re: Disk Defragmentor Monday, July 11, 2005 at 1:29 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jessica (5 messages posted) the file extentions that you had there in BOLD, are they files that I will not need on my computer, and to look for those spicific files to remove. I know alittle about computers, by experience, but when it comes to things deeper into the computer, i'm not kinda clue-less. Thanks On Monday, July 11, 2005 at 12:18 pm, Carol J wrote: > >Always run scan disk before defrag. You need to close out running programs first, >or those will interfere. Even having a screensaver >'selected' interferes with maintenance. > >First, download Windows ME's defrag tool and replace your original. It's about 10x >faster than 98's: >Surecool - ME Defrag > >Clear out temp files first: In Internet Options - General tab - delete temporary >internet files and choose 'delete all Offline content'. Clear History. In Settings, >set the size of the TIF folder between 5-10 MB. Empty the contents of the C:\Windows\temp >folder and C:\temp folder, if you have one. Note: some may be in use until you reboot. > >You can also clear out more junk files by using Find - Files or folders to search >for several file extensions at a time, if you seperate with a semi-colon and no space. >ex: *.tmp;*.chk. Any of these can go. Just copy/paste these in there, or be sure >to type them correctly, so you don't bring up the wrong files. > >*.CHK;*.Gid;*.OLD;*.prv;*.tmp;*.fts;*.ftg;*.diz;*.dir >*.grp;*.$$$;*.bak;chklist;*.ftg;*mscreate.dir > >Delete this folder - C:\Windows\Applog. It's not needed and is related to Taskmon's >useless purpose. It'll be re-created at bootup, but it'll be empty. Empty Recycle >bin. > >Uncheck Taskmon in 'msconfig' under startup tab: Start - Run - type: MSCONFIG. Hit >Apply. Close all tray applications, then hit Ctl_Alt_Del and End Task on everything >but Explorer and Systray. Disable your screensaver by temporarily setting to "None." >Run scandisk in "Standard" mode then defrag,. First in the defrag settings, uncheck >"rearrange program files so my programs start faster". Reboot when finished. > >If you have MS Office program installed, follow M$ instructions on how to kill the >FindFast Indexer, and don't re-enable it. It's a serious resource hog: >color="006699"> >How to Disable the Find Fast Indexer > > >color="003399">Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Written in response to: re: Disk Defragmentor (Ms. Eagle: Monday, July 11, 2005 at 12:18 pm) Responses to this message: re: Disk Defragmentor (Ms. Eagle: Monday, July 11, 2005 at 1:44 pm) Reformating Hard Drive (Jessica: Monday, July 11, 2005 at 1:56 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Disk Defragmentor (Jessica: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 12:02 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (gewg_: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 12:11 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 12:18 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (Jessica: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 1:29 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 1:44 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (Jessica: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 6:17 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (trey: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 6:28 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 6:55 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (Wy: Tue, Jul 12, 2005, 8:13 pm) Reformating Hard Drive (Jessica: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 1:56 pm) re: Reformating Hard Drive (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 3:00 pm) re: Reformating Hard Drive (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Jul 11, 2005, 3:42 pm) re: Disk Defragmentor (William: Sat, Jul 16, 2005, 12:11 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum