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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / February 2004defrag.exe
I run Windows Me with an 80G primary master hard drive & a 20G secondary master hard drive. defrag.exe will defrag the primary master hard drive ok with no problem of any kind. However, when I try to defrag the secondary master hard drive it stops after 10% completed with two error boxes. One appears to be an MS-DOS error box, all white with grey bottons, saying: defrag An error has occured in your program. To keep working anyhow click ignore and save your work in a new file. To quit this program, click Close. You will lose information you entered since your last Save. And there are two grey buttons at the bottom. The left button says 'Close' The right button says 'Ignore' (selecting the 'Ignore' button has no effect of any kind! The second error box appears to be a Windows error box, with blue bar across the top, saying: Defrag has caused an error in DEFRAG.EXE Defrag will now close. If you continue to experience problems, Try restarting your computer. (restarting has no effect at all) There is a yellow upside down triangle with an explanation point in it to the left of the working & a Close button. Anyone have any idea what's going on here? Thanks in advance for the help Steve in Memphis Hi steve Run a scandisk with a thorough check, maybe even a surface-check, on the drive before trying to defrag again. If you have TSRs running which may try to access the disk, run both in Safe Mode. HTH Rick > I run Windows Me with an 80G primary master hard drive & a > 20G secondary master hard drive. defrag.exe will defrag [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Thanks in advance for the help > Steve in Memphis Thanks for the quick reply Rick However!! Did the thorough scandisk; I have no idea what TSRs may be, but to the best of my knowledge, no programs were running when I redid the defrag in SAFE mode. Exact same problem occured, same two message boxes. Any other idesa??? One other thing, I found a 15 day trial version of a commercial defrager for sale, downloaded it, installed it, ran it, it worked perfect!?! Uninstalled it, removed it totally, the Windows defrag still would not work, same two error messages!?! Very stange!! Any ideas at all????? Thanks again Steve >-----Original Message----- >Hi steve [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >> Steve in Memphis >. Was that Diskeeper that you tried? There is a free version of it. Heirloom will know the link. And don't feel bad.......Rick comes from a foreign country and I don't have a clue what a TSR is either.....LOL. Heather > Thanks for the quick reply Rick > [quoted text clipped - 71 lines] > >> Steve in Memphis > >. > Was that Diskeeper that you tried? There is a free version of it. Heirloom > will know the link. And don't feel bad.......Rick comes from a foreign > country and I don't have a clue what a TSR is either.....LOL. Wha'dja say there, Bram'Hilda? TSR - "Terminate Stay Resident" uh, never mind, I meant Background Task. Rick Thanks Heather It was indeed Diskeeper, which seems to be a very excellent product. I've been able to find a few site with the free trial version, but none with just a totally free whole deal download. I'd really like that like if you can get it. And, I also do not know who, or what, Heirloom might be. Again Thanks Steve in Memphis >-----Original Message----- >Was that Diskeeper that you tried? There is a free version of it. Heirloom [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] > >. Hi Steve.......I put "Diskeeper Lite" into Google and came up with a couple of spots. This is not as full-featured as the trial you used, but hopefully you can get it at the following website........it diverts you to the Executive site..... http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Disk_Maintenance_and_Repair_Utiliti es/Diskeeper_Lite.html Heather > Thanks Heather It was indeed Diskeeper, which seems to > be a very excellent product. I've been able to find a few [quoted text clipped - 103 lines] > > > >. Mebbe turn off every Defrag option and turn them on one at a time; my money's on the "arrange my program files so they start faster" being the problem; but turn off both that and the "check for errors" bit, just to see. Rick > Thanks for the quick reply Rick > [quoted text clipped - 74 lines] >>>Defrag has caused an error in DEFRAG.EXE >>>Defrag will now close. RICK T YOU ARE A HERO!!!!! Got it exactly right!!! With the 'arrange my program files . . ." unselected the Windows defrag works perfectsly. Kind of a new strange now, though. Now when I run the defrag with the 'arrange my . . .' checked, the defrag simply stops!! No error message nor error box at all!! Nonetheless, my problem is solved & I am very grateful!! Again many thanks Steve in Memphis >-----Original Message----- >Mebbe turn off every Defrag option and turn them on one at a time; my [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] >>>>Defrag will now close. >. > RICK T YOU ARE A HERO!!!!! <buffs fingernails on vest> > Got it exactly right!!! With > the 'arrange my program files . . ." unselected the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Again many thanks > Steve in Memphis At a guess your second HD's partition is set 'Active' which confused Defrag which couldn't find an OS on it. I don't want to risk my Hero status by suggesting you reset the flag using fdisk but that might work (don't change the wrong hd). Rick Hero <g> Probably easier - try deleting the contents of the C:\Windows\APPLOG folder - there may be a broken link in here. The contents should be rebuilt after a reboot http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=218160  SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > > RICK T YOU ARE A HERO!!