Glad Microsoft has improved its site some. I have always found searching for ANYTHING on that site completely frustrating so haven't tried it in probably at least a year. I will give it another try.
My defrag does eventually finish. I think the thing that worries me is that this has never happened before, and now it happens consistently. I've been defragging this computer probably at least once a month and at some times once a week for the entire 3+ years I've had it. It's also inconvenient to have it take five hours (which is what it took last week) since I have to leave the computer on but can't use it (I don't like to leave it on when I'm not home). I'll try the Microsoft site, and maybe I'll break down and invest in Norton and see how that goes. Thanks for the info. -cynthia -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [folkschool-list] Defragmenting Question You could try running the Norton Utilities Speed Disk program -- one big advantage is that it runs much, much faster than Windows 98 Defrag. However, it will also restart if it detects a disk write. I've sometimes seen the same situation you describe , where Windows seems to write to the disk on its own. I always figured it was doing something with the swap file, but I was just guessing. Iwt was never so bad for me that Defrag couldn't eventually finish, though. Have you tried searching through Microsoft's Knowledge Base? They've improved their search engine recently, so it's a lot easier to find relevant articles. The main page is at <http://support.microsoft.com>. Good luck, Jon At 06:56 AM 12/10/2001 -0500, you wrote: >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 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 ==^================================================================
