Defragmentizing

I have had my computer for three years and only recently
have heard about degragmentizing. I have stopped my screen
saver as has been suggested. I Have the computer running
constantly for forty eight hours and according to the menu
I have completed 2% for the disc. IS THIS NORMAL? Can I
ruin anything by having the desktop on constantly without
a screen saver. How vital is it to degragmentize? I would
appreciate some information on this. Thank you. A J
Amoscato

Hornrimmed
Sat Sep 06 12:57:26 CDT 2003

"Anthony Amoscato" <annscotty@cs.com> wrote in message
news:35f601c37480$94bbaff0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have had my computer for three years and only recently
> have heard about degragmentizing. I have stopped my screen
> saver as has been suggested. I Have the computer running
> constantly for forty eight hours and according to the menu
> I have completed 2% for the disc. IS THIS NORMAL? Can I
> ruin anything by having the desktop on constantly without
> a screen saver. How vital is it to degragmentize? I would
> appreciate some information on this. Thank you. A J
> Amoscato

Run defrag from within Safe Mode.
Make sure anti-virus isn't running, it should complete the defrag, may take two
or 3 hours.
Defragmenting the HD makes the PC run a bit quicker & a bit more stable.
H.



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Another
Sat Sep 06 22:25:47 CDT 2003


me@privacy.net says...

>Run defrag from within Safe Mode.

How does one get Windows ME into safe mode?



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Koldbear
Sun Sep 07 01:16:48 CDT 2003

Get the free ScanDefrag. It is the most advanced disk maintenance
program there is. It runs Disk Cleanup, ScanDisk, and Disk
Defragmenter. It's easy to setup and use, and it can deal with
problems like "drive's contents have changed: restarting...".
Get it and read about all the options it has that you can use.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

It is not unusual to see Defrag restart a number of times.=20
It is , however, unusual to see ScanDisk restart.
This is why I suggest starting it at bedtime and letting it run =
overnight.
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8O)
Koldbear
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"Anthony Amoscato" <annscotty@cs.com> wrote in message =
news:35f601c37480$94bbaff0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have had my computer for three years and only recently=20
> have heard about degragmentizing. I have stopped my screen=20
> saver as has been suggested. I Have the computer running=20
> constantly for forty eight hours and according to the menu=20
> I have completed 2% for the disc. IS THIS NORMAL? Can I=20
> ruin anything by having the desktop on constantly without=20
> a screen saver. How vital is it to degragmentize? I would=20
> appreciate some information on this. Thank you. A J=20
> Amoscato