Defragment problems with windows 98 HELP!!
 

HI I need to defragmen my OLD computer. It's at my moms house. I tried going
through the defragmentation within window BUT it ran forever BUT nothing
happened. I think the defragmentation program is not on the system. IF I put
the startup disk into the computer will I be able to load the defrag. program
onto the computer WITHOUT setting up Windows 98 again?

If it ran forever, how could it not be on the system??
Exactly how did you start Defrag?
What exactly happened when you started Defrag....what did you see on the screen?

BTW, the "startup disk", if you mean the boot floppy disk, does not contain Defrag.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"nancyu" wrote in message
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HI I need to defragmen my OLD computer. It's at my moms house. I tried going
through the defragmentation within window BUT it ran forever BUT nothing
happened. I think the defragmentation program is not on the system. IF I put
the startup disk into the computer will I be able to load the defrag. program
onto the computer WITHOUT setting up Windows 98 again?

Hi the defrag ran forever! It came back EVEN after 24 hours "0" percent
complete
OK the defreg in not on the "Windows 98 Starts here" disk. Where can I get
it If it is not on the system? -- ONE thing I found out on the bootdisk.com
that you have to clean off the temp files before doing the defrag. Maybe that
is why it took so long. I guess with the XP version it does it automaticly.
It also said not to dreg using the scandisk because it could cause problems
on the disk. PLUS you should to the scandisk BEFORE Defrag.

"glee" wrote:

If it ran forever, how could it not be on the system??
Exactly how did you start Defrag?
What exactly happened when you started Defrag....what did you see on the screen?

BTW, the "startup disk", if you mean the boot floppy disk, does not contain Defrag.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"nancyu" wrote in message
...
HI I need to defragmen my OLD computer. It's at my moms house. I tried going
through the defragmentation within window BUT it ran forever BUT nothing
happened. I think the defragmentation program is not on the system. IF I put
the startup disk into the computer will I be able to load the defrag. program
onto the computer WITHOUT setting up Windows 98 again?

See my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it"
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm

Also, Defrag won't work from a floppy startup disk regardless. It's a
Windows 32-bit app and can't be run from DOS (which is what the Startup
floppy uses.)

If, after following the suggestions in my article Defrag still has problems,
then come back for some specific fixes. Does it *never* leave 0%? I suggest
you watch Details to get best info.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"nancyu" wrote in message
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Hi the defrag ran forever! It came back EVEN after 24 hours "0" percent
complete
OK the defreg in not on the "Windows 98 Starts here" disk. Where can I get
it If it is not on the system? -- ONE thing I found out on the
bootdisk.com
that you have to clean off the temp files before doing the defrag. Maybe
that
is why it took so long. I guess with the XP version it does it
automaticly.
It also said not to dreg using the scandisk because it could cause
problems
on the disk. PLUS you should to the scandisk BEFORE Defrag.

"glee" wrote:

If it ran forever, how could it not be on the system??
Exactly how did you start Defrag?
What exactly happened when you started Defrag....what did you see on the
screen?

BTW, the "startup disk", if you mean the boot floppy disk, does not
contain Defrag.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"nancyu" wrote in message
...
HI I need to defragmen my OLD computer. It's at my moms house. I tried
going
through the defragmentation within window BUT it ran forever BUT
nothing
happened. I think the defragmentation program is not on the system. IF
I put
the startup disk into the computer will I be able to load the defrag.
program
onto the computer WITHOUT setting up Windows 98 again?

Have a look here, by MS MVP Ron Badour:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/scandisk.html
and
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/defrag.html

Among other things, before starting Defrag, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and End Task on
everything except Explorer and Systray. Also make sure your screensaver is set to
None. Then, when you first start Defrag, on the small opening window, click the
Settings button, and UNCHECK the box for "Rearrange program files so my programs
start faster".

If that does not help, follow the further suggestions in Ron's articles.
Additionally, you can try Gary's suggestion to run Defrag after a clean boot.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"nancyu" wrote in message
...
Hi the defrag ran forever! It came back EVEN after 24 hours "0" percent
complete
OK the defreg in not on the "Windows 98 Starts here" disk. Where can I get
it If it is not on the system? -- ONE thing I found out on the bootdisk.com
that you have to clean off the temp files before doing the defrag. Maybe that
is why it took so long. I guess with the XP version it does it automaticly.
It also said not to dreg using the scandisk because it could cause problems
on the disk. PLUS you should to the scandisk BEFORE Defrag.

"glee" wrote:

If it ran forever, how could it not be on the system??
Exactly how did you start Defrag?
What exactly happened when you started Defrag....what did you see on the screen?

BTW, the "startup disk", if you mean the boot floppy disk, does not contain
Defrag.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"nancyu" wrote in message
...
HI I need to defragmen my OLD computer. It's at my moms house. I tried going
through the defragmentation within window BUT it ran forever BUT nothing
happened. I think the defragmentation program is not on the system. IF I put
the startup disk into the computer will I be able to load the defrag. program
onto the computer WITHOUT setting up Windows 98 again?