Joyce, Just run scan disk in safe mode, either that or close everything but explorer(you know CTRL-ALT-DELETE).It should run then. & always do a scan disk before defragging. **~~Debbie~~** ~~~ ALL STRESSED OUT AND NO ONE TO CHOKE ~~~ ----- Original Message ----- ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "info 1stpickpchelp" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpickpchelp-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~