can't analyze/defrag my laptops harddrive

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:37 pm

its a dell inspiron i recently got secondhand from my friend, and i'm planning on throwing Linux Ubuntu 6.10 on it, but i can't partition the drive because it just wont let me.

i'd love to post specific details but i've gotta run out for now, but any ideas anyone? i KNOW i have administrative options set up for my user....

Post by **dicecca112** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:46 pm

just pop in the linux ubuntu cd it will let you partion it there.

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:17 pm

yeah unfortunately it didnt work, that was the first thing i tried :\

it runs an error, i'll try it again tomorrow and i'll post specifics

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:47 pm

okay so its a PIII Dell Inspiron i got secondhand from my good friends dad, replacing his outdated laptop for his business.

anyhow the deal is when i go to even analyze the disc before defragging, it does NOTHING

i need to do a defrag because i need to partition the drive, because i want to install ubuntu 6.10

any suggestions?

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:34 pm

Type services.msc in run and go to RPC, and see of its running on both your computer and the remote one.