cant defrag

[cooky560]

every time i try to defrag my hard disk the defragger gets to 89% before saying i need to use scandisk to correct prob, but every time i launch scandisk my compy freezes!, how do i correct this?

[Mr Jones]

format c:\ and start over.

[cooky560]

thx, but i have too much data on c:\ that i need, even if i zip it all, i wont have enough cds to back it up!

[m0e]

If you can't run scandisk it sounds like Windows itself has been corrupted. If that is the case and you really have that much data you don't want to lose you better start backing it up while Windows still works. When you reformat, partition your hard drive and put windows in a different partition than your data, then you can reformat and reinstall in the windows partition without losing your data.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

boot into dos, and type this:

scandisk /all

that will check and repair all drives.

[Atmo]

Originally posted by cooky560
thx, but i have too much data on c:\ that i need, even if i zip it all, i wont have enough cds to back it up!

Then go buy some more cd's. Seriously, whats worse, spending a few $ on some cdr's or losing all your data. If its data you need then it shouldnt even be something you have to think about.

Once you've backed up everything, work out how much space you need for just windows and programs. Then when you reinstall create a partition a few gb larger than that and another for your documents and music files etc.

That way if you have to do an emergency reinstall at a later time you wont have to back it all up to cd again....

However, i still reccomend reguarly backing up all your important data to cd incase a drive fails.

[cooky560]

boot into dos, and type this: scandisk /all
u cant boot in dos with winME
the shutdown menu contains: Standyby, Shutdown, Hibernate, Restart.

[Atmo]

Boot to dos from a floppy.

If i remember correctly, winme doesnt have the ability to create a boot floppy, so go here > http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

[ryan]

Cant you press F7 while booting and choose command prompt only?

[cooky560]

its f8 and again, not in winME, the choices from that menu are normal or safe mode!