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Hi,
I have XP Home. I want to do a drive image for safe keeping. To prepare
for this I'm trying to defrag. I've tried disk clean-up, Chkdsk
variations, defrag in safe mode and a trial version of PerfectDisk7.
All of these defrag methods show 1% fragmentation (2% file
fragmentation). The analysis works ok, then the defragmentation sticks
at 1%. I've exited all other programs and ended all possible processes
in the Task Manager.
I understand that at this level of fragmentation, defragmentation isn't
needed but as I understand it, defragmentation should still run if
asked to do so.
I would prefer to make a drive image of a system that is fully working,
so can I repair this problem?
Will a repair reinstall of XP be effective?
TIA
Lila Duncan

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Did you disable your anti virus auto scan before defragging?

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"LilaDuncan" <LilaDuncan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1121681067.658739.108700@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I have XP Home. I want to do a drive image for safe keeping. To prepare
> for this I'm trying to defrag. I've tried disk clean-up, Chkdsk
> variations, defrag in safe mode and a trial version of PerfectDisk7.
> All of these defrag methods show 1% fragmentation (2% file
> fragmentation). The analysis works ok, then the defragmentation sticks
> at 1%. I've exited all other programs and ended all possible processes
> in the Task Manager.
> I understand that at this level of fragmentation, defragmentation isn't
> needed but as I understand it, defragmentation should still run if
> asked to do so.
> I would prefer to make a drive image of a system that is fully working,
> so can I repair this problem?
> Will a repair reinstall of XP be effective?
> TIA
> Lila Duncan
>

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Alias wrote:
> Did you disable your anti virus auto scan before defragging?
>
> --
> Alias
>
Thanks, yes I exited all other programs and ended all possible
processes
in the Task Manager.
What I didn't do, during the whole weekend I've been trying this, was
to write a Usenet message asking for help, until this morning. This
worked it's mysterious flukery once again. As soon as I pressed the
message send button, the defrag started to work. :-)
Regards,
Lila Duncan

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"LilaDuncan" wrote
>
>
> Alias wrote:
>> Did you disable your anti virus auto scan before defragging?
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>>
> Thanks, yes I exited all other programs and ended all possible
> processes
> in the Task Manager.
> What I didn't do, during the whole weekend I've been trying this, was
> to write a Usenet message asking for help, until this morning. This
> worked it's mysterious flukery once again. As soon as I pressed the
> message send button, the defrag started to work. :-)
> Regards,
> Lila Duncan

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