disc defragmenting Help and advice on software, hardware, configuration and general computing issues and problems

[davechidlow]

hi, just tried to start the disc defragment on my p.c, as i do about three times a year, and a box appears saying disc defragmenting won,t start. any one got any ideas????

[stoneyboy]

davechidlow,
You'll need to boot into safe mode (push F8 when booting for Windows) then try defrag.
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[davechidlow]

Thanks for the advice

[themoffster]

Do you have enough free space on the drive?
Defragging requires a certain amount of space before it can run

[john_ardia]

Try to boot your computer in safe mode. Then try to defragment again. Hope it helps.

[ericmark]

In 2011 I think defrag was still required, but few PC's in 2017 need defrag, things have moved on.

[BarryWils0n]

If your disk is modern SSD type, so then I don't advise to perform a defragmentation, it reduces their life drastically!

[john_ardia]

I have stopped disc fragmentation for at least two years.