Howdy.I'm trying to defragment this computer (HP PCm7170n) equipped with Windows XP. Each and every time I try I get a message saying "Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume: HP_PAVILLION (C). Please run Chkdsk /f".I searched for almost an hour now on the internet trying to find the solution. So far I've read and tried...-Restarted the computer, same thing.-Went into Control Panel and opened scheduled tasks, did not see anything remotely close to "Chkdsk /f".-Tried going Start - Run - Chkdsk /f, came up with the cannot run would you like to schedule it for next time you start your computer y/n message. From here I tried typing Y and hit enter then restarted computer, still same problem.-I repeated this but instead typed N, pressed enter, restarted computer, still same problem.-I tried the above two steps but did not restart comptuer after, still same problem.-One website suggested typing something like "Chkdsk c: /f" (going off of memory, but it was something like that), same Y/N message, still could not defrag after.Not being much of a computer guy, this is starting to get very annoying. Can anyone please help?1 person needs an answerI do too

You might be able to un-schedule the disk check using the "chkntfs" utility:"CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For"< http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160963/EN-US/ >HTH, JW

it is imperative that when the computer asks you to run a check disk, then it should be done accordingly because the master file table is not in snyc (unindexed) to the files system. thus running a file defragmentor on a corrupted file system will turn into a disaster.my suggestion is to use the recovery console:http://www.bing.com/search?q=how+to+run+chkdsk+at+recovery+console&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRCif you get subsequent errors then freely run the fixboot and fixmbr commands at the system disk prompt.db`...> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com "share the nirvana mann" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >