I run my Defrag program,it runs for a few seconds then stops and says it can not continue.It suggests running Scandisk program with the "Through" option.I do what it asks,scandisk returns with no errors.I try again to run Defrag,same thing happens and gives me an error message "ID# DEFRAG006". What can I do fix this basic problem?

Here are some tips from VTesh on 04/03/99 to a similar question, ammended and much condensed. "...allow Disk Defragmenter to continue as long as the hard disk light is being accessed." In Win98 the Defrag may seem to hang at the start, continually restarting. This may be due to a feature which moves your most used files to an area on the HDD to speed up their accessability. Be patient... Otherwise, do some prep work such as: Turn off screen savers Empty the Recycle Bin Empty your browser's Cach/history folder Delete *.tmp and *.chk files from the HDD The Auto-Insert Notification option may need to be deselected Run "End Task" on all programs (except Explorer and Systray), ....especially schedulers, crash guards and virus scanners. Run a "Thorough" ScanDisk preferably in Safe Mode or MS-DOS ....then defragment the drive. As a final test, in "F10" choose "English", TEST/Diagnostics, Hard Drive. "Good luck, VTesh" ( &rwd )