defragger is suck

[Descend492]

why does the windows defragger always hang my system? I even dl'ed powerdefrag, and the defragger hung then too. Is there anything out there that actually works?

 

[sykopath79]

you could have a problem with your HDD media, run a thorough Scandisk and see what comes up

 

[Danlz]

Is it hanging (freezing) or is it just looping? If it's aborting and recycling then something in the background is running. Doing a defrag in DOS can often be the silver bullet.

 

[Descend492]

how would one go about doing a defrag through dos? What're the commands?

 

[pen^2]

what os are you using? if you are on win9x machine i highly suggest downloading NU2.1K demo... nothing beast the speedisk IMO

 

[Descend492]

I"m using win98. Where can I get that proggie from?

 

[NoreagaCNN]

Hehehe, Speeddisk does in 15 minutes what takes about 3hrs in Windows Defrag, get it from www.symantec.com, i have a warez addy hehe, but you'll have to mail me for that.

Peace,
Nore

 

[pdo]

Hey Descend Speedisk is on my server.

 

[Descend492]

I tried to run speed disk, but it said that WIn NT was required. Is there another version for win98?

 

[sun818]

Does your defrag consistently hang at the same time, like 15 minutes? It could be your power management kicking in. It could be a setting in your Control Panel or your BIOS. Not sure if defrag.exe runs in Dos, but can you create a Boot Disk from Win98 by going to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, StartUp Disk tab, Create Disk.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Sun Kim

 

[Danlz]

It'll execute at the MS-Dos prompt (within Windows), but it's not going to do anything for you except save a little GUI. Defrag will not execute from a DOS startup unless the OS is DOS. Sorry for the goose chase.

 

[sammykun]

you should check to make sure winamp agent i
sn't running...that's what screwed up my defrag before. it would loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop...*sigh*.

you can disable it through the properties window in winamp

 

[Descend492]

the defragger doesn't even start. the second the defrag screen comes up, it freezes - there isn't any looping going or anything like that.