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Re: Problems Defraging Sys Drive (C
Forwarded to win98.gen_discussion, where numerous other respondents to your earlier
multipost may be able to help.
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"SomeOne" <SomeOne@Example.Com> wrote in message
news:26B0k.3085$t07.670@newsfe22.lga...
> When I start system in SAFE Mode I still have the problem. However, using
> Win98SE ScanDisk / Defrag I do get the message "Scan Disk Cannot Continue
> Because A Program Such As A Disk Utility Has Locked This Drive. Close The
> Program Or Wait For It To Finish, Then Restart ScanDisk" The other messages
> was when I tried to use the Norton utility. By the way, Norton's is on
> there because that is what come with the machine. If you have a suggestion,
> I am open to it. I do understand that Norton is a very invasive piece of
> software and is a real PITA to uninstall
>
> Since my BIOS has a problem with a limit of 32Gig, and I have a 40Gig hard
> drive, I really wonder if the problem is not the EZ Bios. Would appear that
> is the utility. So there is a poss of a conflict. I need the EZ-Bios to
> see above 32Gig, yet I am trying to defrag a logical drive that is part of a
> 40Gig physical drive. As I said, I can defrag the other logical drives,
> just not C:.
>
> I get the idea that if I started the system in DOS Mode and ran a defrag
> that I might be shooting myself in the foot due to he absence of the EC-Bios
> (DOS would only see the drive a 32Gig and I have no idea what I would drive
> a stake into.
>
> By the way, if on a re-boot I tell the machine to re-boot in DOS the only
> thing that I get is a fast flashing cursor in the upper left corner of the
> screen
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> SomeOn
>
>
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/
Forwarded to win98.gen_discussion, where numerous other respondents to your earlier
multipost may be able to help.
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"SomeOne" <SomeOne@Example.Com> wrote in message
news:26B0k.3085$t07.670@newsfe22.lga...
> When I start system in SAFE Mode I still have the problem. However, using
> Win98SE ScanDisk / Defrag I do get the message "Scan Disk Cannot Continue
> Because A Program Such As A Disk Utility Has Locked This Drive. Close The
> Program Or Wait For It To Finish, Then Restart ScanDisk" The other messages
> was when I tried to use the Norton utility. By the way, Norton's is on
> there because that is what come with the machine. If you have a suggestion,
> I am open to it. I do understand that Norton is a very invasive piece of
> software and is a real PITA to uninstall
>
> Since my BIOS has a problem with a limit of 32Gig, and I have a 40Gig hard
> drive, I really wonder if the problem is not the EZ Bios. Would appear that
> is the utility. So there is a poss of a conflict. I need the EZ-Bios to
> see above 32Gig, yet I am trying to defrag a logical drive that is part of a
> 40Gig physical drive. As I said, I can defrag the other logical drives,
> just not C:.
>
> I get the idea that if I started the system in DOS Mode and ran a defrag
> that I might be shooting myself in the foot due to he absence of the EC-Bios
> (DOS would only see the drive a 32Gig and I have no idea what I would drive
> a stake into.
>
> By the way, if on a re-boot I tell the machine to re-boot in DOS the only
> thing that I get is a fast flashing cursor in the upper left corner of the
> screen
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> SomeOn
>
>
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/