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drive's contents changed restarting...
Defrag Problem is...
drive's contents changed restarting... I have used MS MEdefrag is much better than win98se one. I'M running win 98 SE I have deleted the contents of Windows/applog which worked a few months ago when this happened but not a fix this time. I scan disk and defrag once a month and in June I had 101 megs of temp files usually its about 70 megs so I knew I was going to have trouble as i suspect I picked up a bug, quark, virus, worm, or ad ware on the internet. I also used Power Defrag works well with ME Defrag. It reboots with nothing else loaded then reboots normally after the defrag. Still get drive's contents changed restarting -- Oh yes I restarted in Safe Mode a few times and still get drive's contents changed restarting even in save mode I have done msconfig and unchecked everything too An thing I missed ? I suspect a virus or spy ware - I ran ad ware and regit cleaner and still not fix to the message... drive's contents changed restarting... in defrag Please suggest something - thanks Vacation pictures here http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com/ 700 shuttles - docked together like a train __...---'-----`---...__ _=========================== ______________,/' `---..._______...---' (____________LL). . ,--' / /.---' `. / '--------_ - - - - _/ `~~~~~~~~' http://home.att.net/~inventor84/ my 2 meg home page http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com -my 200 meg home page Now I have Global Hosting for my web, 200 megs now, wow ! http://www.globalhosting.com/virtual/compare.shtml Name the 10 nearest stars to Earth.... Alpha Centauri 4.3 light years |
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remove malware before defrag, and keep your antivirus and antispyware
updated DAILY -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters _ "inventor" wrote in message oups.com... Defrag Problem is... drive's contents changed restarting... I have used MS MEdefrag is much better than win98se one. I'M running win 98 SE I have deleted the contents of Windows/applog which worked a few months ago when this happened but not a fix this time. I scan disk and defrag once a month and in June I had 101 megs of temp files usually its about 70 megs so I knew I was going to have trouble as i suspect I picked up a bug, quark, virus, worm, or ad ware on the internet. I also used Power Defrag works well with ME Defrag. It reboots with nothing else loaded then reboots normally after the defrag. Still get drive's contents changed restarting -- Oh yes I restarted in Safe Mode a few times and still get drive's contents changed restarting even in save mode I have done msconfig and unchecked everything too An thing I missed ? I suspect a virus or spy ware - I ran ad ware and regit cleaner and still not fix to the message... drive's contents changed restarting... in defrag Please suggest something - thanks Vacation pictures here http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com/ 700 shuttles - docked together like a train __...---'-----`---...__ _=========================== ______________,/' `---..._______...---' (____________LL). . ,--' / /.---' `. / '--------_ - - - - _/ `~~~~~~~~' http://home.att.net/~inventor84/ my 2 meg home page http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com -my 200 meg home page Now I have Global Hosting for my web, 200 megs now, wow ! http://www.globalhosting.com/virtual/compare.shtml Name the 10 nearest stars to Earth.... Alpha Centauri 4.3 light years |
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Try defrag in a CLEAN BOOT environment.
Start/Run and then type MSCONFIG. In MSCONFIG place a checkmark in SELECTIVE STARTUP and then remove the checkmarks in Config.sys file Autoexec.bat file Load startup group items Reboot then do your maintenance. Once finished go back into MSCONFIG and reinsert the checkmark in NORMAL STARTUP. Hope this works Dan "inventor" wrote in message oups.com... Defrag Problem is... drive's contents changed restarting... I have used MS MEdefrag is much better than win98se one. I'M running win 98 SE I have deleted the contents of Windows/applog which worked a few months ago when this happened but not a fix this time. I scan disk and defrag once a month and in June I had 101 megs of temp files usually its about 70 megs so I knew I was going to have trouble as i suspect I picked up a bug, quark, virus, worm, or ad ware on the internet. I also used Power Defrag works well with ME Defrag. It reboots with nothing else loaded then reboots normally after the defrag. Still get drive's contents changed restarting -- Oh yes I restarted in Safe Mode a few times and still get drive's contents changed restarting even in save mode I have done msconfig and unchecked everything too An thing I missed ? I suspect a virus or spy ware - I ran ad ware and regit cleaner and still not fix to the message... drive's contents changed restarting... in defrag Please suggest something - thanks Vacation pictures here http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com/ 700 shuttles - docked together like a train __...---'-----`---...__ _=========================== ______________,/' `---..._______...---' (____________LL). . ,--' / /.---' `. / '--------_ - - - - _/ `~~~~~~~~' http://home.att.net/~inventor84/ my 2 meg home page http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com -my 200 meg home page Now I have Global Hosting for my web, 200 megs now, wow ! http://www.globalhosting.com/virtual/compare.shtml Name the 10 nearest stars to Earth.... Alpha Centauri 4.3 light years |
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Almost Bob makes a good point....you could have malware/spyware causing problems.
