On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:19:46 -0500, Bonnie :-) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi,
>I'm new to the list so I hope I'm posting this right. :-)
>I've been having problems with ScanDisk. Even running in SafeMode, it takes
>14 hours. Defrag only takes just over an hour. I do not get any error
>messages. A surface scan takes between 30-90 seconds, depending on if there
>was a glitch from something.
>Any advice would be most appreciated.
>
>Bonnie Rowley
>Win98xe - IE6 OE6 - 1.7Ghz
>4.28 GB used & 32.9 free space
>
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Yikes!

An hour to run defrag?  Ouch.

Windows 98 has a horrible defrag utility anyway.

Here's a better, free one (Diskeeper Lite), that will speed up the defrag.

http://www.grassheap.com/software.php?ID=4103

Then maybe run scandisk after that?  May speed that up, too.

On scandisk- in 98 I just use ctrl/alt/del to close all except systray & explorer & run it from there.

Hope this is helpful,

LT

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