[CTS] Re: Won't Defrag
- From: Cuffy10@xxxxxxx
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:51:01 EST
In a message dated 12/3/02 7:14:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, Gairy@xxxxxxxxxx
writes:
> "Drives contents changed,
> restarting". Finally it made it through the process. Any ideas what would
> make this happen.
>
Running from Safe Mode should prevent any changes in drive contents.
If I had to make a WAG I would guess that the drive had not been defragged in
a long time and was a total mess or the drive is low on space and Defrag
couldn't shuffle the contents around enough in one pass to defrag it
completely. The restarting may have been just a temporary measure to find a
place to put data until space was cleared to place the data in contiguous
clusters.
I would run Defrag again and then again in a couple of days. Regarding third
party defraggers........ I have never found them necessary. I use the defrag
app from ME on this Win98 First Edition and when run on a weekly basis it
takes under one minute per gig to defrag. If I immediately run it a second
time it will finish before I can get back from the coffee pot.
If it's a problem to run Scandisk and Defrag regularly put them both on the
Task Scheduler for a weekly cleanup.
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