My internet connection stops when I defrag a disk!

I have this same problem in Win95, 98, 98SE

I connect using dialup, but if I try to do a defrag or move a large
amount of files from one folder to another the dialup connection stops.
When the defrag finishes, the connection resumes as normal.

It's obvious that the problem occurs whenever there is a lot of
continuous disk activity but does anyone know what causes this and is
there a workaround?

TIA

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I have this same problem in Win95, 98, 98SE

I connect using dialup, but if I try to do a defrag or move a large
amount of files from one folder to another the dialup connection stops.
When the defrag finishes, the connection resumes as normal.

It's obvious that the problem occurs whenever there is a lot of
continuous disk activity but does anyone know what causes this and is
there a workaround?

TIA

The workaround is, when defrag is running, don't do anything else.

You can play solitare with very little interference with the defrag
operation.

Galen

lots of internal modems are 'dumb' they use the system processor to perform
a lot of their functions
disk io is also processor intensive and has a higher priority so the modem
may time out waiting for its slice of processor
to help
unload as much as possible, any unneeded processes before the defrag and
leave more slices of the processor to use
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oups.com...
I have this same problem in Win95, 98, 98SE

I connect using dialup, but if I try to do a defrag or move a large
amount of files from one folder to another the dialup connection stops.
When the defrag finishes, the connection resumes as normal.

It's obvious that the problem occurs whenever there is a lot of
continuous disk activity but does anyone know what causes this and is
there a workaround?

TIA

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I have this same problem in Win95, 98, 98SE

I connect using dialup, but if I try to do a defrag or move a large
amount of files from one folder to another the dialup connection stops.
When the defrag finishes, the connection resumes as normal.

It's obvious that the problem occurs whenever there is a lot of
continuous disk activity but does anyone know what causes this and is
there a workaround?

TIA

You should not be doing other tasks while defragging. Period.

Plan your defrags for times when you are away from the computer, such
as when are eating a meal, at school or work, or overnight.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

This is like saying " My car won't move when I chain it to a tree"
Defrag is reading all files and folder useing recent history ,as a guide,
to place data in the right place. Taking data fragments and placing them
where they go. And rewriting the disk as it goes. Taking data. Writing it to
the back of the drive. Placing fragments in their right spot and then taking
the data it wrote to the back and placing it back at the front in IT'S right
place. Setting everything in order as recently used.
I am surprised you even get a completed defrag if you are surfing the net
at the same time. Surfing the net is constantly changing the TIFs. Which
should cause defrag to prompt a message that it can't continue until what
every is accessing the drive is shut down.
Even a solitare game should cause defrag to stop.
While in defrag your whole harddrive,or partition that is being defraged,is
being used to read,write and rewrite the data there.
Running "System Monitor" during defrag should show a 100% usage.

" wrote:

I have this same problem in Win95, 98, 98SE

I connect using dialup, but if I try to do a defrag or move a large
amount of files from one folder to another the dialup connection stops.
When the defrag finishes, the connection resumes as normal.

It's obvious that the problem occurs whenever there is a lot of
continuous disk activity but does anyone know what causes this and is
there a workaround?

TIA