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To: thecow who wrote (19613)	5/9/2001 1:19:46 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

I just tried to defrag the regular way. Non safe mode way that worked so smoothly day before yesterday. "Locked by a disk utility." Strange. Since tomorrow the Big Change happens, i'm thinking of uninstalling Netscape just to see what happens when i then try to defrag. Should I install EndItAll on my new computer to use when I defrag? Unless it is writ that NO computer will EVER defrag for me.... EDIT: I went through all the step in your Making IE Your Default Browser link and tried again... Still locked.

To: thecow who wrote (19613)	5/9/2001 3:03:51 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

Mark and tc, this is surprising. I decided to uninstall Netscape, just to see what would happen when I tried to defrag w/o it on the computer. I still get Locked by a disk utility! I then tried to run ScanDisk. I got this message: Scan Disk cannot check this drive (local disk C) now because the disk is not properly formatted or a program such as a disk utility has locked it. Format the disk or wait for the utlity to finish, then restart ScanDisk. Isn't "formatting" the same as erasing? I can't format Drive C, can I? I am so puzzled. It wasn't a war between browsers after all. The good news about that is that i won't worry about conflict problems when i download Netscape on the new computer. The bad news is the mystery of it. I'll run defrag and ScanDisk in Safe Mode before I do my final backups, but I thought first I should come here and share the grief with my Post Comptrauma Stress Syndrome Support Group....