I have a Compaq Presario CL7001, with Windows ME. I can't defrag because the software tells me to Scandisk. Scandisk works for a while, but then locks up. Is there anotherway to resolve this>

try getting hold of a bootable floppy disk run a scandisk in dos from the floppy looks like scandisk is coming up against an error on the disk where a windows system file is kept. scanning outside windows should fix the problem Hope this helps Bo

I had the same problem with Windows ME. A couple of things will help you here. Make sure your screensaver is shut off, or any programs that want to run in the background. If that doesn't work, start your computer in safe mode and run scandisk and disk defrag. It will work then. Neither scandisk nor disk defrag will run if they are interrupted.

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. You can get PowerDefrag free at: E-Technik Website Development. This will do the job fast and eazy. thebest2uDon

http://www.computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/18106.html points 2,5,7,9,16 You can also try running scandisk in Dos as described here http://computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/13355.html response 3 If you don't know how to create a bootdisk or startup disk: 1. Open Add/Remove Programs properties in Control Panel. 2. Click the Startup Disk tab, and then click Create Disk. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. You can also use the freeware program called End it All as recommended by Don which you get here http://home.ptd.net/~don5408/toolbox/enditall/ I use Norton all the time and I find it much better than any of the others. Just goes to show what variety in systems there is :)