How do I access chdisk

My computer has been running extremely slow and delays when I play a media clip you tube or any type of video.  I wanted to run defrag, but I get a message telling me to run chdisk.  When I try to find it tells me that it is already used, so I can't run the defragmentation.  Why?  As much as I know I don't have running.  It is part of an ongoing maintenance program that runs in the background. I hope that she will clean some errors and recover space to speed up the computer by running defrag. I have Windows XP and my computer is about 4 years old.

There are two ways to run chkdsk. Instructions are here:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315265

Defrag free space. You must run the cleaning disc or something like Ccleaner to free up space. After you delete the files, then you should defragment.

Disk Cleanup:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310312

Don't go nuts with it. Definitely delete temp and Temporary Internet Files. If you are sure that you will never miss programs, you can certainly uninstall them. Make sure that the basket is empty.

FWIW, although the deletion of temporary files is a very smart thing to do, I'm sure you have other issues. If the deletion, and defragmentation do not give the type of results you are looking for, after return. Any number of things can cause what you are experiencing: slow connection ISP, not enough RAM, too many programs running in the background and malicious software. If you need to consider these questions, please provide as much information as possible. Include the size of hard drive and the amount of free space on it, amount of RAM, what security programs you run, and what type of Internet connection you have.

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