[mso] Re: Defragmentation question
- From: "Andrew the Owl" <tyto2820@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:37:12 -0000
Sorry. Not a Microsoft Office issue ... try a google search on 'defrag' and
'Win98'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ronald Hren
> Sent: 05 December 2005 22:10
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Defragmentation question
>
> I have an older Gateway PC running Windows 98SE that is
> networked to a newer PC running Windows XP via an ethernet
> router. As part of routine maintenance I've tried
> defragmenting the single hard disk (C:) on the older PC and
> so far I've been totally unsuccessful with the
> defragmentation. Here is what happens.
>
> After I've initiated the disk defragmentation utility,
> the basic defrag window appears and I click on "Show
> Details". The larger detail window appears and what I observe
> in the lower left hand corner of this window are alternating
> instances of the following two text strings: "Reading drive
> information..." followed a few seconds later by, "Drive's
> contents changed: restarting...". These two messages will
> alternate forever until I run out of patience and stop the
> defragmentation. I've concluded that some application is
> running in the background and somehow changing something on the disk.
>
> I then did a "Ctrl-Alt-Del" to view the list of
> applications running and have not identified anything that
> appears to be interferring with the defrag operation. I also
> disabled the screensaver thinking that this might be changing
> the contents of the hard disk but the behavior remained the same.
>
> At this point, I'm completed frustrated that I cannot
> perform a disk defragmentation on this PC. Does anyone have
> any idea what exactly is happening and what I can do to
> successfully perform a disk defragmentation?
>
> Ron Hren
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