cannot defragment

[sweet_jam_in]

defragment shows 4% and again comes back to 0% for nearly half an hour.

Scandisk runs ok.

Any solutions ???

[marble]

defragment shows 4% and again comes back to 0% for nearly half an hour.

Scandisk runs ok.

Any solutions ???

Try running defrag in safe mode, and also check if there is enough free disk space for a proper defrag.

[Zachery]

What version of Windows are you running? It sounds like windows ME.

If you haven't you should take the time to run a windows update.

Further more you should see what options you have to move away from windows ME to 2000 or xp

[sweet_jam_in]

Thanks to you all for your answers.

1) I am using Windows 98 SE.

2) I have enough free space in the hard drives.

3) I started to defrag in normal mode, but it ends at 4% and again starts from 0%.

4) Then I started defragment in Safe Mode and it worked. It did 100%.

5) Shall I have to defrag in Safe Mode all the time ?

6) I cannot shift to Win XP or Win 2000 due to some softwares (old versions) that runs only in Win 98.

7) Is there any solution for me, so that I can defrag my machine in normal mode.

[Catweazle]

Ctrl+Alt+Del in normal mode. End Task everything except Systray and Explorer. Then defrag.

[marble]

Defragmenting works best when there arent other processes that clash with it, hence the safe mode option or as CW said End Task option. A good automatic defragmenter however does this efficiently in the background.

[Novell52]

Download a third party defrag software and your defrag will run a lot faster and can be scheduled to run in the background. Third party defrag software will do a lot better job than the built-in defrag. You can also defrag the master file table and page file before windows starts.

[kccomputerdr]

There is alot of good advise here. I agree, ctrl-alt-del & close all the junk & maybe find an old program called Nuts & Bolts, made by MCcaffe. it had an awesome defragger with it