Disk Defragment Error

[Guest schacko]

Its been a long time since I defragmented my hard drive. Recently I ran a

defragmentation on my drive then an error message came up, and said that Disk

Defrag. cannot continue becuase the defragment cannot view certain files. It

recommended me to do a ScanDisc. I did it, but when it was so close to being

done, it froze and restarted. How can I complete a full ScanDisc (Through)

without it freezing or restarting?

 

P.S.- What is the best software to remove unnecessary files and clean the

computer of junk and clutter so the computer can run more efficiently? (XP

and ME Computer)

[Guest Alias]

Re: Disk Defragment Error

 

schacko wrote:

> Its been a long time since I defragmented my hard drive. Recently I ran a

> defragmentation on my drive then an error message came up, and said that Disk

> Defrag. cannot continue becuase the defragment cannot view certain files. It

> recommended me to do a ScanDisc. I did it, but when it was so close to being

> done, it froze and restarted. How can I complete a full ScanDisc (Through)

> without it freezing or restarting?

>

> P.S.- What is the best software to remove unnecessary files and clean the

> computer of junk and clutter so the computer can run more efficiently? (XP

> and ME Computer)

 

Try doing the defrag in Safe Mode.

 

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[Guest Alias]

Re: Disk Defragment Error

 

schacko wrote:

> Its been a long time since I defragmented my hard drive. Recently I ran a

> defragmentation on my drive then an error message came up, and said that Disk

> Defrag. cannot continue becuase the defragment cannot view certain files. It

> recommended me to do a ScanDisc. I did it, but when it was so close to being

> done, it froze and restarted. How can I complete a full ScanDisc (Through)

> without it freezing or restarting?

>

> P.S.- What is the best software to remove unnecessary files and clean the

> computer of junk and clutter so the computer can run more efficiently? (XP

> and ME Computer)

 

Or, try it in Normal Mode without your anti virus resident scanner enabled.

 

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[Guest O.J. Newman]

Re: Disk Defragment Error

 

Hello:

 

In addition to the approach of running disk utilities in Safe Mode, you can

use the freeware utility ScanDefrag.

See: http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/.

 

This utility will allow you to reboot your PC, and run Disk Cleanup,

ScanDisk, and Defrag as part of the Windows start-up process, when it is

less likely to be interrupted by writes to the hard drive.

 

HTH,

O.J.

 

P.S. In addition to the built-in Windows Disk Cleanup, there is a freeware

utility called Disk Cleaner at: http://www.diskcleaner.nl/ .

 

 

"schacko" <schacko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:29536277-977D-4CE7-9D5E-F7EC8EE48640@microsoft.com...

> Its been a long time since I defragmented my hard drive. Recently I ran a

> defragmentation on my drive then an error message came up, and said that

> Disk

> Defrag. cannot continue becuase the defragment cannot view certain files.

> It

> recommended me to do a ScanDisc. I did it, but when it was so close to

> being

> done, it froze and restarted. How can I complete a full ScanDisc (Through)

> without it freezing or restarting?

>

> P.S.- What is the best software to remove unnecessary files and clean the

> computer of junk and clutter so the computer can run more efficiently? (XP

> and ME Computer)

[Guest Greegor]

Re: Disk Defragment Error

 

Still running WinME.

I noticed that even in SAFE MODE scandisk was being interrupted.

control-Alt-Delete processes showed nothing running.

Wintop gave me the impression that one of the drivers

even in safe mode was interrupting.

I am suspicious that the LAN card was seeing pings from

the cable modem and interrupting...

(next time I'll try the pause button on top of the modem that quiets

all activity.)

 

That something would interrupt it in SAFE MODE surprised me.

 

Sometimes if scandisk doesn't work even in SAFE MODE

the next move is to boot to the DOS prompt with the STARTUP DISK

and run the DOS mode scandisk ( check out the option flags )

 

DEFRAG seems to be more tolerant of applications interrupting it.

 

Since there is no DOS mode defrag, I use a free ( no beg!) program

called Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel 2.8 to temporarily

turn off all drivers and SW (check marks) and put them all

back after the Scandisk or DEFRAG or both are done.

 

I find that program to be extremely handy for Quicktime.

It's all set up on the computer, but turned off.

If a web site USES Quicktime it always sets itself up

as a task that remains active, AND sets itself up to be

active at next boot. I keep a shortcut to STARTUP on

my desktop.

 

It's pretty much replaced the Start/RUN/msconfig routine..

 

I hope this helps.

 

 

 

 

 

Aug 28, 11:25 am, "O.J. Newman" <o...@zoominternet.net> wrote:

> Hello:

>

> In addition to the approach of running disk utilities in Safe Mode, you can

> use the freeware utility ScanDefrag.

> See:http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/.

>

> This utility will allow you to reboot your PC, and run Disk Cleanup,

> ScanDisk, and Defrag as part of the Windows start-up process, when it is

> less likely to be interrupted by writes to the hard drive.

>

> HTH,

> O.J.

>

> P.S. In addition to the built-in Windows Disk Cleanup, there is a freeware

> utility called Disk Cleaner at:http://www.diskcleaner.nl/.

>

> "schacko" <scha...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>

> news:29536277-977D-4CE7-9D5E-F7EC8EE48640@microsoft.com...

>

>

>

> > Its been a long time since I defragmented my hard drive. Recently I ran a

> > defragmentation on my drive then an error message came up, and said that

> > Disk

> > Defrag. cannot continue becuase the defragment cannot view certain files.

> > It

> > recommended me to do a ScanDisc. I did it, but when it was so close to

> > being

> > done, it froze and restarted. How can I complete a full ScanDisc (Through)

> > without it freezing or restarting?

>

> > P.S.- What is the best software to remove unnecessary files and clean the

> > computer of junk and clutter so the computer can run more efficiently? (XP

> > and ME Computer)