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Old June 4th 04, 05:51 PM
lindsay
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Default defragmenting C drive

Would anyone know why I can't defrag my drive? It never
gets thru the "Checking drive for errors..." stage.

Please help.
Thx, Lindsay
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Old June 4th 04, 06:29 PM
Mostly Me (MM)
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Default defragmenting C drive

lindsay wrote:
Would anyone know why I can't defrag my drive? It never
gets thru the "Checking drive for errors..." stage.

Please help.
Thx, Lindsay

Hi,
Boot into safe mode--press F8 at boot(right away, before the Windows
logo) and select safe mode from the Startup Menu.
Disable any screen savers and run scan disk and then defrag while in
safe mode.

Both scan disk and defrag don't run properly while other things are
running in the background. If your screen saver kicks in it will also
cause them to continually restart.

You may want to read this pertaining to a clean boot:
http://www.google.com/groups?selm=%2...GP11.phx.gb l
If the URL wraps, use this:
http://snipurl.com/6v2x

mm
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Old June 4th 04, 06:59 PM
Bill
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Default defragmenting C drive

There are two possibilities - either you've got a disk problem, or there is
a disk write during the defrag process.

- Shut down computer
- Disconnect all connections to the Internet, USB connectors, Ethernet,
printers
- Boot computer to boot menu (press F8)
- select Safe Mode Command Prompt, then run scandisk from the Command
prompt.
- When done, go to Windows, then select run Scandisk (Start PF
Accessories System Scandisk)
- Run Defrag

And let us know how it works out, man!

Later,

Bill G.


"lindsay" wrote in message
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Would anyone know why I can't defrag my drive? It never
gets thru the "Checking drive for errors..." stage.

Please help.
Thx, Lindsay



 




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