defraging in WinME !!1

[TWave]

Is a NIGHTMARE!! it goes and then it keeps starting over every 2 minutes! I have EVERYTHING off including the screen saver and power saver things.. I have nothing running except the explorer and defrag (alt + ctrl + del.. closed everything) internet is off...I can't think of anything else! Any one had this problem? Or any solutions?

I'd appriciate it a lot! Thanks!

[EvilAngel]

It sounds like you need to do SCANDISK! You may have errors on your HDD that will cause defragg to go haywire and not complete. I think you have to have SYSTRAY and EXPLORER up too, not just EXPLORER. GL

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[Zporttech]

I had the same problem until I disabled the "system restore".

I disabled it to save system resources. Then I noticed my defrag problem stopped !

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Steve
www.zport.com

[TWave]

system restore is disabled.. going to go do a scan disk...

[TWave]

Done scandisk.. no errors.. defrag is still messed up!

[Zporttech]

Try to defrag in safe mode.

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Steve
www.zport.com

[dpl882]

I had a program, called ichoose,, which caused the same problem.

[tlarson1]

TWAVE try this, go to winmag.com, look for hot fixes. There's one for scandisk and defrag. d/l scandisk then reboot, it starts before anything else does. When thats all done,d/l defrag,reboot and it does tha same thing. .....tom

[glc1]

TWave, make sure you don't have anything running in the background or in the system tray.

[messiah]

I got this in my email yesterday from: http://betatester.tin.it


It's worth a shot!

Microsoft Windows ME "Third-Party Disk-Defrag" Critical Update.
Important information about a potential problem with some disk-defragmenting tools running in Windows Me. If you use Disk Defragmenter (or a third-party defragmenting tool) to defragment your hard disk, your computer continues to run correctly. However, when you restart it, you may receive an error messages and be unable to start Windows. Windows Me Help and Support Updates: The first in a monthly series of articles. After you download these files and your computer restarts, Help and Support will open so you can read the important new information.

download here (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/default.htm?page=productupdates)

[messiah]

btw, If your running black ice, make sure blackd or whatever that little hidden resource is called is disabled from task manager

[richardc]

I agree with with Zporttech - reboot in safe mode and run the Maintenance program. If your HD is quite old run scandisk in thorough mode.

[TWave]

Thanks for the tips.. the winmag.com files did the trick.. Both the HDs are new, and I had EVERYTHING disabled except for systray, explorer, and defrag,I had the system health stuff disabled too.. well.. now I know what to do.. Thanks again..