re: defrag not responding
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 9:48 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by beagle
(4 messages posted)
Hello,
i tried booting up in safe mode, but it appears even that doesn't work? i pressed
f8 just before the XP page comes up the screen remain black? any suggestions?
On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 9:39 pm, Tanner Stokes wrote:
>As far as it not starting at all, it would be hard to tell. But often defrag is
put
>in a loop because a program in the background is trying to access or change files
>on the drive. Defrag automatically restarts when it detects any activity on the
drive.
>
>These programs could be really anything, but are most commonly anti-virus, file
sharing,
>and anything else that would cause activity in the background.
>
>If it works in safe mode, then this is most likely your problem.
>
>If it doesn't work in safe mode, you are probably dealing with something different.
>
>
>
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