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Name: Paul
Date: February 21, 2002 at 16:31:41 Pacific
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My computer can't do a disk defrag on the hard drive it starts then goes drive "contents changed restarting". It use 2 do this before I formatted bcoos I had a virus. But I do a virusscan with Mcafee and it don't find anything. Anyhelp would be great thanks.




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Response Number 1
Name: The Kid
Date: February 21, 2002 at 16:41:57 Pacific
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Only thing I can say is make sure all your background stuff ain't runnin'...screensaver,anti-virus,etc...
And,Can you defrag in safe mode?


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Response Number 2
Name: It happened to me to
Date: February 21, 2002 at 17:03:16 Pacific
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Like the Kid said, you still have programs running in the background.
here's how to shut them down.
First:
Select none for screensaver,
Powersettings to "Always on"
Second:
"Ctrl+Alt+Del" press only once Twice will restart computer.
"End Task" to everything except
"Exeplorer" and "Systray"
then Defrag.
Same for Scandisk too some times.


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Response Number 3
Name: robert451
Date: February 21, 2002 at 17:17:04 Pacific
Reply:

if that wont work,boot to safe mode and run from there.Safe mode=reboot,tap f8 until it askes which mode to start in.


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Response Number 4
Name: doncedars
Date: February 21, 2002 at 17:37:02 Pacific
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You need to close most of the programs running in the backgrown and the best way to do this is to get *enditall 2* at google. Enditall 2 will close only the programs that are not needed and protect the ones that are needed. It will even let you close your screen saver and power management. First I close the programs in the system tray, the icons by the clock, then I use enditall 2,then do a disk clean, then scan disk and then defrag. On a 34 gb drive it only takes 15 or 20 min. if you do this about every 2 or 3 days.
I also have Norton but I don't use it, it has given me more problems than it has fixed.
I use AVG antivirus You can do a google search for this too. Both AVG and enditall 2
are freeware.
thebest2uDon


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Response Number 5
Name: Jonas
Date: February 21, 2002 at 17:48:08 Pacific
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OK first of all make sure you run a scan disk BEFORE you defrag. This could save you alot of headache. perform both of these operations in SAFE-MODE. Scandisk can be run from the WINME bootup disk


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Response Number 6
Name: I'll Try
Date: February 21, 2002 at 22:55:24 Pacific
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Paul, what MS has to say. What Jonas said about Scandisk first I agree with.
*This issue can occur if a program (such as an antivirus program or a screen saver) is running on the drive when the Disk Defragmenter tool is running*

Drive's Contents Have Changed: Restarting...
Good Luck


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Response Number 7
Name: Ed in Texas.
Date: February 22, 2002 at 03:18:38 Pacific
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Paul, I've tried it both ways. Safe mode will do the job. You might also want to try using 'Power Defrag'. The proggie seems to be a lot faster.Get it free at http://www.powerdefrag.com. HTH.
Ed in Texas.


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Response Number 8
Name: Trev
Date: February 22, 2002 at 13:03:51 Pacific
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Have a look here too
http://www.computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/18106.html


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