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mhankc - 19 Nov 2004 21:09 GMT

An article in PCWorld (Oct 2004, p. 81) suggested disabling FastFind in order
to stop costant interruptions of the defrag utility. Article suggested
typing msconfig command and searching for and unchecking Fastfind box. I
couldn't find such a box anywhere. Antivirus software and other programs
have been disabled, so these do not account for the interruptions as far as I
can tell. Any suggestions?

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Ron Martell - 19 Nov 2004 21:55 GMT

>An article in PCWorld (Oct 2004, p. 81) suggested disabling FastFind in order
>to stop costant interruptions of the defrag utility. Article suggested
>typing msconfig command and searching for and unchecking Fastfind box. I
>couldn't find such a box anywhere. Antivirus software and other programs
>have been disabled, so these do not account for the interruptions as far as I
>can tell. Any suggestions?

Try rebooting the computer into Safe Mode and running Defrag from
there.

Good luck

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ctowers - 19 Nov 2004 23:15 GMT

"In article <D1928114-B9FE-46AC-ACA9-A38ED376346F@microsoft.com>,
mhankc@discussions.microsoft.com says...

> An article in PCWorld (Oct 2004, p. 81) suggested disabling FastFind in order
> to stop costant interruptions of the defrag utility. Article suggested
> typing msconfig command and searching for and unchecking Fastfind box. I
> couldn't find such a box anywhere. Antivirus software and other programs
> have been disabled, so these do not account for the interruptions as far as I
> can tell. Any suggestions?

ScanDefrag will efficiently run the MS or Norton disk utilities.
The log will list all of the running programs and you can close
the unprotected ones by using Restrictive Mode. See the
ReadMe for a more detailed explanation.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
or http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

Control start up programs by using a list like Pacs-Portal
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php
and a viewer like Process Explorer from Sysinternals
http://www.sysinternals.com/

"Find Fast" is listed in Pacs-Portal.

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Jerry - 03 Dec 2004 01:51 GMT

I had similar problems and have also read about the solutions given by others
for your question. Let me offer a possible solution that worked for me, but
may not work in all cases. I simply made my Defrag a Scheduled Task to do
when my PC is idle (late at night). And, to date, my Defrag has worked fine.

Jerry

> An article in PCWorld (Oct 2004, p. 81) suggested disabling FastFind in order
> to stop costant interruptions of the defrag utility. Article suggested
> typing msconfig command and searching for and unchecking Fastfind box. I
> couldn't find such a box anywhere. Antivirus software and other programs
> have been disabled, so these do not account for the interruptions as far as I
> can tell. Any suggestions?

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tim gavin - 14 Feb 2005 01:05 GMT

Did you ever get a helpful reply? I'm having similar
problems.

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Rick T - 14 Feb 2005 04:59 GMT

> Did you ever get a helpful reply?

Well the thing is you can never tell, 'cause some people don't bother
posting back with results.

> I'm having similar problems.

run it in Safe Mode

rick

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Jack E Martinelli - 14 Feb 2005 22:08 GMT

> The free ScanDefrag is the most advanced disk maintenance
> program there is. It runs Disk Cleanup, ScanDisk, and Disk
> Defragmenter. It's easy to setup and use, and it can deal with
> problems like "drive's contents have changed: restarting...".
> Get it and read about all the options it has that you can use.

http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

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