Windows XP: Disk Defrager
Disk Defrager
by sfaxeve - 4/18/08 8:29 AMOperating System Name Windows XP Professional
Operating System Platform NT Platform
Operating System Version Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
I no longer have use of Windows Disk Defragmenter. When I attempt to start it using a normal path I get the display sheet yet when I hit the analyze or defrag button nothing happens, no error messages, no movement anywhere nothing happens. When I use the command line I get this error message, Windows cannot connect to the Disk Defragmenter Engine. Now it's not that I need this for I have a great Defrag program which is much more through then windows however being a self admitted techy I have to know the cause and solutions. Just for knowledges sake is there a missing DLL file?
Did you try this?
by R. Proffitt
- 4/18/08 8:32 AM
In reply to: Disk Defrager by sfaxeve
defrager
by sfaxeve - 4/18/08 9:32 AM In reply to: Did you try this? by R. Proffitt
Hey RP glad to hear from you, I had tried that still I get no response from the defrager, when I go to tools, the disk defrag button IS available and when I hit defrag now the defrager appears as normal as ever, yet when I hit either button nothing happens.
by the way thks forthe help...sfa
Re: defrager
by Tufenuf - 4/18/08 9:58 AM In reply to: defrager by sfaxevesfaxeve, Click Start>Run and type in or copy & paste:
regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll
Click OK
Then click Start>Run and type in or copy & paste:
regsvr32 dfrgui.dll
Click OK
Note that the spacing is important
Restart your computer.
Tufenuf
defrager
by sfaxeve - 4/18/08 11:12 AM In reply to: Re: defrager by TufenufThanks Tufenuf I was careful and deliberate but to no avail it is still behaving in the same manner...........thks again ...sfa
Blue Sky Thinking
by dougjp - 4/18/08 6:28 PM In reply to: defrager by sfaxeveOK, this is a guess. The other defrag program you mentioned (?) is conflicting with Windows.
This shouldn't take that long. Whatever that program is, check their home page and support, and check your version number vs. the latest available. Now download the latest, but don't install yet. Uninstall your existing defrag program, restart, run CCleaner or the like, both file cleanup and registry. Restart the computer again. Try running Windows defrag then.
Are you sure your defrag program is "OK", without spyware etc.?
Probably disabled by design
by warpete - 4/18/08 7:19 PM In reply to: Blue Sky Thinking by dougjpI don't believe that your other Defrag program is "conflicting" with Windows. I believe that it has disabled the Windows Defrag on purpose as Diskeeper does. Running two defrag programs at the same time can cause disastrous results, so the one gets disabled intentionally. Not that you would ever consider running two Defrag programs at the same time, but you may miss the time that one of them starts it's Defrag on a schedual--just when the other is running. I think you will find that if you uninstall your other Defrag program, your normal Windows Defrag will function properly again. By the way, not all Defrag programs will disable the windows Defrag---but the good ones will.
defrager
by sfaxeve - 4/20/08 6:07 AM In reply to: Probably disabled by design by warpetewarpete, I liked your analogy and did as you suggested unfortunately we didn't get the results hoped for. As for now I will painstakling go into the registry and look for the incomplete path that there seems to be. Wow the time spent doing that I am not looking forward to, yet that is an alternative I hadn't yet explored, I've googled this, spent extensive time in MS searching their KB's, and as of yet the answer eludes me but I am dedicated and as one knows through experimention there is knowledge to be gained. thankyou I will try any suggestion anyone has...sfa
Just adding a clue.
by R. Proffitt - 4/20/08 6:18 AM
In reply to: defrager by sfaxeve
If you look at the .inf that I noted (open it with notepad) you can see what parts are involved and some registry entries.
Something besides Windows Defrag
by DSHornet - 4/19/08 1:09 PM In reply to: Disk Defrager by sfaxeveFrom my personal experience: Download and use two programs, JKDefrag and CCleaner. They're both free and reliable. BTW, I'm running Win XP SP2, Athlon 3000+, 2Mb RAM.
First, I run CCleaner and, the first time I used it, it found a LOT of junk that I could get rid of while still being conservative. Over the last year or so, I have found that I could be a little more aggressive by telling the program to do more than I let it do the previous month. So far, I have lost nothing of value and I run it at least weekly. It does a super job of cleaning up the stuff you don't need on the disc and cleaning up the registry, too, especially after installing or uninstalling software. It will automatically backup any changes it makes to the registry in case it blows away something that's really needed - kind of gives that warm, fuzzy feeling of confidence.
Second, I run JKDefrag, a neat program that lets you actually watch it as it works. The first time I ran it it bombed in normal mode, so I ran it once in safe mode. Since then, it runs great in normal mode. It runs well with its defaults, but there are several add-ons that make it easy to choose all kinds of options. It beats Norton, Windows Defrag, and a couple of others I've used in the past.
Let CCleaner clean up the junk and JKDefrag defrag and optimize your disc. I'm satisfied, to say the least. And it's hard to beat the price.
Don, y'all
Hoover, Alabama, USA
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defrager
by sfaxeve - 4/19/08 4:12 PM In reply to: Something besides Windows Defrag by DSHornetthks hornet for the input . I have been using CCleaner since it has come out in beta close to three years now I think, anywize it truly is a great piece of software. my defragsoftware is DAsoftware's Ultra defragger GUI freeware that has a couple of more user interface options then JK, although JK and Ultra both depend upon in part on the filesystem drivers (ntfs.sys, fastfat.sys)so consequently they are too complex and not open source to modify or replace them, they still are the cream of the defragers offered anywhere on the net. I havn't yet tried the theory that perhaps my defrag was disabled by another defrag program but that sounds very plausible and I am going to venture down that train of thought this evening I will post my findings ...thank all of you for your help and support and please keep the ideas flowing...sfa
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