why wont my  disk defragmenter work any more?
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Sometimes, defrag only works in Safe Mode because other programs are running silently in the background and they are writing to the hard drive causing defrag to start over.  To start in Safe Mode, turn the computer off, then on again.  After you see your manufacturer's splash screen (Dell, ASUS, HP, etc.) starting tapping the F8 key continuously until a boot options menu appears and then choose safe mode and run defrag from there.  If that doesn't work, you may have a faulty hard drive.
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I would re-boot the computer and try it again. Also, do you have your defrag set so that it will do it at a certain scheduled time? That would help, also, because then, you wouldn't have to manually do it. You just need to program it in your scheduled tasks, which you can access from your control panel.
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the usrprbda.exe dll is often linked to drivers for your system\n\nare you getting a error message regarding this when you shut down?\n\ntry checking your device manager for any explanation marks or any question marks\n\ntry the defrag in safemode instead as well\n\nupdate you question - need a bit more info
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Reinstall the OS from scratch. Delete the partition that is there, make a new partition and install the OS.\n\nI can't remeber is the Mac has a defrag function, but do that after you install the OS, just as a paranoid step.
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For XP users, open My Computer and right click on (C:).  Goto Properties then Tools and click Defragment Now
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Sounds like Spyware. Download Both Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy, install them and run both and see what pops up. \n\nThen after it runs defrag your hard drive and you should see marked improvement.
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Disk defragment takes a long time (about 1 hour), not advisable. However you can schedule it to run automatically every so often. Go to Accessories>System Tools>Scheduled Tasks then Add Scheduled Task to set the schedule you want for automatic disk defragmenting. \n\nHope this helps.
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select the file/folder on your drive, right click on it, then select delete. if you want it to really disappear defrag your disk just after.
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i dunno, whenever i get an error i dunno about i usually defrag, run antivirus and spyware removal and run scan disc...i like your questions if you haven't been able to tell
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well restart it and put it in normal and then go toaccesories in the start panel and system tools and select disk defragment and start a defrag of the hard disk,this will take a couple hours but it works,if u cant put it in normal try doing the same in safe mode
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TRY RUNNING DISK DEFRAGMENTER SUCH ALL SEPERATED FILES GETS JOINED UP...DELETE ALL UNNECCESSARY FILES AND FOLDERS.
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If you run the Defrag program, it will overewrite "deleted" stuff with the files you want to keep.  If you really want to clean up the space, use a program like Webroot's Window Washer.  You can download a 30-day trial version from the Webroot website.  Set it to "bleach" the deleted area of your hard drive.  That makes it overwrite all the old stuff with 0's and 1's.
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You can't. Everything now costs money. \n\nTry getting rid of some of your larger programs. Always works for me. Try defraging if you have an older computer.
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You might have problems with spyware, I would suggest downloading spybot seach and destroy, and lavasoft's adaware to help you get your computer back up to speed.  You can find them online for free.\n\nYou should also defrag your system. Go to Programs>accessories>system tools>disk defragmenter in the start menu, and scan your drives. Those things might help you out. Good luck!
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so like how does defrag tell you tour files are still there i'm confused on this have you tried disk cleanup
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Try doing some maintanece on your computer.\n\nGo to "All Programs"\nClick "Assessories"\nClick "System Tools"\n(Do the following tasks one at a time, or you'll overload your system)\n\nFirst, clean out your sytem by clicking "Disk Cleanup". If you have more than one hard drive clean out each one. This gets rids of unnecessary files and also spyware your scanning programs might have missed.\n\nWhen you are all done with this, go back to "System Tools" and click "Disk Defragmenter" This program moves around your files so that they can runs better and keeps things from crashing. If you have never defragmented your computer(which ought to be done about once a month) it make take an hour or more.\n\nYour computer should work better after these steps. If it does not, check to make sure that your processor is new enough to handle the software you are using.
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Your computer sounds overworked and not respoding, quit out of some programs in the task bar, and defragment your hard drive.  (Go to start, accessories, system tools, disk defragmenter.)