Antivirus kicking, is usually the culprit on this one.. bets bet is to do ctrl-alt-del and close everything except Explorer and systray..then run your defrag...Executive Software puts out a defragger that's miles ahead of the bare bones MS version, in case you're interested..I think there's even a freeebie version.... HTH, Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Gairy" <Gairy@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:03 AM Subject: [CTS] Re: Won't Defrag > > I finally got my computer to defrag in Safe Mode. It was a slow start and > along the way it would start over with a message "Drives contents changed, > restarting". Finally it made it through the process. Any ideas what would > make this happen. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Cuffy10@xxxxxxx> > To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 10:27 PM > Subject: [CTS] Re: Won't Defrag > > > | In a message dated 12/2/02 7:24:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, > Gairy@xxxxxxxxxx > | writes: > | > | > I'm running WinMe and > | > turned off everything running in the background. Any ideas? > | > > | > | try running it from Safe Mode..... > | > | > | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > | ----- > | Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com > | Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/list_options.htm > | > | List HowTo: http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/faq > | > | To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: > | http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/other_cts_lists.htm > | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > | ------ > | > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > ----- > Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com > Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/list_options.htm > > List HowTo: http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/faq > > To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: > http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/other_cts_lists.htm > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > ------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/list_options.htm List HowTo: http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/faq To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/other_cts_lists.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------