Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
Disk problems
Name: Jordan Russell Date: February 15, 2002 at 01:49:45 Pacific
Comment:
When I try to defrag I recieve the message: Defrag ID NO: DEFRAG004. I have tried to run scan disk several times changing the settings etc but it keeps restarting once it reaches a certain point (I have quit all programs an dleft it running all night although I havent tried it in safe mode because Ive forgot what key I need to press in the BIOS!) Will formatting the hard drive resolve this error and will it stop me from upgrading to XP? Thanx. Jordan Russell
Name: Len Date: February 15, 2002 at 03:59:02 Pacific
Reply:
Press the ctrl key when booting or f8 when you see the starting windows millennium and choose safemode then run scandisk. If you want to run it in dos using a bootdisk, at the dos prompt type scandisk/all/autofix/nosave/surface then hit enter
0
Response Number 3
Name: Lawrence Walker Date: April 19, 2002 at 04:31:40 Pacific
Reply:
I also have the Defrag004 problem. I have run Scandisk 4 times. It showed no problems. But I still can't defrag because of 004 message. Windows 98 2E
0
Response Number 4
Name: Mark Foulmouth Date: April 19, 2002 at 13:10:50 Pacific
Reply:
Im having the same problem as well. People keep telling me to run scan disk, and I do, and it keeps telling me that I have no errors. I also cant uninstall defrag either from the add/remove programs window.
0
Response Number 5
Name: amir Date: July 21, 2002 at 19:57:17 Pacific
Reply:
i've done all the solutions provided, but still can't defrag. it will stop until 30%-45%.
0
Response Number 6
Name: Brigette Date: July 23, 2002 at 17:53:20 Pacific
Reply:
Dear reader, My computer is going very slow, so I though I would do a scan disk and then went to Defrag and the Error message DEFRAG004 comes up. After not being able to defrag my computer I shut it down and now every time I start it up the safe scan starts and this is followed by a surface scan that takes sometime. How can I fix these problems so that I can defrag my computer and fix the error Defrag004? can you help me?
Summary: Invalid system disk is pretty straightforward - it usually means the DOS boot files are damaged or missing and can be fixed by the well known sys c: ... from a floppy bootdisk of the same version of D...
Summary: Upon starting my computer, the computer completes it's POST and then a message appears that says "4th Master Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD, Backup and Replace Press F1 to Resume". The machine works...
Summary: I'm trying to create a startup boot disk in the add/remove programs folder. Part way through the process I'm getting this error message: Setup detected an error while reading C:\WINEBDO.400\EBD\10.S...
0 
