artist Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 A friend's computer won't do a full defrag - W98 any quick suggestions................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 What happens? - or not? :) Does it tell you it's stopped or is it just taking a long time? If it's not been done for a long time, it could be that the fragmentation is very severe and it's taking a lot of sorting out.What is your friend using to do the defrag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted October 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 stopping at around 6%Has tried in safe mode - no differentI realise this is not a lot of info - sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 May be that leaving it for a few hours - even though it appears to be stuck - will sort things out. These percentage completion figures are often wildly inaccurate. I have one drive which defrags to 90% in almost no time then takes a half hour or so to do the remaining 10%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted October 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Thanks for trying - she's gone home now - She's in her 80's and really keen but WILL keep clicking on things and causing problems and then not remembering what she did. :D Ah well ................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd108 Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Defrag fails every time new data is written to the disk, this can be something as simple as a windows screen saver starting up, make sure when u defrag you have no back ground tasks running at all disable your screen saver and then turn the monitor off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Good point, cd108. I'd forgotten about that restriction on W98 but note, it's been tried in safe mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd108 Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Ive no idea what services windows loads in W98 safe mode obvioulsy the bare minimum of drivers and tasks will be running but then again ive never heard of someome defragging in safe mode either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted October 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Thanks chaps - I forgot about the screen saver and she's got one of those aquariums :rolleyes: I try not to get too involved with her problems - she pays a big 'insurance' to some computer shop to help her out. Thay may as well earn their money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I found that the Win98 defrag was very inefficient and slow. It needs a lot of spare space to do it's job. Suggest cleaning out all the rubbish files and defragging in safe mode. There is no swap file in safe mode - I think - so the defrag can do a more thorough job. A more efficient free defrag is diskkkeperlite. This requires less room to do its job. Think I got it from www.diskeeper.comJust a couple of suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I aught to add that diskeeper doesn't seem to run in safe mode on 98 but does work very well in normal mode. She will get big gains all round by doing a cleanup - the free one. Can't find the link as yet. Someone else might Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted October 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I did suggest a clean up - she looked kind of blank. Have sent email with easy to read instructions.I can't get into downloading things for her - she'll just have more to tinker with :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Diskeeper Lite FreeHERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Also do a thurough scandisk.Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and remove any running program except explorer and systray and then run defrag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I think I had to do a Scandisk first sometimes with mine in 98. Also I am not sure but I think I had to shut down Zone alarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd108 Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Its good practice to run scan disk before you defrag anway, no point in having your files in good order if half of them are rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted October 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 You'll be pleased to know it worked - She said when she came back from Bingo it was finished. :lol: She's a lovely lady - ex head mistress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 To speed up the 98 defrag, replace it with the one from an ME system, takes far less time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 To speed up the 98 defrag, replace it with the one from an ME system, takes far less timeTell me more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Phew ! thanks mark a hell of a lot quicker :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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