Cannot defrag my computer since installing Windows 8.1?

Anonymous
2013-10-31T17:03:57+00:00

Norton 360 says I need to optimize my C drive.

When I try  - It does not complete the process.

Remains 12% fragmented.

Any suggestions on how to fix this.

Worked fine initially when Windows 8.1 and Norton 360 was installed.

Has been a problem for about a week.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-11-27T15:28:31+00:00

    Same here cannot defrag after win 8.1 upgrade, A command prompt Windows open briefly thats it no defrag ???????????

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-17T02:10:15+00:00

    Please fix this. We need a fix for the defragment. I tried defrag from the command prompt. It cannot defrag only the C drive (OS Partition). Other drives can be defragged. I see the following output when I defrag c drive:

    Invoking defragmentation on Windows 8 (C:)...

    Pre-Optimization Report:

            Volume Information:

                    Volume size                 = 149.04 GB

                    Free space                  = 90.69 GB

                    Total fragmented space      = 2%

                    Largest free space size     = 20.86 GB

            Note: File fragments larger than 64MB are not included in the fragmentation statistics.

    The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057) 

    Please fix this soon.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-01T17:42:54+00:00

    Done all that stuff.

    Windows 8.1 is flawed and awaiting fix.

    Do note no Microsoft engineer ventured a fix!

    Thanks, much, for your comment.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-01T14:45:51+00:00

    Hi,

    Does Norton redirects to Windows Defragment feature to defrag?

    It looks like Defragmentation is stuck at specific point. Let's analyze and identify the cause of the issue.

    We need to check if there is any corruption with the hard drive that you are using.

    a. Move the mouse pointer to bottom left of the screenwhere you see preview of start menu and right-click to bring up a list of Windows settings.

    b. Click on ‘Command Prompt (Admin)’ to bring up elevated command prompt.

    Note: Click ‘Yes’ if it prompts for permission.

    c. In the command prompt, type **‘chkdsk /r’**and press Enter.

    Answer Y when ‘chkdsk’ asks you if you want to check the drive next time computer boots (restarts).

    Note: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost.

    Also refer:

    Optimize your hard drive

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/optimize-hard-drive

    Hope this information helps.

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