re: Defragment
Saturday, July 12, 2003 at 1:25 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mable
(14 messages posted)
Dear Friends,
Thanks for your notes. Unfortunately, whilst pressing down the control key during
re-boot in order to enter safe mode something strange happened. The screen entered
DOS mode and a message came up saying “Unable to open Windows. Cannot find win.com”
Switching the computer off and on again gives the same message. Any ideas please?
Thanks, Mable
On Friday, July 11, 2003 at 9:04 am, rob wrote:
>Hi Mable.
>
>I dont use any of Nortons programs, so I cannot really say.
>
>You could try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL once and see if Speed Disk is running in the
>Task Manager, select it and then click the "End Task" button there, I do believe
>it runs in the Background. Then try Defrag again.
>
>You may have to re-start the PC for Speed Disk to startup again, once you have Defragged
>the Drive.
>
>Another way, that many people use is to start the PC in Safe Mode and Defrag from
>there, no programs should load at all in Safe Mode, only the necessary drivers etc
>to run Windows in Safe Mode.
>
>Start the PC and hold down the CTRL key or rapidy tap the F8 key, until you see
the
>Start Menu.
>
>Select the Safe Mode option, #3, by pressing 3, or use the Up/Down arrow keys to
>select it, then press Enter.
>
>Upon arriving at the Safe Mode desktop, OK the Safe Mode popup message and then
you
>can run Defrag from there.
>
>When it is finished. re-start the PC again and let it load normally, all programs
>will then load as normal.
>
>Long winded I know but it is a workaround for now if the other suggestion doesnt
>work out.
>
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