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Posted August 23rd, 2005 16:00
what is the size of your harddrive?
what is the used space on the harddrive?
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 16:00
what window are you using?334
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 17:00
Start in safe mode, then defrag your hard drive.334
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 17:00
I believe it is a 40GB. According to the defrag window used space is 10.4GB334
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 17:00
How do I start in safe mode?334
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 17:00
Disconnect from the NETWORK AND BOOT SAFE MODE.
THEN DEFRAG.
Something is writing to the drive in the bacground.
Turn off all bacground tasks like screen savers etc.334
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 18:00
I'm sorry, but I don't understand this:At the cmd prompt, type:
chkdsk C:/F
(press Enter)Can you run it by me step by step? Is this the same as the disk clean-up b/c I ran that before attempting to defragment.I just stopped the defragment (that wasn't progressing) and restarted my computer in attempts of starting in safe mode. I then had a keyboard error. When I was able to get it started (NOT in safe mode) my computer froze. I'm afraid that it might crash next!334
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 18:00
You may need to run chkdsk to fix errors on the HD before it will defrag.
At the cmd prompt, type:
chkdsk C:/F
(press Enter)
You'll get a message that it can't do it right then but should give you the chance to schedule it for the next time you boot. Accept that option. Then reboot and chkdsk will run automatically before XP loads.
When that's done, try defrag again.
Ron
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 19:00
Screen saver is most likely the culprit. Anti-virus program might be a good bet too.
dl1530
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 16:00