Hi Mick, I have responded to a lot of defrag questions. normally the problems are caused by something running in the background, which is why we normally recommend running it in Safe Mode. I also recommend a couple of programs to make it easier to run; EndItAll is an excellent program, I have been using it for a couple of years now. I prefer the original though it is much easier to use. http://chucklit2.netfirms.com/enditall.html original Another good program to help with the tasks is; Power Defrag http://www.powerdefrag.com/ Power Defrag 2.00 is a system tool for Win 95/98/98 SE/ME which improves the performance of the Microsoft disk defragmenter tool and prevents some common types of crashes. ~~~~ Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> See my Anti-Virus pages ~ http://virusinfo.hackfix.org *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 13/07/2002 at 1:50 AM Camper Mick wrote: Can I ask a question here? I run defrag from windows. I do 'cntr-alt-del' and close everything. I then run scandisk then defrag. I usually do a little clean up prior to this. I am talking about win 98 se. Am I doing something wrong? Why do you guys defrag in safe mode? 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/