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Win98 won't allow defrag?
- Thread starter Tybee
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go here for the memory problem
once your memory problem solved, u should be able to defrag ----------------------------------------
There's no good nor evil, it's all in the mind.
once your memory problem solved, u should be able to defrag ----------------------------------------
There's no good nor evil, it's all in the mind.
The easiest way is goto dos prompt do scandisk from there
then when finished come to windows do scandisk again
it should be completed 100%
after that do the defrag it will be ok
but disable any virus program or screen saver before scandisk & defrag
it will do
then when finished come to windows do scandisk again
it should be completed 100%
after that do the defrag it will be ok
but disable any virus program or screen saver before scandisk & defrag
it will do
Try this:
CLEAN DEFRAG:
To defragment all your hard drives/partitions with no overhead (background programs running or TSRs/VXDs loaded), change to the \Tools\Mtsutil folder on your Win98 Setup cd-rom, and right-click on Defrag.inf. Select Install.
This will create a one-time entry (DEFRAG.EXE /ALL) under this Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce
Defrag will start automatically next time you boot, before the login prompt, therefore before any other program loads.
reghakr
CLEAN DEFRAG:
To defragment all your hard drives/partitions with no overhead (background programs running or TSRs/VXDs loaded), change to the \Tools\Mtsutil folder on your Win98 Setup cd-rom, and right-click on Defrag.inf. Select Install.
This will create a one-time entry (DEFRAG.EXE /ALL) under this Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce
Defrag will start automatically next time you boot, before the login prompt, therefore before any other program loads.
reghakr
TekKnowGeek
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You probably have the standard FAT32 cluster size of 4,096 bytes which only applies for hard disks smaller than 8 GB. A third-party hard disk tool like Partition Magic allows you to increase the cluster size greater than 4,096 bytes per allocation unit.
The default cluster sizes are listed in the following table.
Hard disk size Cluster size
-------------------------------
512 MB to 8 GB 4 KB
8 GB to 16 GB 8 KB
16 GB and larger 16 KB
I had the same problem on a Win98 SE workstation having a 40GB HD. Increasing the cluster size solved it.
The default cluster sizes are listed in the following table.
Hard disk size Cluster size
-------------------------------
512 MB to 8 GB 4 KB
8 GB to 16 GB 8 KB
16 GB and larger 16 KB
I had the same problem on a Win98 SE workstation having a 40GB HD. Increasing the cluster size solved it.
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Thought I would give all an update on my memory problem. It still says that i don't have enough conventional memory to defrag. This after changing the system.ini file by adding "MaxFileCache=256000" and doing the defrag.inf in the win98 setup CD. At least the defrag attempt was made by the system when i rebooted but the same memory message came up and stopped the defrag. Surely, I need to do something else or I missed some instructions. I appreciate all the advice; I'll try more solutions now!
Do you get this error?
If so TekKnowGeek had your only solution. Or reformat the drive and reinstall.
If so TekKnowGeek had your only solution. Or reformat the drive and reinstall.
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