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matchstich - 04 Jan 2006 08:33 GMT

a friend has 98 and can not defrag, unless he goes to safe mode. any ideas
why that would be? he said when he trys to defrag in 'normal' mode, defrag
will start, then defrag restarts itself, etc. goes on like that. but, in safe
mode it works as it should, thanks

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Ron Badour - 04 Jan 2006 14:48 GMT

See the defrag and scandisk troubleshooters located here:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/how_to.html

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>a friend has 98 and can not defrag, unless he goes to safe mode. any ideas
> why that would be? he said when he trys to defrag in 'normal' mode,
> defrag
> will start, then defrag restarts itself, etc. goes on like that. but, in
> safe
> mode it works as it should, thanks

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matchstich - 04 Jan 2006 15:50 GMT

thanks, i'll look into that

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xp-pro,sp2,ff1.0.6,40gb,380mb
vig mobo,900gz,
computer newbie

> See the defrag and scandisk troubleshooters located here:
> http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/how_to.html
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> > safe
> > mode it works as it should, thanks

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