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| Thread ID: 44329 | 2004-04-16 02:10:00 | disk defragmenter broken why? | superOman (745) | Press F1 |
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| 229587 | 2004-04-16 02:10:00 | Im running a P3 800mhz, 512 ram with windows ME. Have tried to use the defragmenter that comes with windows twice over the past week and it doesnt work. I have deactivated screen saver and power saving. Left it on all night and did not move past 0% It has worked in the past fine but why does it not work now? |
superOman (745) | ||
| 229588 | 2004-04-16 03:06:00 | Have you tried booting in to safe mod & running it in there? | prayingmantis (5416) | ||
| 229589 | 2004-04-16 03:41:00 | When Windows is about to start loading hit F8 and choose safe mode and do it from there. It usually does a better job in safe mode as well. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 229590 | 2004-04-16 08:03:00 | Ive run it in safe mode and it works. Thanks, but does anyone know why it doesnt run in normal windows mode? | superOman (745) | ||
| 229591 | 2004-04-16 08:06:00 | Because some program is writting to the harddrive,which changes the content and causes the defrag to restart. | metla (154) | ||
| 229592 | 2004-04-16 11:30:00 | How I do figure out what program that is? | superOman (745) | ||
| 229593 | 2004-04-17 04:03:00 | You don't need to. Use Safe Mode. :D Think about what defrag is doing. It's moving all of your data around on the disk. There is so much scope for total disaster if it goes wrong. So give it a chance,and let it be the only thing running. Think about it as an oilchange for a car. You don't expect to be able to use the car while that's being done. ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 229594 | 2004-04-17 07:57:00 | <slight hijack> I find it rather disconcerting that when Windows Defragmenter detects that a drive has insufficient space to perform a defrag it informs the user but then asks if they still wish to go ahead with it . Why on earth does it give that option? Surely that would be rather dangerous? :O A hard drive that I tried to defrag yesterday had 1% free space when 15% was "required" . Just to see what would happen I allowed it to go ahead with the job for a minute or two and then cancelled in case some damage occurred . I really do think that Windows ought to disallow a defrag if there is insufficient hard drive space and the chance of damage being done . :| |
Susan B (19) | ||
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