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by bill_murray78

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When i run Defrag it ony reaches 1% then stops, i stopped screen saver but still no better my system is slowing down and when i remove printer system slightly faster.
I would appreciate any thoughts and suggestion .

Regards Bill.

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by pocono

Also, make sure no other programs are running in systray if you don't defrag in safe mode....Peace...

by at_wits_end

I always make sure I am not connected to the Internet when defraging in any OS - hope this helps.

by philldmc

Do a schedule scan disk. If you go to scandisk you will be told can't be done at this moment would you like to schedule a scandisk during next restart. Click yes.

Reboot and during the start up process scan disk will take place and then restart your system

Then try running Defrag.

I have also heard people having this problem using a FAT32 with XP instead of NTFS. Just a thought.

by gota_query

Dear Bill,

To solve the issue pertaining to Disk Defrag, I suggest you run this utility in Safe mode. To boot Windows XP in Safe mode, perform the following steps:

1. Close all open programs.
2. Click Start, and then click Run. The Run dialog box appears.
3. As shown in this illustration, type msconfig and then click OK.
4. The System Configuration Utility, as shown in the following illustration, appears. Check the "/SAFEBOOT" option, and then click OK.
5. You then see the prompt to restart the computer. Click Restart.

The computer restarts in Safe mode. (This can take several minutes.)

NOTE: When you finish with all troubleshooting (in Safe mode) repeat these steps, but in step 4, uncheck "/SAFEBOOT" Then close all programs and restart the computer as you normally would.

After booting the system in Safe mode, run the Disk Defrag utility.

Regards,
Ramro Kayta.

by raydaniels

Doing the defrag in safe mode is a good sugestion
but the easiest way to start safe mode is to shut down your computer and restart your machine holding down the f8 button until a screen comes up giving you the choices to do so it is fairly simple from there when your done just shut down normaly. I might also suggest you invest in norton system works 2002 it has it's own utility and works well

by vic66

I personally don't like ms defrag, it's very slow. what you need is another defrag prog. such as diskeeper or OO defrag....cost about $40 - $60.

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