Ding Marcelo wrote:

> Greetings to all !!
>
> My system is a MICRON  Home MPC -166 Pentium  W/ 96MB EDO RAM and $
> Diamond 4MB VRAM
> running Windows 98  clean Full Install.
>
>  I have a WD 6.4GB and partition as :
>
>  Primary  C: 1.16GB = Win98 OS & IE 4.1
>   Logical D: 1.49GB = Program Files
>           E: 1.96GB = Office 97 Pro
>           F: 1.40GB = PhotoShop 5 scratch disk & Windows Swap File=300MB
> Min &
> Max
> setting
>
>           WD 3.1 GB partition as :
>
>  Logical  G: 1.49GB = data File & Internet Downloaded Files
>           H: 1.45GB = data files & copy of WIN 98 CD
>
>           I : IDE Zip Drive
>           J : CD-ROM Drive
>
> All are FAT 16 Partitions =32K cluster size
>
> It was formatted using Western Digital E-Z Drive and then CD install of
> Windows 98.
>
> I was trying to Defrag all the drives after a thorough ScanDisk and it
> only defrag
> Drive C up to 10% and then it hangs the system I waited 15 minutes
> before I tried to reset the computer and it no longer run the default MS
> Scandisk.exe after reboot.I try to run Disk Maintenance and when it ran
> Defrag.exe, it again hangs the unit when it reach 10%,a cold reboot have
> the same problem result.
>
> Another question, Can I keep Drive C as FAT16 and convert all the
> logical drives to FAT32 or  keep it as is.?
>
> Please HELP!!
>
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Ding,

Make sure all applications programs are NOT running, especially screensavers
and anything that tries a scheduled action such as a call to the internet).

Defrag starts over if anything disturbs the disk.

Frank

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