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re: What's wrong with the defragmenter ? Thursday, June 7, 2001 at 7:18 pm Posted by Robert DeFusco (116 messages posted) Something is running that is changing the drives contents, possibly a virus scanner... when I defrag I ctrl+alt+del and end every task but explorer, then run defrag.. you can try that, or try booting to safe mode and defrag from there. On Thu, 7 Jun, 2001 - 18:26, Scott wrote: > I tried to defragment my mom's hard drive, and >the defragmenter just goes to "10% complete". > Then it says "device contents changed; > restarting" and it begins the whole process again. > It does this repeatedly until I get tired of >watching it. When I stop it, it says "defragment not >complete." > Suggestions appreciated ! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: What's wrong with the defragmenter ? Saturday, June 9, 2001 at 10:31 pm Posted by Gary Nystrom (1 messages posted) On Thu, 7 Jun, 2001 - 18:26, Scott wrote: > I tried to defragment my mom's hard drive, and >the defragmenter just goes to "10% complete". > Then it says "device contents changed; > restarting" and it begins the whole process again. > It does this repeatedly until I get tired of >watching it. When I stop it, it says "defragment not >complete." > Suggestions appreciated ! try this disable you start up programs,reboot,defrag,reboot,enable startup programs.go www.zdnet.com download "pc magazine's startup cop" this will help with disable and enable. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: What's wrong with the defragmenter ? Thursday, July 12, 2001 at 3:08 am Posted by Brian Magee (9 messages posted) http://www.powerdefrag.com/ You can download powerdefrag from the above site. It will close down programs and allow uninterrupted defrag. The first 10% is still slow but then proceeds apace. Regards Brian M On Thu, 7 Jun, 2001 - 18:26, Scott wrote: > I tried to defragment my mom's hard drive, and >the defragmenter just goes to "10% complete". > Then it says "device contents changed; > restarting" and it begins the whole process again. > It does this repeatedly until I get tired of >watching it. When I stop it, it says "defragment not >complete." > Suggestions appreciated ! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: What's wrong with the defragmenter ? Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 11:47 pm Posted by lokendar (1 messages posted) If the defragmenter runs for a while, then starts over again at the beginning, this means you have a program running. Even if you do not see a program listed on your task bar, you do have at least one program running. That is the only reason defragmenting goes for a short time, then starts over -- and does it several times in a row. This is important: All other programs must be shut down, or the defragmenter may never finish. To see what programs are running: Push the CTRL, ALT and DEL keys at the same time, and then let them all go at the same time. This will display the task manager. Only two tasks (programs) should be running - EXPLORER and SYSTRAY. If any other programs are running, use the "End Task" feature to shut them down. Then start the defragmenter and defragment your hard disk. On Thursday, June 7, 2001 at 6:26 pm, Scott wrote: > I tried to defragment my mom's hard drive, and >the defragmenter just goes to "10% complete". > Then it says "device contents changed; > restarting" and it begins the whole process again. > It does this repeatedly until I get tired of >watching it. When I stop it, it says "defragment not >complete." > Suggestions appreciated ! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum