Defraging computer

Boot to safe mode and run these programs.

If there's any kind of TSR activity (a Anti-Virus program, network activity, screen savers counting, etc), the defrag will report that the drive's contents have changed and it will restart (same with scandisk).

Stop all programs (aside from Windows) before starting scandisk/defrag or boot to safe mode and run them.

CTRL-ALT-del will give a good showing of what's running, the explorere and system tray are the only 2 you want when running scandisk/defrag. Also I'ld download adaware from lavasoft.com to remove spyware before starting. If you're networked, safe mode booting is probably the best option. Good Luck

To get to safe mode hit F8 while the mc is booting then select safe mode option. Good luck

I agree with the booting into safe mode By hitting F8 during the windows boot process, also wth the ctrl+alt+del to get the overlay of what is running in the background, if you know what program is causing the error i would try shutting that down toget it to work in real mode.

First off, did you reinstall Windows 98 over the existing OS? If so, back up everything you have and then format the hard drive. Once done, install the OS again from scratch.

Go to C:/windows/system/ run msconfig program, go to startup tab, turn off all programs that not need to run your OS. Reboot, a screen will come up and say "you are using selected startup" this will allow the files needed for operating, now you willhave a free range to defrag and scandisk. Reboot, after you ran the scandisk and defrag on next startup turn off the selective startup. AND YOUR DONE.

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