Hi Joe,
I had a problem like this with my scandisk and what caused it was the DMA
box being checked in my disk properties. I have a new system with Win 95B,
so this might not apply. But to check it out go to control panel, System
icon, Device Manager tab on the properties sheet. In Device Manager go to
Disk drives and click on the plus sign. Then highlight your hard disk and
click the properties button near the bottom of the page. When the next
sheet comes up go to the settings tab and uncheck the DMA box. This fixed
my scandisk when it was hanging.
Allen Chetwood

On Friday, February 20, 1998 4:12 AM, Joe Pearson
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> Thanks for the various suggestions.  I tried again with power mgt
> disabled, and *definitely* no screensaver.  I also set the swapfile to a
> fixed size.  Still the same: the defrag operation restarts with the
> message "Drive contents changed", every 5 minutes, exactly.
>
> The odd thing is when I look at the disk afterwards, there are no files
> with a modified time after the start of the defrag.
>
> Looks like I'm stuck with this one.  Do I need a better defrag tool?!!
>
> Joe Pearson
> Dimension Data Consulting
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