defraging win98

Scandisk works fine..defrag wont work anymore. Says
checking for errors and never noves on. I shut down
everything including mcaffee and same result..nothing.
This began about 3 weeks ago defrag worked great up untill
then. HELP please

See the defrag and scandisk troubleshooters located he
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/how_to.html


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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"sally" wrote in message
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Scandisk works fine..defrag wont work anymore. Says
checking for errors and never noves on. I shut down
everything including mcaffee and same result..nothing.
This began about 3 weeks ago defrag worked great up untill
then. HELP please

Does it constantly restart?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q286263
Articles about Defrag

It may be worth a try to...

(1) Delete the contents of C:\Windows\TEMP. Delete contents only.

Under normal circumstances, C:\WINDOWS\TEMP can be cleared of
files/folders after a fresh boot. You need the fresh boot, because
something may be sitting there, waiting to "complete" an install. You
will likely have seen a message about it, though. Anyway, you should
know whether you've installed something since boot. Now, some files may
return after the delete. "WebPoolFileFile" is one. That will come back
next boot or when you run McAfee.

I have seen one poster who objected, saying one should browse through
those files, looking for .log's. He said it might be interesting to see
whether there is an error message or something inside. It was too late
for me by then.

Naturally, if you have actually installed something into TEMP, there
might be a Registry connection to it. Those, you need to un/re-install
elsewhere. Finally, I even saw a poster who had system files in there,
perhaps it was the Temporary Internet Files in there. That shouldn't be!
Well, to be certain, is C:\Windows\TEMP mentioned in any of these
Registry keys?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\She
ll Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Use
r Shell Folders

(2) "Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete Files button, bolt Delete
all offline content, OK, OK"

These were your Temporary Internet Files, which, since V4, has an
involvement with Windows Update. It's main purpose is to hold
bits/pieces of sites you visit, to make it quicker to load next visit.
Also, it is a work area for OE6. Naturally, TIFs will grow back. It's
size is controllable by the slider & input box under the Settings
button.

(3) Most of the following shall never return again, and were work files,
pre-V4:
(a) "START, Settings, Folder Options, View tab"; bolt "Show all
files" & UNcheck "Hide file extensions...".
(b) Open Explorer to "C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate", and
(c) Delete everything in this folder EXCEPT the V4 folder.
(d) Open the V4 folder, and delete everything in it EXCEPT for the
"iuhist.xml" file.

(4) http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q238165
Deleting APPLOG Content
(a) You won't even see it, unless "START, Settings, Folder Options,
View tab" is bolted "Show all files"; may as well uncheck "Hide file
extensions..." too.
(b) START, Find, Files or Folders, Applog"
(c) Double-click the Applog folder to open it.
(d) On the Edit menu, click Select all.
(e) On the File menu, click Delete, and then click Yes when you are
prompted to confirm the deletion.

APPLOG is used by Defrag to optimize the location of files on your
partition. (Some files in it seem extraordinarily large.) It will be
recreated and the contents will accumulate, as the second time any app
is run it generates an .LGC in that folder. (Optlog.txt, in that folder,
will be recreated, when next you Defrag. Save the old one only to retain
a record of every app that has run, at least twice, to the date of your
last Defrag.)

(5) Also, do you have SpyBot? Then...
"START, Find, F/F, 'Checks*.*, Fixes*.*'" (No quotes; yes comma). If you
have a ton of these, then delete them. Go to the Settings screen of
SpyBot, & turn off both the Checks & Fixes logs.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"sally" wrote in message
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| Scandisk works fine..defrag wont work anymore. Says
| checking for errors and never noves on. I shut down
| everything including mcaffee and same result..nothing.
| This began about 3 weeks ago defrag worked great up untill
| then. HELP please

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:18:15 -0700, "sally"
wrote:

Scandisk works fine..defrag wont work anymore. Says
checking for errors and never noves on. I shut down
everything including mcaffee and same result..nothing.
This began about 3 weeks ago defrag worked great up untill
then. HELP please

Sally,

Something may be accessing disk, when it does Defrag starts over.

Try turning off the screensaver too. If no help try it from Windows
Safe Mode and turn off the screensaver. Startup programs are
by-passed in Safe Mode.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:19:54 -0400, "PCR" wrote:

Does it constantly restart?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q286263
Articles about Defrag

It may be worth a try to...

(1) Delete the contents of C:\Windows\TEMP. Delete contents only.

Under normal circumstances, C:\WINDOWS\TEMP can be cleared of
files/folders after a fresh boot. You need the fresh boot, because
something may be sitting there, waiting to "complete" an install. You
will likely have seen a message about it, though. Anyway, you should
know whether you've installed something since boot. Now, some files may
return after the delete. "WebPoolFileFile" is one. That will come back
next boot or when you run McAfee.


I've noticed several folders in my C:\Windows\TEMP folder myself
their contens ranging from what appeard to be portions of NERO,
various dlls (for example in nsk32F0.TMP there is a copy of nsisdl.dl
(whatever that is) etc... can these be deleted without causing
problems as well?

Neil

So it has been said. If you are truly fearful, copy them to a safe place
for delete after a week of reasonably smooth operation. I will provide a
list of those to blame, should things go cablooey.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Robyn, Duke of Amber" wrote in message
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| On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:19:54 -0400, "PCR" wrote:
|
| Does it constantly restart?
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q286263
| Articles about Defrag
|
| It may be worth a try to...
|
| (1) Delete the contents of C:\Windows\TEMP. Delete contents only.
|
| Under normal circumstances, C:\WINDOWS\TEMP can be cleared of
| files/folders after a fresh boot. You need the fresh boot, because
| something may be sitting there, waiting to "complete" an install. You
| will likely have seen a message about it, though. Anyway, you should
| know whether you've installed something since boot. Now, some files
may
| return after the delete. "WebPoolFileFile" is one. That will come
back
| next boot or when you run McAfee.
|
|
| I've noticed several folders in my C:\Windows\TEMP folder myself
| their contens ranging from what appeard to be portions of NERO,
| various dlls (for example in nsk32F0.TMP there is a copy of nsisdl.dl
| (whatever that is) etc... can these be deleted without causing
| problems as well?
|
| Neil
|
|