Jim, I have had similar problems after long spans of time between defrag
on a Win98/ME machine. My solution was to download and install
Diskeeper. You can get a 30-day fully functional free trial at

http://www.executive.com/trialware/trialware.asp



Jim Gerrond 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