WIN98se Defrag taking days?

Background:

- Toshiba Tecra8000 laptop
- WIN98SE OS

I don't use it often. Only while travelling. And I don't defrag as
often as I should.

Problem:

I started defrag two days (56 hours) ago and it is *still* defraging.
It's gotten up to around 68%, but keeps going back to the beginning,
starts again and builds up to 10%, then back again, and so on ...

Questions:

Is this normal? Should I just let it go until the defrag is complete
or stop and start again?

And, if I should just let it go, how much longer might it take?

Thanks, bob

Try defraging in Safe Mode. The reason it keeps starting is because
there is a program running in the background (Anti-Virus for example) or
you have a screen saver set to go on after a period of inactivity. You
can also kill uneeded processes and applications or use third party
tools if you don't like doing defrag in Safe Mode, see:

Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222469

Or try this:

ScanDefrag 5.2
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/

or EndItAll
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,697,00.asp

John



Robert Feigel wrote:
Background:

- Toshiba Tecra8000 laptop
- WIN98SE OS

I don't use it often. Only while travelling. And I don't defrag as
often as I should.

Problem:

I started defrag two days (56 hours) ago and it is *still* defraging.
It's gotten up to around 68%, but keeps going back to the beginning,
starts again and builds up to 10%, then back again, and so on ...

Questions:

Is this normal? Should I just let it go until the defrag is complete
or stop and start again?

And, if I should just let it go, how much longer might it take?

Thanks, bob

Try defraging in Safe Mode. The reason it keeps starting is because
there is a program running in the background (Anti-Virus for example) or
you have a screen saver set to go on after a period of inactivity. You
can also kill uneeded processes and applications or use third party
tools if you don't like doing defrag in Safe Mode, see:

Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222469

Or try this:

ScanDefrag 5.2
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/

or EndItAll
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,697,00.asp

John



Robert Feigel wrote:
Background:

- Toshiba Tecra8000 laptop
- WIN98SE OS

I don't use it often. Only while travelling. And I don't defrag as
often as I should.

Problem:

I started defrag two days (56 hours) ago and it is *still* defraging.
It's gotten up to around 68%, but keeps going back to the beginning,
starts again and builds up to 10%, then back again, and so on ...

Questions:

Is this normal? Should I just let it go until the defrag is complete
or stop and start again?

And, if I should just let it go, how much longer might it take?

Thanks, bob

On Sun, 07 May 2006 09:08:15 -0300, John John
magnanimously proffered:

Try defraging in Safe Mode. The reason it keeps starting is because
there is a program running in the background (Anti-Virus for example) or
you have a screen saver set to go on after a period of inactivity. You
can also kill uneeded processes and applications or use third party
tools if you don't like doing defrag in Safe Mode, see:

Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222469

Or try this:

ScanDefrag 5.2
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/

or EndItAll
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,697,00.asp

John

Thanks, John. After four days defrag was still only up to 60-something
percent. But I closed the thing down, rebooted in safe-mode and it
worked this time around! Thanks again. Cheers, Bob


Robert Feigel wrote:

Problem:

I started defrag two days (56 hours) ago and it is *still* defraging.
It's gotten up to around 68%, but keeps going back to the beginning,
starts again and builds up to 10%, then back again, and so on ...

Questions:

Is this normal? Should I just let it go until the defrag is complete
or stop and start again?


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On 5/7/06 12:08 AM Robert Feigel wrote:
Background:

- Toshiba Tecra8000 laptop
- WIN98SE OS

I don't use it often. Only while travelling. And I don't defrag as
often as I should.

Problem:

I started defrag two days (56 hours) ago and it is *still* defraging.
It's gotten up to around 68%, but keeps going back to the beginning,
starts again and builds up to 10%, then back again, and so on ...

Questions:

Is this normal? Should I just let it go until the defrag is complete
or stop and start again?

And, if I should just let it go, how much longer might it take?

Thanks, bob


It sounds like you may have an application(s) writing to disk in the
background. Click your Start Menu select Run type Msconfig execute it.

When it opens up,
click the Start-up Tab.
Un-check all but Scanreg,
Task manager,
Rundll and disk compression managers if you have compressed your drive.
OK. Reboot.
Try running Defrag now.

If it still keeps restarting locate Scandisk.exe
Use your startup disk to reboot into full DOS mode.
Run Scandisk /Full
It may take a while. But if you have any bad sectors, it will find them
and move any data out of them, fixing your HDD for Defrag.
When done, remove startup disk and reboot. Try running Defrag. If you
get a good defrag, you can then run Msconfig click Start-up tab and put
back the stuff you unclicked. OK. Reboot.

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On 5/7/06 12:08 AM Robert Feigel wrote:
Background:

- Toshiba Tecra8000 laptop
- WIN98SE OS

I don't use it often. Only while travelling. And I don't defrag as
often as I should.

Problem:

I started defrag two days (56 hours) ago and it is *still* defraging.
It's gotten up to around 68%, but keeps going back to the beginning,
starts again and builds up to 10%, then back again, and so on ...

Questions:

Is this normal? Should I just let it go until the defrag is complete
or stop and start again?

And, if I should just let it go, how much longer might it take?

Thanks, bob


It sounds like you may have an application(s) writing to disk in the
background. Click your Start Menu select Run type Msconfig execute it.

When it opens up,
click the Start-up Tab.
Un-check all but Scanreg,
Task manager,
Rundll and disk compression managers if you have compressed your drive.
OK. Reboot.
Try running Defrag now.

If it still keeps restarting locate Scandisk.exe
Use your startup disk to reboot into full DOS mode.
Run Scandisk /Full
It may take a while. But if you have any bad sectors, it will find them
and move any data out of them, fixing your HDD for Defrag.
When done, remove startup disk and reboot. Try running Defrag. If you
get a good defrag, you can then run Msconfig click Start-up tab and put
back the stuff you unclicked. OK. Reboot.

--
________
To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address.
Brian M. Kochera
"Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!"
View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951

Bob Feigel wrote:
On Sun, 07 May 2006 09:08:15 -0300, John John
magnanimously proffered:


Try defraging in Safe Mode. The reason it keeps starting is because
there is a program running in the background (Anti-Virus for example) or
you have a screen saver set to go on after a period of inactivity. You
can also kill uneeded processes and applications or use third party
tools if you don't like doing defrag in Safe Mode, see:

Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222469

Or try this:

ScanDefrag 5.2
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/

or EndItAll
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,697,00.asp

John


Thanks, John. After four days defrag was still only up to 60-something
percent. But I closed the thing down, rebooted in safe-mode and it
worked this time around! Thanks again. Cheers, Bob

You're welcome.

John

Bob Feigel wrote:
On Sun, 07 May 2006 09:08:15 -0300, John John
magnanimously proffered:


Try defraging in Safe Mode. The reason it keeps starting is because
there is a program running in the background (Anti-Virus for example) or
you have a screen saver set to go on after a period of inactivity. You
can also kill uneeded processes and applications or use third party
tools if you don't like doing defrag in Safe Mode, see:

Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222469

Or try this:

ScanDefrag 5.2
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/

or EndItAll
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,697,00.asp

John


Thanks, John. After four days defrag was still only up to 60-something
percent. But I closed the thing down, rebooted in safe-mode and it
worked this time around! Thanks again. Cheers, Bob

You're welcome.

John