I have found that it is often easier to reboot the machine
into Safe Mode before doing a defrag.
Try F8 at boot or use a boot floppy.
Frank Arnold
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On Tuesday 11 February 2003 04:47 am, you wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> A colleague is attempting to defrag a 40GB hard drive, on a Pentium II,
> under Windows 98.
>
> The system reports that the last defrag was more than 240 days ago - after
> almost daily use.
>
> My friend states the defrag does not reports even one per cent sucess,
> after up to three hours. The screen saver is off.
>
> Nearly 60% of the drive is free.
>
> Does this amount of time - give the situation sound reasonable?
>
> If not, what are the alternatives?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim