defrag does run that way but not scan disk part. THAT I have to reboot computer so nothing is running. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:14 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: End it all I use XP defrag with closing anything and it works fine no matter what is running in the background. Click Start Click Help & Support Center Click Performance & Maintenance near bottom Click Maintaining your computer Click Defragmenting your hard disk Click Open Disk Fragmenter in middle of page and when the dialog (wizard) box pops up Click Analyse and it will tell you if you need to defragment Judith To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk