I had that problem till I started to use Safe Mode . Great now . Lionel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 2:07 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: reformating hard drive > It seems to me that 98% of the problems with defrag come from a background > program accessing a file while defrag is running. This causes defrag to > start over again from the beginning. Often this is the Screensaver or a > scheduled task that starts before defrag is finished. > > Try booting the computer in SAFE mode to run scandisk and defrag and then > reboot. If problems exist in SAFE mode let us know specifics about the > problems so we can help. > > Don > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk