Timothy, Welcome to the list! I would use scandisk first to see if you have any problems with the HD. If Scandisk finds a problem you can set it up to allow Scandisk to correct and repair any of the errors it finds. It almost sounds like you have a bad sector or two. Once Scandisk had corrected the errors, I would then do a format. Also running your computer on only 58% may also be the problem. You should shut off all programs at startup that you absolutely do not need and then reboot and see if this doesn't help you. I just thought of another possibility, why not reboot your system in a safe mode and try to run scandisk or defrag in this state? Let us know what happens. John F -----Original Message----- From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Timothy Schultz Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:44 PM To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Welcome newbies Why thank you everyone. I came on hoping to cure my computer woes. my computer doesn't want to defragment, it goes to 3% and started over, I have left it on at night to defragment, and it is still only 3%. Internet explorer takes 5 minutes to load, and then you put in another address, another 5 minutes. AHHHHHH I am running at 58% free. I have a pentium 1, (Intel) with 160 megs of ram, my 4 gig HD is 75% full. any ideas. I want to just format 'C' and start over. Timotheus -----Original Message----- From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Durham Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:30 AM To: PC-Helpers Subject: [pchelpers] Welcome newbies We just a surge of new members on the list (more than we've had for years). I'm not sure why, but suddenly we've got lots of new friends. Here are some of the partial id's. You all know who you are! Big welcome all. I hope you all got your preview copy of my book after joining (it helps to know if everything all works). If you don't know me, I'm the guy that keeps everyone well behaved on this list. Still, in our case I get very little work of that kind. It's great to have you here. I'm curious about one thing. Can you tell me about yourself a little bit, and please give me some idea what gave you the sudden impulse to do it? I'm dying to know. paulnajman danfosborn rraromi stephen rweyer PeterLangford tschultz onefocus99 -- Regards, John Durham <mailto:modec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://pchelpers.5er.com?sig Classified ad site http://www.spunge.org/~johndurh/cgi-bin/classifieds.cgi?sig Get your free site rotator http://www.ebizrotator.com/goto/JD706.htm Prosper Mail http://www.prospermail.com/id/17841/free.cfm Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/2002 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02