defrag/scan problem

See Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"janjan" <janjan.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I don't use my computer often. When I tried to defrag and scan disk I keep
> getting messge tried to start 10 times are there other programs working.
> I
> don't know how to check programs running in the background. Can anyone
> help
> with this issue?
> --
> janjan

My mistake, I forgot I was in a Windows ME group. Still the article applies
to Windows ME with one small addendum -- You don't want to disable System
Restore items in MSCONFIG. What those specific items are, well I forget the
exact names. Maybe someone else can fill you in.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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> See Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it
> http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "janjan" <janjan.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2FE1878B-CD0C-425C-B7D6-58826BE0B6E4@microsoft.com...
>>I don't use my computer often. When I tried to defrag and scan disk I
>>keep
>> getting messge tried to start 10 times are there other programs working.
>> I
>> don't know how to check programs running in the background. Can anyone
>> help
>> with this issue?
>> --
>> janjan
>
>

Mike M

I just got a chance to try your suggestion and it worked perfectly...thanks
so much. Since I'm not on the computer daily this was a great help as it is
so frustrating and so time consuming to find the answer to problems. I was
surprised to find out that Microsoft no longer supports ME. I guess that
shows how behind the times I am computerwise. It is great to know that there
are people out in cyperspace that can help. Again, your help is much
appreciated.
--
janjan


"Mike M" wrote:

> Try running defrag in Safe Mode. Running in Safe Mode means that many
> background programs won't have been started and therefore should minimise
> the writing to the hard drive which is interfering with the defrag.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com
>
>
> janjan <janjan.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't use my computer often. When I tried to defrag and scan disk
> > I keep getting messge tried to start 10 times are there other
> > programs working. I don't know how to check programs running in the
> > background. Can anyone help with this issue?
>
>

Running defrag in Safe Mode is normally all that is required.
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Mike Maltby
mike.maltby DeleteThis @gmail.com


Gary S. Terhune <none> wrote:

> My mistake, I forgot I was in a Windows ME group. Still the article
> applies to Windows ME with one small addendum -- You don't want to
> disable System Restore items in MSCONFIG. What those specific items
> are, well I forget the exact names. Maybe someone else can fill you
> in.

Yeah, I just add a lot of info on cleanup, too. It's also useful for
cantankerous installs/uninstalls.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Mike M" <No_Spam RemoveThis @Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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> Running defrag in Safe Mode is normally all that is required.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby RemoveThis @gmail.com
>
>
> Gary S. Terhune <none> wrote:
>
>> My mistake, I forgot I was in a Windows ME group. Still the article
>> applies to Windows ME with one small addendum -- You don't want to
>> disable System Restore items in MSCONFIG. What those specific items
>> are, well I forget the exact names. Maybe someone else can fill you
>> in.
>

Hello:

In addition to Mike's suggestion to running Defrag in Safe Mode, there is a
freeware utility that accomplishes much the same thing by running Defrag (or
optionally Norton's or the Jkessel defrag utilities) and , again optionally,
Windows ScanDisk and Clean-up utilities as part of the Windows start-up
process. This has the same effect of running these utilities with less
writes to the hard drive and less interference with the running of these
utilities. Some people find this easier than booting to Safe Mode (which
always scrambles my Desktop icons).

The freeware ScanDefrag utility can be found at
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/ .

HTH,
O.J.


"Mike M" <No_Spam DeleteThis @Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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> Try running defrag in Safe Mode. Running in Safe Mode means that many
> background programs won't have been started and therefore should minimise
> the writing to the hard drive which is interfering with the defrag.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby DeleteThis @gmail.com
>
>
> janjan <janjan DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't use my computer often. When I tried to defrag and scan disk
>> I keep getting messge tried to start 10 times are there other
>> programs working. I don't know how to check programs running in the
>> background. Can anyone help with this issue?
>