-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interupting Defrag and Scandisk
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 13:00:14 -0700
Hi NB,
If you interrupt the processes they will restart back at the
beginning again.
You will have better results start ting them in Safe Mode.
Press F8 key while rebooting to get to safe mode.
You can also run Scandisk from the DOS prompt.
The Win ME defrag is better for Win 95 98 than the one that
shipped with Windows.
Read this article;
http://www.twcny.rr.com/technofile/texts/tec060902.html
Fix your Windows 'defrag' program with this Microsoft replacement
June 9, 2002
By Al Fasoldt
Copyright =A9 2002, Al Fasoldt
Copyright =A9 2002, The Post-Standard
The hard disks that Windows PCs use get sluggish after a while.
The fix is simple: You run the built-in disk defragger, which
reconnects the fragments of files on the disk. Running the
defragger every few weeks can speed up Windows quite a bit.
But many Windows users find that Defrag, the built-in
defragging program, doesn't work properly. In many cases, the
defragger stops working because of interference from other
programs.
This problem plagues Windows 95 and Windows 98. Unfortunately,
many Windows users seem to feel that they're doing something wrong
when Defrag reports that it can't finish the job. But what's
actually at fault is Defrag itself. It's not able to move file
fragments when it encounters even the slightest amount of Windows
activity.
By the time it created Windows Me, Microsoft had fixed Defrag.
That version of the disk utility performs well, and does not
complain if other programs are running at the same time. (Windows
2000 and Windows XP use different operating-system code, and don't
have the same sort of problem. Their version of Defrag works very
well.)
++ There is more on the web site.
Download the new Defrag program from this link --
http://aroundcny.com/Technofile/texts/Defrag.zip
Please read the full article for the instructions.
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On 01/07/2002 at 3:17 PM HandsomeBlck@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hello all,
I'm looking for info regarding what happens if I interrupt a
ScanDisk or
defrag. They both take a lot of time, and I need access to the
computer.
So
my question is; Can both operation be completed in 2 or 3
sessions, or will
they just start over? I hope this makes sense.
Thanks,
NB
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