disk defragmentor won't work after scan disk

[pjro]

My pc gets slower and slower.disk defrag will not get past 28 percent.. keeps indicating changes in registry. My computer buddies don't know. I&nbsp;&nbsp;would appreciate any knowledge. thanks<br>

 

[MiggyD]

I used to have Win 98 on my system.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, I didn't like it and went back to 95.<br><br>However, I recall there was a file to backup or restore the registry (I think it was in programs&gt;accessories&gt;system tools... or something like that.)<br><br>Suggestions:<br><br>clear up some room on your hard drive.&nbsp;&nbsp;Delete *.tmp or *.tm~ files, as well as others you know of that you rearly use or compress them if they are needed.<br><br>Try using scandisk BEFORE Windows boots up (press F8 IMMEDIATLY when you see &quot;Starting Windows 9x&quot; and chose &quot;command prompt&quot;...once you have command prompt type scandisk and run it from DOS)<br><br>As far as defrag not working after scandisk...try a virus scan on scandisk (usually located in your COMMAND folder under WINDOWS) and make sure there is no viruses on your system, too.<br><br>Speaking of which you may want to shut off your virus protection utilities just until after defrag has finished.<br><br>Don't forget to close all your other programs.<br><br>ONE LAST THING...I had an almost similar problem while using Win98 with defrag and it was do to having bad memory chips.<br><br>That's all I can offer to you.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---Anyone else??<br><br>You <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>By the twitching of my thumb, something wicked this way comes........oh, it's only a boogy.

 

[RachelD]

So can you run scandisk or not?&nbsp;&nbsp;I would try running scandisk first (in windows, and then if you can't, in dos as suggested above).&nbsp;&nbsp;If it runs successfully, check the results - do you have lots of bad clusters?&nbsp;&nbsp;bad sectors?&nbsp;&nbsp;Because you could have a bad drive...<br><br>also, what sort of pc is this?&nbsp;&nbsp;how much memory, hard drive space, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;Because win98 doesn't run too well as it is on &quot;older&quot; (in pc years) machines. Also, Microsoft's disk defrag is pretty slow, though it's improved some from win95 to win98.