Defrag+hangs+in+ME+and+98

Defrag hangs in ME and 98

The Disc Defragmenter tool may stop ( Hang) after you choose a disc to defrag

This behaviour can occur due to corrupt files, folders or bad sectors on your hard disc.

To resolve this proceed as follows :‐

Go to Start > Settings > click Folder Options > Click View tab > click Show all files > Apply and then OK

Now delete the Appolog folder from C:\ Windows, and then run Disk Cleanup tool.

The disk Cleanup Tool removes temporary internet files, tmp files, and other optional components

To use Disc Cleanup tool Go :‐

Start > Programs > Accessories Scroll to System Tools and then click Disk Cleanup

select the drive you wish to clean i.e. C:\ > OK

When it has finished you will see a displayed screen itemising the files you need to delete

There may be other items shown that you may wish to delete so tick them also,

Then click OK to remove the items.

You have now removed the Appolog folder and run Disk Cleanup Tool and before you can go back to Defrag the final procedure is to run Scan Disk

ME does not include a real mode Scan Disk

Therefore you need to re‐start your PC with the Startup Disc and then run Scandisk

When you have run Scan disk and no errors found try your Defrag again in Safe Mode

If it still fails You need to run Scandisk from a MS DOS prompt ( real mode )

You still have a long way to go so patience is the word.

Before running in real mode you need to configure Scandisk to detect timeouts and to check each cluster 5 times whilst it performs a surface scan

Follow the instructions below :‐

Find the Scandisk.ini file in the Windows\Command folder

Double click the file to open, and if prompted use any text editor i.e. Notepad to open and edit the file.

Look for the Environment section in the file.

If the file does not exist, use the example below and create one



If the ScanTimeOut and the NumPasses exist change the values to the ones above.

Save and close the ScanDisk.ini file.

Now you must Click Start > Click Shut Down >

Click Restart the computer in MS‐Dos mode and Click Yes

When restarted in the dos mode after the chevron” > “ type “scandisk C:\ “ (Without the quotes ) ( If this is your main dive )

If and when Scandisk prompts you

Run a Surface scan repair any errors found and save the log file that Scandisk creates

When finished type Exit at the chevron and press Enter

Keeping your fingers crossed now run Defrag

It should now run smoothly

If you still have problems you will have to contact the disc manufacturer for additional information.

That wasn’t easy was it ?