Kenneth,

Your problem is a common one, you have things running in the background
such as; screen saver, antivirus checker, etc.

What you have to do is shut down any program that is running. There are
many free programs that will do this for you [End It All is a good one]..

However, I  have found the easiest way, is to reboot into Safe Mode
[which won't open these types of programs] and do you scan and defrag.

When you are finished, simply reboot back into normal mode. Works like a
charm. I have been doing it for years.

Good luck.

Lew Russakov
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kennett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:57 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Defrag my hard drive


> > I need to do a defrag but when I try I get a message telling me I
have
to do a scan disk. When I try to do a scan disk I get a message saying
the
computer has tried 10 times but was unable to finish it due to other
programs, probably Windows, running in the background. I always close
programs on my toolbar like ICQ, dunce, Norton, etc but still can't seem
to
get past the glitch. Can you help?
>
> I am 63 years old and need all the help I can get.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ida-Mae Kennett
> Proton Station, Ontario, Canada

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