Scan Disk and Defragmenting

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:52:23 -0700

Depends on which system or version your runnig supply
that and I may be able to help
>-----Original Message-----
>I have tried to defrag my system several times and it
>keeps stopping and saying that 2 files are crosslinked.
>Then it asks if I want to give each file a separate copy
>of the shared cluster (suggested), so I said yes. Then
it
>runs Scan disk and always gets stuck and freezes the
whole
>computer near the end of the progress bar.
>Does anyone know why this is happening? HELP!!! I can't
>figure out why this is happening, since it always
scanned
>and defragged normally until about a week or two ago.
>Thanks,
>A. Newton
>.
>

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