Hello
I have had the same problem with my Compaq and after consulting the helpdesk
they gave me the advice to start the defragmentation from the DOS prompt.
It workt fine and after this time it also works from the windows (98).
Good luck
Arnold

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:09 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Defragmentation


> Hi.  I have several drives and when I try to defragment them, d-f works
> fine.  But my C drive says : it is "locked by disk utility" or it just ry
> and stays at "0".
>
> I have a Dell Dimension XPS D333
>
> I have Norton Virus protection.
>
> I do a right click on my desk top and then on properties and move my
> screen saver to "none" which it does - although after awhile the screen
> saver kicks on automatically ???
>
>
> When I do control-alt-delete, I see
>
> Norton System Doctor
> Explorer
> Vsaccess
> Sched95
> Hpidsched
> Csinsm32
> Osa
> Navapw32
> Poproxy
> Hpidlog
> Systray
> Stimon
> Csinject
> Nprotect
> Qwdlls
> Ocrawr32
> Ocraware
>
>
> What would help me complete a C drive defragmentation?  When it wasn't
> stopping because of the "locked by disk utility", it just keeps trying but
> staying at 0.
>
> Thanks
>
> Karen
>
>
> PS, I sometimes have my e-mail open when I am trying this but it didn't
> seem to work whether I did or didn't.
>
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