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defragmentation error

#1 nagual

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Posted 18 December 2001 - 03:41 PM

when i try to defrag my d: it says 'Engine Connection lost' but i can defragment all my other partitions.

hd1 : c:\ and d:\
hd2 : g:\ and f:\

all defragment fine except d:\

any ideas ?

#2 bobbinbrisco

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Posted 19 December 2001 - 01:11 AM

try disabling all backgroud processes, especially virus scanners when doing a defrag.

#3 nagual

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Posted 23 December 2001 - 10:32 PM

i had som damage to the disk, i did a chkntfs and a chkdsk and it worked out fine

#4 bufordberry

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Posted 02 November 2002 - 12:22 AM

I was having the same "lost engine connection" trying to run defrag. I ran chkntfs and it fixed my prob. Thanks!

#5 tetrapak

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Posted 09 September 2003 - 08:53 PM

I have the same problem but Im not sure what to do with chkntfs, please advice!
Ive tried to just type 'chkntfs C:' but it just says C: isnt dirty.
What to do?