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I've never seen my puter do this one before. 3 times now when I try to run defrag on c, it shuts down and restarts. I've been forgetfull about the past 4 months and it hasn't been defragmented in that long.....help.
Usually this is due to corrupt data on the hard drive. First step is to run check disk.
I would next run the system file checker to make sure that the files that comprise Windows itself are intact. Since the disk defragmenter is a part of Windows, if some component of this tool has been corrupted, this should repair it.
This could be a heat issue - when the disk is continuously seeking and read/writing, it consumes a lot more power, and therefore has to dissipate a lot more heat.
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