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Rick > Hero <g> Well!!! There now be two HEROs!!!! Rick T = HERO (which we already knew) & now Noel Paton = HERO clearing APPLOG has solved all problems) Thanks guys. I'm amazed with you'll guy's knowledge!! Steve in Memphis >-----Original Message----- >Probably easier - try deleting the contents of the C:\Windows\APPLOG [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >. Harumph!! They will not be able to get thru the doorframe if you keep calling them HEROES!! (VBG) Which brings a question of my own.......Noel-Hero.....should you ever clear out the APPLOG folder from time to time......or just leave it. Sometimes I take out the larger files. Just a silly question, but a HERO can handle it (ROFL). Just a female....... > Well!!! There now be two HEROs!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > > >. As one hero to another (<?>) - no! the whole idea of the applog folder is that the contents keep track of the 'most often/used ' programs, and then optimises the defrag to make those ones load faster. Deleting ANY files within the folder could mean 1) prolonged Defrag times, due to reorganisation of significant parts of the OS 2) slower loading of programs due to such action 3) corrupted APPLOG contents - and you (especially) know where that leads!<g> HTH SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > Harumph!! They will not be able to get thru the doorframe if you keep > calling them HEROES!! (VBG) [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > > > > >. Yeppers......as to knowing where corruption leads.....which I guess makes me an expert on that tidbit. (G) Thanks.......I wondered if you ever deleted any of it.....not that it matters. The only ones I removed were from programs I was either not using or had removed. I treat it with the utmost respect now that Jack M. figured out what was wrong. Where is he, btw??? I miss his posts. But I guess there is only room for 2 heros.......and a heroine.......bwa ha ha. Oh.....collecting up pub nites for June.....care to join in? It will be cheap coz I am allergic to beer......(and pork, so no sausages). Just joshing you.....but am now beginning to realize we are really going......yahoo!! XX Figgs > As one hero to another (<?>) - no! > the whole idea of the applog folder is that the contents keep track of the [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > > > > > > > >. ( remind me - where was I going in June? - Australia, wasn't it?<g>) I'm always available for alcohol, Figgs - as you've probably worked out by now. I'm not even too fussy about quantity - so long as it's 'enough' !! <VBG> Shame about the sausages, though - still, I suppose it means all the more for me! Oh - and BTW, Yahoo is a dirty word in this country at present (they've just taken control of the BTOpenworld ISP), so mind your language! (Waheyyyy, is OK, though) (u furriners reale shud lurn too speke gud Inglish lyke wot we does!) SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > Yeppers......as to knowing where corruption leads.....which I guess makes me > an expert on that tidbit. (G) [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > XX Figgs I would tell you to do something, but this is a *family* ng.......LOL. You and Mart are a pair of wusses. Afraid of the big, bad Canadians invading your country?? Yee Gods (a switch from Yahoo)......you shur tok funnie. I can hear that Scottish Welsh accent from over here!! OK......you get my beer and sausages....I will have white wine and filet mignon.....your treat!! heh heh. So Yahoo invaded, did they. I saw in the paper today that they made big money this year.....catching up to Google they are. But Billy Gates is still at the top of the money list. I can't even imagine one billion dollars, let alone 48 of them!! XX Figgs > ( remind me - where was I going in June? - Australia, wasn't it?<g>) > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > > XX Figgs Errr.r.r.r..r..r Hero Heather . . . . is there really a place to get a free non-trial copy of Diskeeper?? I don't have a billion YET either & would rather spend my $30 on beer, too!!!!! >-----Original Message----- >I would tell you to do something, but this is a *family* ng.......LOL. You [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > >. Yep.......I already gave you the link in this thread, grin. So will copy it over again. This one is Diskeeper Lite.....not quite as good as the pay version......but what the heck..... Hi Steve.......I put "Diskeeper Lite" into Google and came up with a couple of spots. This is not as full-featured as the trial you used, but hopefully you can get it at the following website........it diverts you to the Executive site..... http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Disk_Maintenance_and_Repair_Utiliti es/Diskeeper_Lite.html (Hero) Heather > Errr.r.r.r..r..r Hero Heather . . . . is there really a > place to get a free non-trial copy of Diskeeper?? I don't > have a billion YET either & would rather spend my $30 on > beer, too!!!!! |
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