There's no way 10 GB should take 7-8 hours to defragment, so:

- ensure that your disk is set for DMA access

- download and use ScanDefrag, developed by some of the MVPs who
frequent these helpgroups.

http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag

- when you're running a Scandisk, don't use the "Surface Scan" option on
a regular basis.

This should get you down to a couple hours at most (which is still too
long for that amount of data but it's an improvement)


Rick

boni wrote:
local disk (c
capacity 18.6 gb
used 10.0 gb
free 8.86 gb 914kb "Mart" wrote in
message ...

Perhaps both the Total Size and the amount of Free Space of your disk

would

be a useful starting point. (Can be ascertained in My Computer and/or
Windows Explorer)

N.B. Defrag requires some 15% Free Space to run, hence the more Free

Space -

the faster it will run.

See also :-
"Description of the Disk Defragmenter Tool in Windows 98/Me"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;186171

Mart



"boni" wrote in message
...

where would i begin to respond to the question ...size of disk and
contents
? thanks
"boni" wrote in message
. ..

one week later......
did the same again. this time defrag took about 8hrs. on safe mode to
complete.
honestly, in respond to your question .. drive used for other things ??
or
burning to cd ?? or media files to slave drive, maybe all the

suggestions

made by you have the solution. except ..i wouldn't know where to begin
and
resolve the problem. so that when i defrag on safe mode it wouldn't

take

so

long. since i am doing it weekly. no i don't have adware nor spyware .

i

have ez av/firewall/ spybot. simple/uncomplicated directions

..appreciated.

thank you. boni.
"Galen" wrote in message
.. .

In ,
boni had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


i do a scan disk & defrag in safe mode 1x a week, and it takes

more

than 6hrs. and yes i did the delete/temp/history first before

going

into safe mode. is there a reason why it takes so long ? any
suggestions ?
thanks. boni.

Perhaps you have a bunch of stuff on your drive? Your drive is also

being

used for other things? Have you tried defragging in safe mode? Does

it

often

restart because it says contents changed or the like? Is your drive

rather

full of stuff? If so then do you have the option of burning it to CD

or

installing a slave drive and storing non-application files and media

files

on the slaved drive?

Galen
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