I have a new laptop running Windows XP Home SP2. I have the same problem
> with defrag. It analyzes fine then says "Defragging: 1% compacting files"
> and it hangs there with the HD light continually on. I ran chkdsk. Nothing
> different. Still won't defrag. I have 64% free space on my hard drive. Can
> anyone help?
>
> "jpthedog" wrote:
>
>
>>I ran disk clean up and deleted tempory files. Since then my computer will
>>not run DEFRAG. Ive tried running in safe mode ive also tried scandsk first.
>>This didn't work. It get to 1% compacting files and just stays their. Anyone
>>help it starting to Annoy the hell out of me !!

How long did you let it run for? Do a chkdsk first. After that boot
into safe mode and try the defrag.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Rock" wrote:

> Jono0055 wrote:
>
> > I have a new laptop running Windows XP Home SP2. I have the same problem
> > with defrag. It analyzes fine then says "Defragging: 1% compacting files"
> > and it hangs there with the HD light continually on. I ran chkdsk. Nothing
> > different. Still won't defrag. I have 64% free space on my hard drive. Can
> > anyone help?
> >
> > "jpthedog" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I ran disk clean up and deleted tempory files. Since then my computer will
> >>not run DEFRAG. Ive tried running in safe mode ive also tried scandsk first.
> >>This didn't work. It get to 1% compacting files and just stays their. Anyone
> >>help it starting to Annoy the hell out of me !!
>
> How long did you let it run for? Do a chkdsk first. After that boot
> into safe mode and try the defrag.
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>I let it run for 45 minutes. Nothing changed. I also ran scandisk before that.
Jono0055

Jono0055 wrote:

> > How long did you let it run for? Do a chkdsk first. After that boot
> > into safe mode and try the defrag.
> >

> >I let it run for 45 minutes. Nothing changed. I also ran scandisk before that.

And you tried defragging in safe mode too, huh? Doesn't look like it.