ScanDisk and Defrag won't complete

Can anyone tell me what I can do to get ScanDisk to run?
It starts, but never completes. It goes a few bars and
then keeps restarting. I have turned off all programs and
it still happens. The same thing happens with defrag.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Please email me
with answers to

Leni,

Try this little utility called ScanDefrag:

http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

Zee



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Can anyone tell me what I can do to get ScanDisk to run? =20
It starts, but never completes. It goes a few bars and=20
then keeps restarting. I have turned off all programs and=20
it still happens. The same thing happens with defrag. =20
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Can anyone tell me what I can do to get ScanDisk to run?
It starts, but never completes. It goes a few bars and
then keeps restarting. I have turned off all programs and
it still happens. The same thing happens with defrag.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Please email me
with answers to


ScanDefrag will efficiently run MS or Norton utilities, the
log will list all the running programs and Restrictive Mode
will make every effort to stop the ones that should not be
running. See the ReadMe for more info.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2...efrag/main.htm
or http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

Another remedy is to run Scandisk and Defrag in Safe Mode. That will solve
the problems you describe.

--James--

You can use ScanDisk to check your hard drive for logical
and physical errors; ScanDisk can then repair the damaged
areas. ScanDisk should be run once a month, along with
Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter. You should run Disk
Cleanup first, then ScanDisk, then Disk Defragmenter.

ScanDisk must be run with no other programs or computer
functions running. In order to run ScanDisk and Defrag
most efficiently you will need to start the computer in
SafeMode. To start the computer in SafeMode you must
first Shutdown the computer. Then restart the computer
by pressing the on button and then begin tapping the F8
key repeatedly until you see the Windows Startup Menu.
It will have a black screen and give you three to four
choices. Please press the number 3 on the keyboard with
is SafeMode. The computer will then continue to startup
to Windows, however, the screen colors will look funny to
you. The icons might be bigger, etc. Then proceed to
start ScanDisk by following the steps below.

You can start ScanDisk by click Start, pointing to
Programs, pointing to Accessories, pointing to System
Tools, and then click ScanDisk.

Inside the ScanDisk window make sure that it is scanning
the C: drive and make sure that it is set to do a
Thorough Scan and also to Automatically Fix errors. What
would be the point if we didn't have Windows fix the
errors?

ScanDisk can take a long while to run, depending on the
size of your hard drive. Seriously, it could take
hours. Just walk away and forget about it, checking on
it now and then. If you get a window that says "ScanDisk
has restarted 10 times do you want to Continue or
Cancel. Click Continue it will restart and then go to
where it left of and then finish. When you also run
Defrag in SafeMode you might get the same window that it
has also restarted 10 time, click Continue and it will
finish eventually. Sometime when ScanDisk is finished
you will receive a report of what it found. Running
ScanDisk can prolong the life of you hard drive.

-----Original Message-----
In article ,
says...
Can anyone tell me what I can do to get ScanDisk to
run?
It starts, but never completes. It goes a few bars
and
then keeps restarting. I have turned off all programs
and
it still happens. The same thing happens with
defrag.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Please email me
with answers to


ScanDefrag will efficiently run MS or Norton utilities,
the
log will list all the running programs and Restrictive
Mode
will make every effort to stop the ones that should not
be
running. See the ReadMe for more info.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2...efrag/main.htm
or http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html
.