I work on pc's alot and I have to say that Defragging is a very high cause of many avoidable pc problems. I've had pc's come in wiht totally lost Hd's because windows statrs writing over itself when it moves the blocks around. I don't defrag my drives, just do a clean install about once a year and I run Windows2000pro on my machine and I seem to have very little anomalous(can't spell though) activity. Just my thoughts ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. Blakey" <wblakey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:08 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Defrag question > > I am not much of a computer tech but the thought came to me that when I do a > defrag, I disable the Norton Antivirus program via the icon in the bottom > task bar. My 2 cents worth. > Wilf Blakey/Blakey TV,Kirkland Lake,Ont > wblakey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Miller" <rlmbkm@xxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: January 28, 2002 9:45 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Defrag question > > > > > > My shop computer is about a year old,running win ME ,no major problems to > > date.Note:Closed All Programs. > > Tried to run defrag start it at closing next morning have error message: > > could not complete defrag due to another program running,run scandisk and > > try again.When I run scandisk it stops and displays message about it could > > run faster if I close all programs,continue or close,I chose continue.When > > scandisk finally read complete drive the report said no errors found. > > What is the command to see what programs are running in the background?I > do > > have Norton AV in my start up file is that the cause? > > Ron Miller > > D.T.V. Texas > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Make your TechAssist database better! > > Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > ------------------------------------------ > > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > > > ------------------------------------------ > Make your TechAssist database better! > Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.