Defrag keeps restarting

[Guest]

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"Drive contents changed. Restarting." Sometimes WME can't defrag the C:
drive because of all the restarts. What causes them? What can be done about
them?

Many thanks.

 

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Use ScanDefrag and follow the readme.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
or http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html


Walterius wrote:
> "Drive contents changed. Restarting." Sometimes WME can't defrag the C:
> drive because of all the restarts. What causes them? What can be done about
> them?
>
> Many thanks.
>
>

 

[KB]

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Try this. Start the defragmenter. When the select drive comes up, hit the
settings button.

Uncheck:
-Rearrange program files so my programs start faster.
-Check the drive for errors (I believe scandisk will take care of this
function)

See if it completes.

Good luck.

KB
"Walterius" <nohow@noway.not> wrote in message
news:%23wTlugrbFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> "Drive contents changed. Restarting." Sometimes WME can't defrag the C:
> drive because of all the restarts. What causes them? What can be done
about
> them?
>
> Many thanks.
>
>

 

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KB wrote:
> Try this. Start the defragmenter. When the select drive comes up, hit the
> settings button.
>
> Uncheck:
> -Rearrange program files so my programs start faster.
> -Check the drive for errors (I believe scandisk will take care of this
> function)

I would *NOT* recommend unchecking "check the drive for errors". The
problem is there's background tasks running. Either...

- Run in Safe Mode, or
- End all Tasks first, or
- use ScanDefrag to automate (Restrictive Mode)

Rick


>
> See if it completes.
>
> Good luck.
>
> KB
> "Walterius" <nohow@noway.not> wrote in message
> news:%23wTlugrbFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>>"Drive contents changed. Restarting." Sometimes WME can't defrag the C:
>>drive because of all the restarts. What causes them? What can be done
>
> about
>
>>them?
>>
>>Many thanks.
>>
>>
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Thanks, but I normally run it with those two options unchecked. Doesn't
help.
"KB" <KB@discussions.winme> wrote in message
news:%232ii99tbFHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Try this. Start the defragmenter. When the select drive comes up, hit
the
> settings button.
>
> Uncheck:
> -Rearrange program files so my programs start faster.
> -Check the drive for errors (I believe scandisk will take care of this
> function)
>
> See if it completes.
>
> Good luck.
>
> KB
> "Walterius" <nohow@noway.not> wrote in message
> news:%23wTlugrbFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > "Drive contents changed. Restarting." Sometimes WME can't defrag the C:
> > drive because of all the restarts. What causes them? What can be done
> about
> > them?
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> >
>
>

 

[Alias]

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Do it in Safe Mode. Might want to do a clean up/scan disk first.

Alias

"Walterius" <nohow@noway.not> wrote

> "Drive contents changed. Restarting." Sometimes WME can't defrag the C:
> drive because of all the restarts. What causes them? What can be done
> about
> them?
>
> Many thanks.
>
>

 

[Guest]

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ScanDefrag works great! Many thanks!

 

[Guest]

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Walterius wrote:
> ScanDefrag works great! Many thanks!
>
>



good to hear


Rick