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To: Bob Pittsfield who wrote (15273)	1/24/2001 3:56:27 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

hi bob wow, you've covered a lot of bases there, man. seems like everything is turned off, which is what i was going to recommend to you. are you running any sort of antivirus software? because that, (along with screensavers, from what i hear) is the chief culprit to look for when defrags won't complete. so, got antivirus? :) mark

To: Bob Pittsfield who wrote (15273)	1/24/2001 4:04:28 PM
From: bosquedog	Respond to of 110653

Make sure you are not connected to the internet via cable or dsl.

To: Bob Pittsfield who wrote (15273)	1/24/2001 4:11:46 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

ScanDisk... Windows comes with two ScanDisks: A Windows version and a DOS version. The executable for Windows is SCANDSKW.EXE while for DOS it's SCANDISK.EXE. Boot to DOS and run the DOS version. At the DOS prompt, type C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SCANDISK Typing Scandisk while Windows is running seems to execute the Windows version, which you don't want. Since DOS doesn't support multiple programs running, you can be sure Scandisk will receive no interference. Cheers, PW.