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


Here is a little utility to automate it for you:
GEODisk by MS MVP George Gedye
http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/Software.htm
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"big red" wrote in message
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My computer can't defragment and I can't run the scandisk
utility either. When I run scandisk it keeps restarting
half way through. When I defrag it gets as far as 1% then
restarts and it continues until I shut it off. I'm able to
run both successfully in safe mode but that's it. I tried
ctrl+alt+del and shut off all programs except explorer,
but I can't turn anything off. What do I need to do?

Thanks, Big Red