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Tutorials | How to resolve Scandisk and Defrag problems
Publish date: 17:57 Thursday, 28th July 2005
Written by:
MishY
Audience intended for:
Windows ME Users, Windows 98 Users, Windows 95 Users
Category: Windows
If you're having problems running ScanDisk and or Defrag, you might like to try out these fixes:
Sometimes Defrag appears to freeze at the 10 per cent mark If it does so wait a bit longer because defrag is just figuring out how to best organise your files and will start running again in a few minutes.
Use Scandisk if Defrag repeatedly dies on you. Run ScanDisk: For Win95 users go to Start/Programs/Accessories/SystemTools. Win98 users open MyComputer and right-click the drive you wish to ScanDisk and then select Properties then Scandisk. (Or use the same method as previously mentioned for Win95 users.
Use Thorough scan by checking it before you click Start. If ScanDisk can't finish its job either, exit Windows and try using the DOS version of Scandisk to do this click Start/Shutdown/Restart in MS-DOS mode. When you get to the DOS prompt c:\ type scandisk.
Close all your programs including your virus scanner. Don't have any programs running when using either Scandisk or Defrag because these programs will need to access the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and will thus halt or usually cause the process to restart. To exit all your applications, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the Close Program window. Close every program listed -- except Explorer and Systray -- by highlighting each item and clicking End Task.
Disable your screen saver. To do so right-click the desktop and select Properties. Click the Screen Saver tab. For your screen saver, select None, then click OK.
Clean up your hard drive. The more free space there is on your HDD the better these tools work.
Empty your browser's cache and history folders. Delete all the .tmp and .chk files you can find. To do so, click Start/Find and in the search box (field) type *.tmp and this will search for all your temporary files. Repeat for chk files by typing *.chk in the search field.
Uninstall any programs you no longer use, and finally don't forget to empty the recycle bin. Both Scandisk and Defrag should run like a dream now :-)
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