re: Problems defragmenting the hard disc
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Sue Smith
(14 messages posted)
Sue Smith
Thank you for that information which I will act upon. Could you clarify something
for me please. I have always thought that if I cancel defragmentation half way
through, it doesn't cancel what has already been defragmented. Am I correct in
assuming this?
I am unable to disable the 'read only' box in Windows Explorer Properties on photoes
written to CD from memory card on my Apacer Steno CP200 which I want to maniuplate
in Photoshop. Can anyone help?
On Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 1:02 pm, Wy wrote:
>If you do a major deletion of files and folders, especially photos in the bmp format,
>which takes up ten times or more space than jpegs, then you'll be creating gaps
in
>your hard drive. Those gaps can occur anywhere, even be found 98% into the defragmenting.
> It becomes especially acute if you hadn't done a defrag in quite a while, so there's
>a lot more to clean up and gaps to erase. And it becomes even more acute the bigger
>your hard drive is. Best way to deal with it is to run the Maintenance Wizard in
>Safe Mode. Restart your computer to go into Safe Mode [press F8 to get the menu
>as the computer begins to start up and before anything begins to load], select Safe
>Mode from the menu, then go into Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Maintenance Wizard,
>click on the latter and let it run. This will clean out your system, scan disk
and
>defrag all at once and should do it more effectively and within the usual 40 minutes
>you cite. If you still experience a problem, I'd then check your system out for
>malwares or spywares that may be interfering.
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