Hello there,
I have Windows 98 SE and I'm having a problem defragging. It gets to 46% and then takes 2 hours to get to 47% and then freezes and will go no further. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had come out of everything through Ctrl+Alt+D, just leaving 'Explorer and System Tray'. I had also switched off the broadband modem.
Many thanks
Mary (Scotland) :rolleyes:
bh99mh 0 Junior Poster in Training
bh99mh 0 Junior Poster in Training
I meant to say that I had this problem once before and someone advised me to used powerdefrag but when I try to use it again it says my 'trial' has expired.
Mary
Catweazle 140 Grandad Team Colleague
Reboot. Press the <F8> key before the Windows Logo screen displays and choose 'Safe Mode' from the menu. You might need to repeatedly tap the <F8> key from the momory check onwards to get the timing correct.
When you're in 'Safe mode' run defrag from there. When it's finished reboot as normal.
bh99mh 0 Junior Poster in Training
I had already booted up in 'safe mode' and defragged again but it still got stuck half way through.
Mary (Scotland)
DMR 152 Wombat At Large Team Colleague
If that behaviour is occuring even in Safe Mode, there's a good chance that you have physically corrupt sectors on your hard drive.
Drive manufacturers often have low-level utilities which can download and run to test a questionable drive. Find the make/model of your drive and see if such a utility is avalable for it.
bh99mh 0 Junior Poster in Training
If that behaviour is occuring even in Safe Mode, there's a good chance that you have physically corrupt sectors on your hard drive.
Drive manufacturers often have low-level utilities which can download and run to test a questionable drive. Find the make/model of your drive and see if such a utility is avalable for it.
:) Hello there,
I tried a few other things and put the Scan Disk through again and then defragged again with a 100% result. Many thanks
Mary (Scotland)
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