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The main culprits of interfering with defrag are virus scan programs and First
Aid type fix-it programs. Disable these before you start your defrag.
In a message dated 98-09-11 18:38:08 EDT, smart621@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> If you have continuous recycle problems the best thing to do is initially
go
> to
> the close program box via- CTRL-ALT-DELETE and close everything except for
> programs that Windows needs to run. This should make it cycle less.
>
> Terrence
>
> sptradr@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > A.J. wrote:
> > >Are you sure you are talking about defrag? Sounds like you mean scan
> here.
> > >There's no way a PC can do a defrag of even the smallest drive in less
> than 2
> > >minutes. I run a PII 266 w/256MB on a 4 gig drive, and while I've
never
> > timed the
> > >defrag, it takes a LOT longer than this.
> >
> > Defrag on my PC (4 gig HD, 2 gig partition, 200 MMX, 96 MB) takes about
10
> > minutes now ...that's full defrag and error checking. The longest time
was
> > around 20 minutes.
> >
> > Sometimes the defrag program will cycle over and over. When that
happens,
> > I shut down the computer and power off (cold reboot), then run scandisk
> > first followed by defrag. Never had any cycling problems with defrag
> after
> > the cold reboot.
>
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