Scan disk/Defrag problem on 98SE

[J2thez929]

Whenever I run the windows disk defragmenter. It stops the service b/c it said "windows wrote to disk" I then tried running scan disk to fix the problem and it keeps restarting its self over and over b/c it says windows has wrote to disk. I have no idea what is causing this problem but I would like to fix it. Any suggestion? I will really appreciate any help on this!

[Panama Red]

Run it from Safe Mode and nothing will interupt it. Tap the F8 key on boot until you see a dos -like screen select Safe mode and run it from there.

[galaxian]

Also, replace it with the Me Version

[J2thez929]

Thanks for you replies. But it seems now that my computer will not shut down correctly. I go through the process and it just hangs at the "Windows in shutting down you computer" screen. So I cannot shutdown my computer now without pressing the power button manually. Any suggestions on what might be causing this?

[Panama Red]

Try this.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...96&product=w98

[J2thez929]

Thanks Panama! I really apprecaite it!

[HeddaLora]

Download Diskeeper and you won't have to bother switching to safe mode.

[glc]

Diskeeper is not free, it's a commercial program.

[HeddaLora]

That's correct. I think it's well worth forking out a few bucks for a good bit of software.