Disk Defragment Error

[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)

 

[Alias]

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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[Alias]

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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[O.J. Newman]

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)

 

[Greegor]

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)