Press Alt-Ctrl-Del and shut down (End Task) for every item listed in the
Window, with the Exception of Explorer, and Systray... The reason Scandisk
and/or Defrag does not finish, is that another application is writting
information to the disk, which changes the contents of the drive. By ending
all the other tasks, you can complete the Defrag and/or Scandisk process.
You will probably want to reboot afterwards to re-load all system files...
Just make sure you do not shutdown Explorer, or Systray as they are need for
Windows Operation.

Good Luck.... steve wolfe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ra" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD]


Hello. I am trying to defrag my computer but I am finding that it won't let
me. What happens is that I will do a scandisk and then a defrag but about
10% through the defrag it stops and tells me that windows cannot access part
of this drive. To then click help and carry out the instructions for running
scandisk. Using the Thorough Option I will do the scandisk again but then
when I go to the defrag part again I am told the same thing. What could be
the problem?
Thank you for any help you can give me
Myra Stewart

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