Also, have you tried Scan/Defrag freeware? http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/ or http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2...efrag/main.htm (frequent poster in this group, Bill Blanton) -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "inventor" wrote in message oups.com... Defrag Problem is... drive's contents changed restarting... I have used MS MEdefrag is much better than win98se one. I'M running win 98 SE I have deleted the contents of Windows/applog which worked a few months ago when this happened but not a fix this time. I scan disk and defrag once a month and in June I had 101 megs of temp files usually its about 70 megs so I knew I was going to have trouble as i suspect I picked up a bug, quark, virus, worm, or ad ware on the internet. I also used Power Defrag works well with ME Defrag. It reboots with nothing else loaded then reboots normally after the defrag. Still get drive's contents changed restarting -- Oh yes I restarted in Safe Mode a few times and still get drive's contents changed restarting even in save mode I have done msconfig and unchecked everything too An thing I missed ? I suspect a virus or spy ware - I ran ad ware and regit cleaner and still not fix to the message... drive's contents changed restarting... in defrag Please suggest something - thanks Vacation pictures here http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com/ 700 shuttles - docked together like a train __...---'-----`---...__ _=========================== ______________,/' `---..._______...---' (____________LL). . ,--' / /.---' `. / '--------_ - - - - _/ `~~~~~~~~' http://home.att.net/~inventor84/ my 2 meg home page http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com -my 200 meg home page Now I have Global Hosting for my web, 200 megs now, wow ! http://www.globalhosting.com/virtual/compare.shtml Name the 10 nearest stars to Earth.... Alpha Centauri 4.3 light years |
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http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q287914
Articles about Scandisk http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q286263 Articles about Defrag I must warn that Scandisk may not do a great job when there is a great one to do... http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/scandisk.htm Therefore, perhaps UNcheck "Automatically fix errors" on it's front screen. It will then ask whether you want each error fixed. If it sounds truly horrible, say "No!", and post the log. The log will be "C:\Scandisk.log". Do not let it constantly restart, either. (When running Scandisk in DOS, there won't be such a box to uncheck. You must "Scandisk /Checkonly", instead. It will write to the same .log.) REALLY, in light of all THAT, the BEST thing to do is to have a full system backup to run to! Would you like my list of backup apps? 1. Turn off screen saver (R-Clk Desktop, Properties, Screen Saver-- None) 2. Turn off power management (Control Panel, Power Management-- Always On,Never,Never,Never) 3. Disable any permanent internet cable connection, perhaps. 4. Suspend Task Scheduler 5. Turn off interfering programs. Use "StartupCop" or "EndItAll2" from PCMag (below). Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". Note what is unchecked. Then, go to the General tab & disable the entire Startup Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking "Load Startup...". Reboot. Don't forget to re-enable before the next boot. 6. Use "HDValet" from PCMag, or (a) "Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete Files button, bolt Delete all offline content, OK, OK" (b) "START, Run, %TEMP%", & delete all files that will let you. This will likely be "C:\Windows\Temp". This is best done after a fresh boot, unless you have not seen the message "Reboot to complete this install". 7. Run Scandisk (Thorough, usually w/o write testing. Check all three items under "Scandisk, Advanced button, 'Check files for' box". If you want to be informed as it does a fix, UNcheck "Automatically fix errors" on the front screen, or look inside "C:\Scandisk.log" afterwards.) 8. "START, Run, Defrag /p /details". Apparently, "/p" Defrags the unmovables. The purpose of steps 1-5 is only to prevent constant restarts of Scandisk & Defrag, if you get them; but DEFINITELY turn off the Virus Scanner. Scandisk should be done perhaps once a month, and certainly after every serious crash. Do a Defrag after a sluggish boot or when this says so: http://www.pcmag.com/ 's CrackUp, by Gregory A. Wolking & Bob Flanders. Also, take DiskAction, to determine what is constantly writing to the HDD, which causes the restarts. Take BHOCop & StartupCop too. "DiskAction" reports the last 12 processes that access any partition. It discovered the Microsoft Windows Critical Update Notification tool was accessing my HDD every five minutes. It can be uninstalled in "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs". Then, occasionally, "START, Windows Update" on your own. "BHOCop" found a Browser Helper Object called Wavehelper Class, created by "Wavetop", that was building a monstrosity of an error log called "Logit.txt" in here. "START, Find, F/F, Logit.txt"-- see one? Now, my hard drive is quieter than my mouse. (Of course, I now also have 384 MB RAM, up from an initial 64, eliminating Swap File activity.) -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "inventor" wrote in message oups.com... | Defrag Problem is... | | drive's contents changed restarting... | | I have used MS MEdefrag is much better than win98se one. I'M running | win 98 SE | | I have deleted the contents of Windows/applog which worked a few months | ago when this happened but not a fix this time. I scan disk and defrag | once a month and in June I had 101 megs of temp files usually its about | 70 megs so I knew I was going to have trouble as i suspect I picked up | a bug, quark, virus, worm, or ad ware on the internet. | | | I also used Power Defrag works well with ME Defrag. It reboots with | nothing else loaded then reboots normally after the defrag. | | Still get drive's contents changed restarting -- | | Oh yes I restarted in Safe Mode a few times and still get drive's | contents changed restarting even in save mode | | I have done msconfig and unchecked everything too | | An thing I missed ? | | I suspect a virus or spy ware - I ran ad ware and regit cleaner and | still not fix to the message... | | | drive's contents changed restarting... in defrag | | Please suggest something - thanks | | Vacation pictures here | http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com/ | | | | 700 shuttles - docked together like a train | __...---'-----`---...__ | _=========================== | ______________,/' `---..._______...---' | (____________LL). . ,--' | / /.---' `. / | '--------_ - - - - _/ | `~~~~~~~~' | | | | http://home.att.net/~inventor84/ my 2 meg home page | http://www.inventor-warp-speed.com -my 200 meg home page | | Now I have Global Hosting for my web, 200 megs now, wow ! | http://www.globalhosting.com/virtual/compare.shtml | | Name the 10 nearest stars to Earth.... | Alpha Centauri 4.3 light years | |
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