hi there, my name is jerry and there are a few diff,prog to help with this u can go to asktcl.com and dowload a prog.called enditall its in her free down load files ,that shuts down all running prog, that need to be shut down with out doing any harm to your pc,or u can go to powerdefrag.com and down load a free trail verison of there product that prog runs on a reboot so nothing is running at all i recomend powerdefrag ,but it use choice i geiss hope this helps jerry the fatboy crider ----- 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 > > PCSOFT's List Owner's: > Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> > Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> "Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column. http://freepctech.com/rode