Windows XP defrag not working....

[Rumple]

When i try to analyze or defrag my pc it does nothing. It doesnt matter if i try it in safe mode or normally. Or if i try going thru the command promt or thru any other means. At the defragmenter screen it shows my hard drive and stuff but when i click on either button it does nothing.

Any suggestions on how to fix this or why it might be happening?

 

[LiLithTecH]

Does the account you login with have Administrative Privileges?

 

[FinalFantasy]

Get Executive Software Diskeeper 8.0 ...should be 9.0 now. The disk performance increase from using the built-in Windows defrag vs Diskeeper is like night and day. Executive Software made the "built-in" Windows version defrager for M$ anyway...it's just the crappy version of their Diskeeper 8.0/9.0 or like equivelant (sp?) to 1.0/2.0

They have a 30-day trial version then after that you have pay for it...but trust me...it's worth it.

 

[RVN]

The one time this happened to me it was on a laptop with an IBM travelstar hard drive and it was the hard drive going bad.

 

[Rumple]

In Reply to # 2

Yes it does have administrative privileges, its the only account on here.

In Reply to # 3

I downloaded the trial version and will give it a whirl.

In Reply to # 4

It shouldnt be the hard drive it is brand new.