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DEFRAG PROBLEMS

Do you have problems getting defrag to finish

Defragging your hard drive takes as long as it takes, but there are a couple simple things you can do to make sure it finishes the first time around. Yes, without entering Safe Mode. Ready to learn our secrets?

Turn off all the applications running in the background (right-click and close each option or press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and close them). You shouldn't have any programs or scheduled system tasks sitting in your system tray.

Turn off your screen saver.

Right-click your desktop, choose Properties, and go to the Screen Saver tab.
Select None from the screen saver drop-down menu.
Click Apply and OK.

Now that you're ready to run the Disk Defragmenter, here's how to get the best results in Windows 9x.

Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and Disk Defragmenter.
Select the drive you want to defrag and click the Settings button.
Under Disk Defragmenter Settings, check mark "Rearrange program files so my programs start faster" and "Check drive for errors."
Click OK to go back to the first screen and OK to begin the process.

In Windows XP

Right-click My Computer and choose Manage.
Click Defragment.

Or start up your computer in safe mode and run defrag from there. Non of the background programs will have been started.