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by kinneym_98_98_98

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Recently I went to pcpitstop.com to compare my system to what they have. It told me I need to defrag my primary hard drive. So I scandisk my computer first, then try to defrag. well 5hrs later it says its complete, my computer normally takes this long if not more so thats not the problem. I went back to their site to do a system check again. It says that my primary hard drive still needs defraging. At first I thought it was their site, so I downloaded PerfectDisk to try and do the analize on my primary drive. It makes it to 63% then gives the msg "Stopped by user". I thought that their might be some programs running in the background there was, so I took them all out. Tried again and this time made it to 64% then got the same msg. now I have 2 hard drives in my computer so I tried my second hard drive and that one worked just fine. Now I'm wondering how I can get my primary hard drive to actually defragment. If theres any way you can help me, asking me more questions, computer info, suggesting different utilities anything would be great.

here are some specs of my computer:
Windows 98 SE
900mhz
2 hard drives 20gig(primary) and 80gig(secondary)
constanly networked to the net.

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by jtpaderes

Good Day!

I suggest you install a Norton Utilities and use Norton Disk Doctor to your Primary HArd drive, maybe there's are still errors in your drive that cannot be fixed by ScanDisk. Then follow-up these with Defragmenter.

Hope this would help.

by bschmidt

Make sure there are no other applications running in the background (Ctrl+Alt+Del and End Task until nothing but Explorer is left open). Make sure your screen saver is turned off, including monitor powerdown after XX min.

I use 98SE and if a screen saver or monitor powerdown occurs, defrag resets itself. This fixes it on mine.

by kinneym_98_98_98

yes I knew of this previously, but as I recalled from my posting that I said I had taken all the programs out. Your insight will be helpful to others though. so thanks anyway.

by kinneym_98_98_98

ok I've tried all the suggestions so far and about the best result I've gotten is an extra 2% so now perfect disk stops at 65% instead of 63%. I'm lost on this one, I have no clue why its doing this, Norton never found any problems, I have no viruses, my registry files have been cleaned, I've ran 4 different spy bot/ad-aware programs. and I still cannot get it to complete.

by kinneym_98_98_98

I need to get this fixed asap, I will continue to raise the points as high as I can till I get it fixed. Hoping that someone can help me.

by jfortin1

Answer 3 is correct, also make sure that no antivirus ( or firewall)program is running. I make sure that all application icons in the systray are closed down and the screen saver is off.

by timehawk

Follow answer number three guidlines, you can actually end everything in the task list. Also, disconnect yourself from the internet before you start and do not touch your computer for the duration of the defrag. Long shot though seeing that your other hard drive defraged fine.

You could always format the primary hardrive. If you have any issues formatting or reinstalling the OS on that hardrive, then it is most likely a surface or sector issue with the hard drive.

Good luck!

by kinneym_98_98_98

well I tracked it down to one specific file/folder on the drive its part of my Soft Reset Program. Program is used as a median for a backup, lets you restore your system back to the last saved state.

by dmiles

What do you mena by constantly networked to the net?
Is there any setting to automatically dial out or other activity that may be happening that causes the computer to try and dial up,while the defrag is running

by kinneym_98_98_98

Meaning that when my computer is on it has activity. and I've tried it with it not being connect or plugged to the network, also tried it with only Explorer running. and also tried in safe mode see comment 6 for further information

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