[1stPickPCHelp] Re: Help needed
- From: Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: 1stpickpchelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:38:55 -0800
I thought of that, but I had defraged the disk just a few weeks ago. I ran a
test, and
the disk was only about 1% fragmented.
In utter despair, I decided to just reinstall Windows 98. I hate doing that,
it just
takes so long. Well, I'm happy to say that the problem seems to have
disappeared!
I have no idea what it was all about.
I do thank all of you for your good suggestions.
11/10/2002 2:00:15 PM, "Glenn Lloyd" <argeedblu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>One possibility: How long has it been since you de-fragmented your disk.
>If it has been some time then I would suggest you start by doing a disk
>defragmention. With a badly fragmented disk, it may take several hours
>to run. Just be patient and let run to its conclusion. You can avoid a
>fragmentation problem in the future by doing a defrag once a week. When
>done regularly and frequently defrag doesn't take long at all.
>
>Glenn Lloyd
>www.rgservices.ca
>www.geac.com/trainu
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 1stpickpchelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:1stpickpchelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Needle
>Sent: November 10, 2002 3:50 PM
>To: 1stpickpchelp
>Subject: [1stPickPCHelp] Help needed
>
>
>Hello all. I wonder if someone here can give me some guidance.
>
>Over the last few weeks, my computer has been behaving badly. At first
>it was just
>a slight annoyance; now it's a major pain in the butt. When first
>starting the
>computer, everything goes well. Then, when I attempt to do anything
>from the
>desktop -- download e-mail, even move an icon from a subfolder to the
>desktop,
>which is what I did first thing this morning -- the disk spins forever
>and ever, the
>system freezes up, and finally releases the system so I can continue.
>
>This morning, the delay was the longest ever -- 50 minutes! The disk
>access light
>just flickered and burned, and no mouse movements or keystrokes did a
>darned
>thing. After 50 minutes, the system finally freed up and I was able to
>continue.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what's going on? I thought maybe the disk
>drive was
>dying, but this only happens once, just after I've started the PC. For
>the rest of the
>day, it behaves fine.
>
>I'm running Win98.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>
>
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