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can't defrag
when I try to defrag my hard drive it only gets up to 1% then it goes back to
0%.....even if I leave it going all night.......computers running fine..but don't know how long it will last.
0%.....even if I leave it going all night.......computers running fine..but don't know how long it will last.
Programs running causes restarts.
Boot to safe mode and run from there.
Tap F8 key as pc starting. Choose option 3, Safe mode.
centerv
Boot to safe mode and run from there.
Tap F8 key as pc starting. Choose option 3, Safe mode.
centerv
Shut down all progs running in background first. Press <ctrl><alt><del> all at one time and release highlight a prog and press [end task] do this to everything except for explorer and systray. Then try running defrag.
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It worked......I hit ctrl>alt>delete
and got rid of all those programs.........except systray & explorer........thanks
and got rid of all those programs.........except systray & explorer........thanks
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It worked......I hit ctrl>alt>delete
and got rid of all those programs.........except systray & explorer........thanks
and got rid of all those programs.........except systray & explorer........thanks
Hope this help
Try scandisk before defrag.
Try use other utilities like Norton Speedisk.