re: deframenting
Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 1:31 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3588 messages posted)
||i can only [defrag] 10% of my hard drive
|it just stays there making no sound for hours
|| john ward
||
This is the most-asked question here (about 3 times a week).
I wish the Webmaster would put a giant link to the solution
on every page on the site.
|Ctrl/Alt/Del.
|Highlight and "End Task" everything except Explorer & Systray.
|Then just go and use your defrag tool.
| BobC.
To expand on what Bob has said:
Defrag (or Scandisk) Stalls
Anything that tries to write to the disk will change the disk.
Any changes to the disk will require Defrag or Scandisk to restart from zero.
Shutting down any programs that might try to write to the disk
is one way to avoid this.
(Anti-virus, screen saver, and firewall are often what stall DEFRAG/SCANDISK.)
NOTE: Any time you aren't running a firewall,
PHYSICALLY DISCONNECT FROM THE INTERNET (unplug broadband).
A better way to DEFRAG/SCANDISK is to start in Safe Mode.
When starting the computer, hold down the F8 key.
When the computer squawks, release it and shove it right back down.
From the menu that appears, select Safe Mode.
Run DEFRAG/SCANDISK from there.
When it's done, restart Windows (in Normal Mode).
The BEST way to start SCANDISK is in Real DOS.
Do the F8 trick, but select Command Prompt Mode.
You will get a black screen with text. Type
SCANDISK (Enter)
When it's finished, type
WIN (Enter)
NOTE: DEFRAG is a Windows-only program.
You can't run it from DOS.
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- re: deframenting (BobC.: Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 9:20 am)
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