Re: Windows 98

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] (robtm_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/29/04 

Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 09:44:26 -0400

Hello Doug,

When this happens usually it is due to some program doing disk I/O. This
changes how the drive is mapped, so Defrag has to restart each time that
happens. Try disconnecting from the Internet and disabling your antivirus
before running Defrag. Also, if you have any other software that is running
in the background that is writing to the disk, disable that as well. You
can turn it back on when Defrag is complete. 

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"Doug" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:88811582-5F42-4907-A0A9-63641688FA19@microsoft.com...
> Win 98 will no longer defrag. It ran all night and is still on 0%.

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