Hi Jon, I finally got time to try this out (cntrl-alt-del and end task on everything but explorer and systray). It is still telling me that the contents of the disk are changing and it starts over and over again. Do you think I should try getting Norton Utilities and running their defrag and see what happens? I'm stumped, but it sure seems like SOMETHING must not be working right. I have never had this problem until a few weeks ago and, as I mentioned, I have had this computer for three years.
I ran Norton's AV Scan again, and it still comes up showing no viruses (it says it scanned the program file. Do I need to scan something else?) -cynthia -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [folkschool-list] Defragmenting Question Cynthia- The Windows defrag program will restart every time there is a disk write, which can become a real pain. I doubt there is anything wrong with your computer -- just normal (!!!) behavior. I've found that sometimes the only way to get defrag to work is to open the task manager (Crtl + Alt + Del), and close everything except Explorer and Systray. Hpefully this will shut down whatever is trying to write to the hard drive. After you do this, don't be surprised if your computer hangs on shutdown -- It hink Norton AV gets unhappy when you close its components this way. Good luck, Jon At 09:40 AM 11/27/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Here's a disk maintenance question. On the advice of my computer repair guy, >I used to run Norton Utilities Disk Defragmenter on my Macintosh. My Windows >computer came with a built in defrag program as part of the maintenance >wizard, and I have run it more or less regularly (usually less) for the >three years I have had the computer. > >Last week, it started acting funny. It gets started, and then it stops and >tells me that Windows or some other program is writing to the disk and the >disk contents have changed, so it has to start over - which it does. Because >it goes faster over the part it has already done, it gets a little further >before stopping each time, and it does eventually get through the whole >disk. But it starts over probably twenty times in order to do it. > >I have tried closing all open programs (which didn't use to bother it - as >long as I wasn't using the program) - even the Office Shortcut Bar on the >side of the screen. This doesn't make any difference. > >I ran Norton Anti-virus (which I keep totally up to date) to see if there >was some virus writing to my disk, but it found nothing. > >Is my disk starting to become unstable and blipping? Is some virus slipping >by the Norton? Any clues here? Something else I should try? >Thanks, >-cynthia > >**Folkschool-list archives are at: ><http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > Jonathan Falk Pine Tree Folk School RR 2, Box 7162 Carmel, ME 04419 (207)848-2433 <http://www.ptfolkschool.org> **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84vzQ.a9gqS3 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
