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Thread ID: 7855 2001-02-19 08:49:00 Inability to run defrag program Guest (0) Press F1
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8949 2001-02-19 08:49:00 I am trying to run the 'defrag' program from 'System tools' - Windows 98.

The program asks which drive etc I want to defrag, I click 'C' and the program starts.

This is where the problem is however as no matter how long I leave it running ( and I mean up to 6 -7 hours) it gets to '10% complete' and then goes back to the beginning and starts all over agian - it cannot seem to get past 10%.

Any ideas please, and I am now noticing a marked decrease in overall speed of the system.

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

Lance tebbutt
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8950 2001-02-19 10:34:00 Run scandisk 1st, just to be sure, disable both virus scanner & screen saver.... Guest (0)
8951 2001-02-19 10:35:00 You are obviously running something as a background task which is interfering with the DeFrag. Best answer is to make sure you close ALL running programs, then start the DeFrag. The running programs will change the contents of the Drive and DeFrag will start again.

Easiest is to boot the computer in safe mode the run the DeFrag.

I hope this helps.
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