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Can't defragment
Hi all
I can't defragment my hard drive. Scan disk runs with the maintenance wizard fine then disk defragmenter starts but stops shortly after saying some other program is stopping it from running. System file checker ran with no problems detected. Windows 'working in backgroud flag' is constantly visable although my hard drive lights aren't flashing. Please help.....losing the will to live:-( |
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Can't defragment
On 06/15/2004 3:46 PM Jenni seeking osculation, jotted down:
Hi all I can't defragment my hard drive. Scan disk runs with the maintenance wizard fine then disk defragmenter starts but stops shortly after saying some other program is stopping it from running. System file checker ran with no problems detected. Windows 'working in backgroud flag' is constantly visable although my hard drive lights aren't flashing. Please help.....losing the will to live:-( Boot your system to DOS. A DOS version of DEFRAG.EXE resides in the C:\Windows folder. If not there do a Find/Search to locate it. Run it under DOS. Just to be safe you may want to run the DOS version of SCANDISK.EXE first to give your drive a clean bill of health. Select the Thorough scan. This could take hours, have an MP3 player or similar handy to help you pass the time. -- ________ To email me, Edit "xt" 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 |
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Can't defragment
You cannot Defrag in DOS without destroying your long filenames, and no, there is no
DOS version of Defrag in the Windows folder. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Brian K" wrote in message ... On 06/15/2004 3:46 PM Jenni seeking osculation, jotted down: Hi all I can't defragment my hard drive. Scan disk runs with the maintenance wizard fine then disk defragmenter starts but stops shortly after saying some other program is stopping it from running. System file checker ran with no problems detected. Windows 'working in backgroud flag' is constantly visable although my hard drive lights aren't flashing. Please help.....losing the will to live:-( Boot your system to DOS. A DOS version of DEFRAG.EXE resides in the C:\Windows folder. If not there do a Find/Search to locate it. Run it under DOS. Just to be safe you may want to run the DOS version of SCANDISK.EXE first to give your drive a clean bill of health. Select the Thorough scan. This could take hours, have an MP3 player or similar handy to help you pass the time. -- ________ To email me, Edit "xt" 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 |
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Can't defragment
Have a look here, by MS MVP Ron Badour:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/scandisk.html and http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/defrag.html Here is a little utility to automate it for you: GEODisk by MS MVP George Gedye http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/Software.htm -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Jenni" wrote in message ... Hi all I can't defragment my hard drive. Scan disk runs with the maintenance wizard fine then disk defragmenter starts but stops shortly after saying some other program is stopping it from running. System file checker ran with no problems detected. Windows 'working in backgroud flag' is constantly visable although my hard drive lights aren't flashing. Please help.....losing the will to live:-( |
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