Re: FN-FORUM: Defrag '98 - SORTED

date posted 3rd January 2004 20:04

Aha! That's the thing I'd forgotten about: Scandisk. Thanks all :-)

Alan Sheppard wrote:
> Em
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> A couple of thinks to try,
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> Make sure any anti-virus and screen savers are disabled also stop PWS if installed. Power Saving mode can also cause problems.
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> Also try a scandisk before defragging to fix any cluster errors etc.
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> HTH
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> Alan S
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>
> On 03 January 2004 18:36, Ema [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>>Client having trouble defragging Win98: tried shutting everything down
>>via ctrl-alt-del and having 'Start' button depressed, but still only
>>gets to 10% before failing. Is there anything else they can do?