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Scandisk and Defrag. - Tip
Name: Lesley Date: October 15, 2001 at 09:25:43 Pacific
Comment:
I may be the last to have discovered this but just in case: After running Scandisk or Defrag. (in Windows) turn the Screensaver back on before re-booting. I found that if I don't do this then I get "Windows cannot access the Registry...." when I re-boot. It could be that this is just a quirk of my ME but if anyone else has it, that's the solution, (apart from doing it in Safe Mode of course)
Name: robert451 Date: October 15, 2001 at 10:32:42 Pacific
Reply:
This is not ME related,but interesting.I defragmented a freinds computer last nite(win95).It had not been done for 1080 days.I defraged in safe mode and the screen saver activated.I was under the impression that a screen saver would not activate in safe mode.The interesting thing is that the computer said the drive was only 6% fragmented.Maybe due to the small drive,1.5gig.He uses system daily,and has about 40% unused.
Summary: Have you tried running them in safe mode? What kind of programs do you have running in the background when you attempt to run scandisk and defrag in normal mode? ...
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