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Defrag Problems
Name: Andrew Date: October 15, 2001 at 23:26:20 Pacific
Comment:
I am running Win ME on a p3 800 (512mbram) cusl 2 mb. 40 gig diamond max. When I run Defrag i get the defrag004 error message that says it cannot defrag because the drive has errors..run scandisk. I run scandisk ( have to do it in safe mode due to reststarts ). Scan disk says it found no errors!!! Run defrag again...same problem...ARGGHH
Name: Terry Date: October 16, 2001 at 02:44:36 Pacific
Reply:
Andrew
Scandisk doesn't like HD's over 32mg.
List of Articles about Scandisk Tool Maybe partition first.....?
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q287/9/14.asp?id=Q287914&sd=GN&fr=0&ln=EN-US Among them is: Q243450 ScanDisk Errors on IDE Hard Disks Larger Than 32 GB
GL
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Response Number 2
Name: Jake Date: October 16, 2001 at 10:24:31 Pacific
Reply:
If scandisk or defrag do not work, it might be your Hard drive going out. . .this is usually a good sign right before a hard drive gets bad clusters and cannot boot windows no longer.
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Response Number 3
Name: John Sweeney Date: November 30, 2001 at 05:39:55 Pacific
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I have been able to run scan disk and found no errors even with a thorough scandisk - still have error with defrag004 coming up.....
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