Running free test copy of Defraggler, and it crashes my system

Defraggler
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i start defraggler, and it crashes almost instantly. it analayses ok, but the defrag part doesnt.

to be fair, my system will crash if i dont run CCleaner and restart the computer every other day.

but i tried cleaning everything with a fresh restart, crashes

i tried running regular windows defrag, and it runs ok, but only finds 1%, not the 9% defraggler indicates.

i ran the quick defraggler, and it runs fine.

but when i try to cleanup the last 8%, it crashes.

the largest file is 2.7 megs.

not sure if there is a file somewhere that will give me some insights.

i have and use an antivirus, etc (Norton 360), so that isnt it.

thanks

PS: i thought to use the defrag file by file. that works fine. i defragged some filed individually, max .2 meg. so far so good. maybe its the one large file?

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Is your drive dying?

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Along with what Nergal mentioned in the above post It would be good to run a tool like Speccy to see the S.M.A.R.T. status of that hard disk. Then again faulty/corrupt system RAM can also cause crashes, so that would also need tested using something like Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic (should already be included in newer versions of Windows) - preferably running the Extended Tests it provides.