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Defrag reorders drive over and over

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by greggen

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I am curious about defrag, and if this is unusual. I do a defrag on a Windows 98 PC's and show details to watch it reorder the drive, this it takes while. Then I run defrag again and it reorders it differently, moves files to different areas. I am guessing that windows keeps track of the most commonly used files so that it can optimize, but is this being changed by the defrag process? Might something else be the cause? Is this normal with 98?

I am used to Windows 95, where the second scan is much quicker because the drive is defragged and ordered already. This is happening on mutiple Win98SE PC's. Anyone run into this?
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by philldmc

MS Defrag is really Slow with Windows98. This was fixed with ME. What defrag is doing is placing the "same" data together. Norton makes a good program that replaces MS Defrag and works much better under Win98. Norton Utilities

by matrix007

I had a rebooting problem with my OS, cause I ran the Defrag program while other programs were running. ect.., anti-virus, firewalls programs. So, make sure to close all background programs when running Defrag.
(reboot after)closing background programs.

by matrix007

I had a rebooting problem with my OS, cause I ran the Defrag program while other programs were running. ect.., anti-virus, firewalls programs. So, make sure to close all background programs when running Defrag.
(reboot after)closing background programs.

by chrisms

This is normal, if you go to maintenance wizard, there is an option there to speed up your most commonly used programs. All this does is defrags the drive.
It also replaces files that have become disassociated within your hard drive, either by installing or unistalling software.
Make sure no programs are running in the background, as this takes longer if there are. I wouldn't worry about it.

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