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martin.m.l
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      09-05-2008
Hi,
Can anyone help I am trying to defrag my ‘C’ drive, before turning on the
disk protection in steady state.
When I go into control panel>performance& maintenance>rearrange items on
hard disk I get this message-
“Windows cannot find ‘C: Program Make sure you typed the name correctly,
then try again .To search for a file click the start button and then click
search”.
I have done this and a lot of files come up but none match what I want.
Also if I try to use the system restores function it will come on but I can
no longer select any date on the calendar for it to revert to.
I have uninstalled steady state and the same thing still happen I have ran
the free pc scan from Microsoft and it has repaired a lot of registry problem
and still I can’t get the two Items working dose anyone know what the
problem could be?

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Ramesh Kumar MVP
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      09-05-2008

I think you are missing some components
Open CMD as Administrator...run this command

> sfc /scannow


it scan your system n restore the all missing binaries.


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      09-05-2008
Hi Ramesh,
Thanks’ for the reply I have completed the sfc/scannow and it asked for the
operating CD and then it completed the scan the restore appears to be
responding now but the rearrange items is still showing the same message when
I try to access it.
Can you help me any further it would be very much appreciated.
Regards,
Martin.




"Ramesh Kumar MVP" wrote:

>
> I think you are missing some components
> Open CMD as Administrator...run this command
>
> > sfc /scannow

>
> it scan your system n restore the all missing binaries.
>
>
> --
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>
> RAMESH KUMAR
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      09-05-2008

To defrag any drive. Go to Driver *Properties *and move to *Tools *tab
and click on *Defragment Now...

Choose appropriate drive and try to start

Type *rstrui* in Run dialog box and hit enter to Launch System Restor
Wizard
O
Go to *Control Panel >> System and Maintenance >> System
Choose System Protection from left pane and pass the UAC prompt
Here choose appropriate option to launch System Restore

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      09-05-2008
sorry not sure how to access driver properties? not that talented?
Can you help?
I have tried rstrui but it comes back with windows can't find rstrui bla bla
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"Ramesh Kumar MVP" wrote:

>
> To defrag any drive. Go to Driver *Properties *and move to *Tools *tab.
> and click on *Defragment Now...*
>
> Choose appropriate drive and try to start.
>
> Type *rstrui* in Run dialog box and hit enter to Launch System Restore
> Wizard.
> OR
> Go to *Control Panel >> System and Maintenance >> System*
> Choose System Protection from left pane and pass the UAC prompt.
> Here choose appropriate option to launch System Restore.
>
>
> --
> Ramesh Kumar MVP
>
> RAMESH KUMAR
> Microsoft MVP: 'My MVP Profile'
> (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ramesh.Kumar)
> My Blog: 'It's My Windows' (http://itsmywindows.com)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ramesh Kumar MVP's Profile: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=17
> View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21333
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      09-06-2008

Sorry.....It was Drive not driver
Select your drive and Right click and choose Properties.


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martin.m.l
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      09-06-2008
Thanks Ramesh,
System restore is working now but defrag is a different matter when I try to
defrag any drive in Properties and move to Tools tab and click on defragment
Now this message comes up,
“Defragmenter is not installed on your computer” where do I go to get it
back on.
I am using XP pro with sp3 installed.
Regards,
Martin.

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"martin.m.l" wrote:

> sorry not sure how to access driver properties? not that talented?
> Can you help?
> I have tried rstrui but it comes back with windows can't find rstrui bla bla
> --
> mml
>
>
> "Ramesh Kumar MVP" wrote:
>
> >
> > To defrag any drive. Go to Driver *Properties *and move to *Tools *tab.
> > and click on *Defragment Now...*
> >
> > Choose appropriate drive and try to start.
> >
> > Type *rstrui* in Run dialog box and hit enter to Launch System Restore
> > Wizard.
> > OR
> > Go to *Control Panel >> System and Maintenance >> System*
> > Choose System Protection from left pane and pass the UAC prompt.
> > Here choose appropriate option to launch System Restore.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ramesh Kumar MVP
> >
> > RAMESH KUMAR
> > Microsoft MVP: 'My MVP Profile'
> > (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ramesh.Kumar)
> > My Blog: 'It's My Windows' (http://itsmywindows.com)
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Ramesh Kumar MVP's Profile: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=17
> > View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21333
> >
> >

 
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martin.m.l
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      09-06-2008
Ramesh would it be possible to install defrag again form the XP disk and if
so can you tell me how I would proceed?
The message tells me it is not installed on my PC
Thanks’
Martin.




"Ramesh Kumar MVP" wrote:

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> Sorry.....It was Drive not driver
> Select your drive and Right click and choose Properties.
>
>
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>
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> Ramesh Kumar MVP's Profile: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=17
> View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21333
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